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Caribbean Flight Cancellations, From Aruba to Puerto Rico: What You Need to Know — And Which Airports Were Unaffected 

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After the United States’ military action in Venezuela on Saturday, several hundred flights to and from the Caribbean were canceled due to a temporary shutdown of airspace in parts of the region. So what does this all mean for travelers? Impact for Travelers and Airports  First, here are the airports that were impacted:  Anguilla, Antigua […]

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The 20 Best Caribbean Beach Bars to Visit in 2020

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There’s a very effective way to test the quality of a Caribbean beach bar: whether you can spend the entire day there.  Because best Caribbean beach bars are more than bars — they’re destinations, the sorts of places where you can arrive early in the day and leave your watch behind. They’re places that can turn […]

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From Puerto Rico to Aruba, 5 Caribbean Places to Visit in December

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You’re looking out at a frosted window or a flurry. Even going outside is a feat, making you dream about warm waters and palm trees.  Because you could be in the Caribbean right now.  And there are few times of year when the Caribbean is more alluring than the end of fall and the beginning […]

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Another New Hotel Is Coming to St Maarten

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Another new hotel will soon be opening its doors in St Maarten, part of what is a surging pipeline of new hotels coming to the island. The new Adonis Cupecoy is the latest outpost by Adonis Hotels and Residences, which has a broad portfolio of hotels in France.  The new 52-room hotel is set in […]


From Puerto Rico to Aruba, 5 Caribbean Places to Visit in December

Carnival’s Carnival Fascination cruise ship is adding new Caribbean cruises out of its homeport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  In 2021, the ship will add three new seven-day Caribbean cruises out of San Juan, each of which will include stops at five different Caribbean destinations.  The new cruises will include stops at Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, […]

St Maarten Is Getting a New Eco-Resort

A new eco-resort project is coming to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.  It’s called the St Maarten Hillside Plantation and Eco Resort, and it will be a new kind of tourism project on the island.  The project is the brainchild of a pair of specialists: agriculture engineer and aquaponics leader Joslyn Richardson and wellness […]

MSC Meraviglia Makes First Cruise Call in St Maarten

MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia ship made its inaugural call on St Maarten this week.  It was the second inaugural call for Port St Maarten so far in the 2019-2020 cruise season.  “Once again Port St Maarten and the destination have been able to welcome the sixth largest cruise ship in the world and offer its guests and […]

Sonesta Completes St Maarten Relaunch

Sonesta has completed its high-profile relaunch of its two major St Maarten resorts, the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and the Sonesta Ocean Point Resort.  In a statement this week, Sonesta Resorts St Maarten said the dual-property complex was now “fully operational,” having completed the final stages of rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Irma.  That […]

KLM Is Relaunching Its Nonstop St Maarten Flights

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is officially relaunching its flights from Amsterdam to St Maarten.  The Dutch carrier suspended its nonstop flights to the island in the wake of Hurricane Irma in 2017, instead operating flights in combination with its Curacao flights.  Beginning Oct. 27, KLM will be flying nonstop services to St Maarten twice weekly, […]

St Maarten Cruise Port Planning Improvements

By the Caribbean Journal staff Port St Maarten is planning a series of improvement projects, officials announced this week. The new investments are part of a “primary focus of getting additional business in 2020 and beyond,” according to a statement. Over the next 24 months, the port will be financing construction of several new projects, […]

Hamptons Favorite Navy Beach Is Coming to the Caribbean

The popular Navy Beach eatery in The Hamptons is expanding with two locations in the Caribbean.  Navy Beach, which launched in Montauk in 2010, will be debuting outposts at a pair of Caribbean marinas: Yacht Haven Grande St Thomas and the Yacht Club at Isle de Sol in St Maarten.  The new locations are the […]

St Maarten Is Leading a Caribbean Tourism Comeback

By Alexander Britell It’s one of the most sought-after corners of the Caribbean — that famous triangle of Caribbean hotspots: St Maarten, St Barth and Anguilla. And just two years after Hurricane Irma, the trio of destinations is in the midst of a significant tourism renaissance, in large part due to its hub: St Maarten. St […]