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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Easy Vacations, Chef’s Tables, and Beach Resorts

A table with 18 seats wrapped around an open kitchen. A swim-up room steps from Palm Beach. An afternoon under a palapa on Eagle Beach followed by dinner from a chef serving an eight-course tasting menu a few miles away. The Caribbean island of Aruba has developed a particularly easy vacation formula, one where a beach-resort […]

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Flight Watcher: You Can Fly Nonstop From Miami to St. Maarten for $420 Roundtrip Right Now on American

If you’ve been thinking about a trip to St. Maarten before summer winds down, this fare deserves a look. Google Flights is currently showing nonstop roundtrip fares from Miami to St. Maarten for $420 for travel Aug. 8 through Aug. 15, making it one of the strongest values available to the island right now. Airfares to St. Maarten […]

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Disney Is Bringing More Cruise Ships to St. Maarten

The Disney Cruise Line footprint in St. Maarten is about to get much larger. After the Disney Destiny made its inaugural call at Port St. Maarten this week, tourism officials said the visit marked the beginning of a significant expansion for the cruise line on the island, with Disney planning a sharp increase in calls over the […]

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What $240,000 Buys You in St. Maarten Right Now: A Waterfront Studio at Port de Plaisance

Finding Caribbean real estate below the $250,000 mark usually means making compromises. You give up the location, the amenities, or both. In St. Maarten, that’s not always the case. A $240,000 waterfront studio at Port de Plaisance offers an affordable entry into one of the island’s best-known marina communities, putting you inside a full-service waterfront development that has […]

Disney Is Bringing More Cruise Ships to St. Maarten

A white-sand beach, turquoise water and a long weekend in Aruba just got a lot more affordable — for the ultimate island-hopping experience. Winair has unveiled a limited-time flash sale with one-way fares from St Maarten to Aruba starting at $100, creating one of the lowest-priced opportunities this summer for travelers looking to hop between Caribbean […]

The St. Maarten Trade Show Every Caribbean-Focused Travel Advisor Is Talking About

The St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow (SMART) is on track for a record-setting 2026 edition, with booth bookings already surpassing last year’s totals and only a handful of spaces remaining three months out from the June 22–26 event. Now in its 18th year, SMART has expanded its convention footprint to occupy the full JW […]

This Residential-Style Resort on St. Maarten's Dawn Beach Has 24 Villas, Private Plunge Pools and One of the Quietest Stretches of Sand on the Island

Twenty-four private condominium-style villas. Each one with its own private pool. A direct walk-out to one of the quieter stretches of beach on St. Maarten. And a setting that feels more like a private residential community than a traditional resort. That’s the Coral Beach Club — a small, residential-style villa resort on Dawn Beach, on […]

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This St. Maarten Resort Has a Zero-Entry Infinity Pool, a Waterslide, and a Swim-Up Blackjack Bar — And Rooms From $444 in June

A pool with a waterslide. A grotto cave. An underwater music system. And a swim-up bar with a blackjack table built into it. That’s the centerpiece of The Morgan Resort, Spa & Village, the design-forward boutique hotel on St. Maarten’s Maho coast — and it’s one of the more distinctive resort pools in the Caribbean […]

Flight Watcher: JetBlue Has New York-St. Maarten Flights for $382 Right Now

The beach bars along Simpson Bay are already busy by late afternoon in early June. Catamarans pull back into the marina after day sails to Tintamarre and Anguilla. At Maho Beach, crowds gather along the sand waiting for the next arrival over the water. Grand Case starts filling up around dinner time, with tables lining […]

Hotel Tracker: Oyster Bay Beach Resort in St. Maarten Has $191 Rooms Right Now

There’s a certain part of St. Maarten where the island feels quieter, even more laid back, more about the sound of the water than the rhythm of the bars. It’s on the eastern edge, where the Atlantic rolls in a little stronger, where the views stretch longer, and where the crowds thin out just enough […]

A New Winair Partnership Is Making It Easier to Fly Through St. Maarten, Reach San Juan, and Connect Across the Region

A growing number of Caribbean trips now start with a connection in St. Maarten. You land at Princess Juliana International Airport, walk a few gates over, and board a smaller regional aircraft headed to places like Tortola, Dominica, Nevis or St. Barth. Winair has become one of the airlines driving that traffic across the northeastern […]

Hotel Tracker: The Simpson Bay Resort in St. Maarten Has $124 Rooms Right Now

You step onto the balcony and the bay is right there — boats cutting across the water, the low hum from the marina, planes tracing their final descent in the distance. Simpson Bay carries that constant sense of motion: beach on one side, nightlife on the other, and everything in between within a short walk. […]