St. Maarten

United Airlines made its long-awaited return to St. Maarten this week. St Maarten Tourism Minister Cornelius De Weever welcomed the return of the airline, which will provide a weekly airlift out of Newark, New Jersey, to the island's Princess Juliana International Airport. United had suspended service in the ...

PHILIPSBURG - Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Cornelius de Weever, welcomes the return of United Airlines to the destination. United Airlines returned on Saturday, April 14 to Princess Juliana International Airport. The airline will ...

TORONTO — Six months after Irma, the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten / Saint-Martin has seen 12 hotels and inns reopen on the Dutch side and 10 hotels and inns reopen on the French side. The island's roads are free of debris, several restaurants and shops have reopened, and beaches have been ...

PHILIPSBURG - Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Cornelius de Weever, who just recently returned after leading a delegation to Seatrade Cruise Global, said there is still a great demand for the destination, and concluded that ...

When Hurricane Irma struck the island of St. Maarten, in September, winds of a hundred and eighty-two miles per hour ripped off sections of the roof of the island's new Princess Juliana International Airport. Workers placed tarps over some missing portions of the roof but were told to stop so that the airport could maximize its ...

Party leaders are Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger (United Democrats), former minister Silveria Jacobs (National Alliance), retired pastor Wycliffe Smith (St. Maarten Christian Party) and MP Frans Richardson (United St. Maarten Party). The United Democrats earned seven seats, one short of a full ...

St Maarten-based Regional Caribbean air carrier Winair has launched a new way to get around the Dutch Caribbean. This week, the carrier launched the new “CN Express,” a flight aimed at connecting St Maarten, St Eustatius and Bonaire. The flight is the product of a partnership between Winair and the ...

St. Maarten (February 28, 2018) – The excitement on the docks and bustling through the streets of Simpson Bay is palpable as competitors make final preparations for the 38th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, which kicks off tomorrow. Despite the island of St. Maarten still being in recovery mode ...

St Maarten's Princess Juliana International airport is slowly on the mend, even as it could take up to a year before a reconstructed passenger terminal is up and running. The airport, famous for its spectacular aircraft landing approaches over a nearby beach, had its terminal building extensively damaged by ...

Tourism representatives from St. Maarten/St. Martin updated the media on hurricane recovery progress at the CHTA Marketplace in San Juan. Princess Juliana Airport on St. Maarten opened a new air-conditioned departure lounge to accommodate passengers in a larger facility until the interior of the main ...

Cruises, too, are returning to St. Martin: the cruise port that can accommodate larger ships, St. Maarten's Port Authority, reopened on Dec. 4; the 930-passenger Viking Sea from Viking cruises was the first ship to sail into the port. The island's other cruise port, Port de Galisbay, is once again welcoming small ...

There's a new eco-tourism attraction on the island of St Maarten. Rainforest Adventures has celebrated the grand opening of its Rockland Estate Park in St Maarten. This eco-adventure park features rides such as The Flying Dutchman, the world's steepest zipline, as well as the historic Emilio Wilson ...

One of the biggest on the Caribbean calendar is the Heineken Regatta, hosted on the Dutch side of St. Maarten. Last week was the 38th gathering, and the first one after Irma, a mammoth epochal hurricane, with 200 mile-an-hour winds, erased or damaged most of the island's buildings, making this year's ...

SXM_Elections PHILIPSBURG - Governor Eugene Holiday cast his ballot early at his polling station - Hope Estate Senior Citizens Recreational Centre then started his inspection rounds of the other 19 polling station. Holiday was accompanied by Chief of Police Carl John. At each polling station, the ...

Simpson Bay will rejoin several hotels, including St Maarten's Princess Heights, that have already reopened their doors. Several others will reopen this year, including the Divi Little Bay and the beloved Grand Case Beach Club, the latter of which is slated to make its return in October. The reopening times ...

Campaigning on the island has been low-key, with neither of the two largest parties, the National Alliance and United Democrats, publishing manifestos. The leader of the third largest party, Frans Richardson of the United St Maarten Party, was arrested last month over allegations of bribery and tax fraud.