Turquoise water is curving into Santa Martha Bay on Curaçao’s western side. Limestone cliffs rise above the sea west of Willemstad. Fishing boats drift through the bay below the Santa Martha lookout point. The roads heading toward Soto pass cactus-covered hills, rocky coves and small beach bars facing the Caribbean. And you’re gazing at all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten is primed for a major culinary event with the return this year of Chefs Night. The four-day event, which will be hosted at the Sonesta Ocean Point resort in Maho, will last from Oct. 2-5. This year’s culinary fete will feature appearances by Jimmy Stening, a barbecue pit […]
By Alexander Britell St Maarten tourism is booming. The Dutch Caribbean hotspot is seeing a massive rebound in tourism arrivals, according to newly-released data for the first half of 2019. St Maarten reported 171,543 stayover visitors in the first six months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. That represented a whopping 131 […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s all-important cruise sector continues to surge, according to the latest numbers released this week by Port St Maarten. The top-level Caribbean port reported close to 1.1 million cruise passenger arrivals between January and July 2019, across a total of 373 cruise ship calls. That included more than 650,000 […]
By Guy Britton Zip lines come in many shapes and sizes, but this one is different. Very different. The Flying Dutchman at Rainforest Adventures on St Maarten is the steepest zip line in the world. It’s an essential St Maarten experience, plunging more than 1,000 feet down and traversing more than 2,800 feet. As amazing as the Flying […]
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