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    Free Week at Belair Beach Hotel on Little Bay, St. Maarten

    Week 26 4th floor. Lease ends in 2088. 2 BR 2Bath. Ocean Front. The Belair Beach Hotel, located on Little Bay Beach, is the only All Suite Ocean front resort on St. Maarten. It has a unique combination of hotel, timeshare and condominium facilities. Sit on your own private terrace...
  2. RNCollins

    New Ferry to Operate Between St Maarten, Statia and Saba

    New Ferry to Operate Between St Maarten, Statia and Saba https://www.caribjournal.com/2021/10/14/st-maarten-statia-ferry-service-launching/
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    Delta Expanding Flights to St Thomas, St Maarten

    Delta Expanding Flights to St Thomas, St Maarten https://www.caribjournal.com/2021/10/20/st-thomas-st-maarten-delta-expanding-flights/
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    Two New Ways to Fly Nonstop to St Maarten

    Two New Ways to Fly Nonstop to St Maarten https://www.caribjournal.com/2021/07/09/st-maarten-nonstop-fly-two-new/ Great Bay, St Maarten Photo by Reimar / shutterstock.com
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    United Airlines’ Big Caribbean Expansion

    United Airlines’ Big Caribbean Expansion https://www.caribjournal.com/2021/03/28/united-airlines-big-caribbean-expansion/ Maho Beach, St Maarten - United Airlines jet landing at SXM. Photo by Thiago B Trevisan / www.shutterstock.com
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    American Airlines Adding New Routes to St Maarten, Saint Lucia

    American Airlines Adding New Routes to St Maarten, Saint Lucia https://www.caribjournal.com/2021/02/10/american-airlines-adding-new-routes-to-st-maarten-saint-lucia/ The Pitons, Saint Lucia Photo by PlusONE / shutterstock.com
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    JetBlue Just Launched a New Flight to St Maarten

    JetBlue Just Launched a New Flight to St Maarten https://www.caribjournal.com/2020/11/26/st-maarten-jetblue-flight-new/
  8. RNCollins

    St Maarten-Anguilla Sea Shuttles to Relaunch

    St Maarten-Anguilla Sea Shuttles to Relaunch https://www.caribjournal.com/2020/11/06/st-maarten-anguilla-sea-shuttles/
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    St Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association return visit survey

    The St Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) has produced a survey aimed at returning visitors to St Maarten. Link for survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FGMF86Z Link for survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FGMF86Z The St Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) email...
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    Sint Maarten Travel Ban information

    Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs’ National Address on COVID-19 MARCH 14, 2020: “People of St. Maarten, I hereby address you, as Prime Minister and Chair of the EOC (Emergency Operations Center), in an update for today Saturday March 14, 2020, as part of the process to keep the community of Sint...
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    Info regarding Travel Ban to Sint Maarten

    Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs’ National Address on COVID-19 MARCH 14, 2020 “People of St. Maarten, I hereby address you, as Prime Minister and Chair of the EOC (Emergency Operations Center), in an update for today Saturday March 14, 2020, as part of the process to keep the community of Sint...
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    JetBlue Is Adding Wi-Fi on Its Caribbean Flights

    JetBlue Is Adding Wi-Fi on Its Caribbean Flights https://www.caribjournal.com/2019/03/24/jetblue-is-adding-wi-fi-on-its-caribbean-flights/ Caribbean Journal staff / Caribbean Journal / caribjournal.com / March 24, 2019 “In a boon for travelers to the Caribbean, JetBlue Airways is adding Wi-Fi...
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    Ashanti, Ja Rule to Headline St Maarten Carnival Concert

    Ashanti, Ja Rule to Headline St Maarten Carnival Concert https://www.caribjournal.com/2019/03/18/ashanti-ja-rule-to-headline-st-maarten-carnival-concert/ By the Caribbean Journal staff / The Caribbean Journal / caribjournal.com / Mar 18, 2019 “A group of music superstars will be headlining a...
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    The Jacksons to perform at St. Maarten regatta

    The Jacksons to perform at St Maarten regatta https://www.travelweekly.com/Caribbean-Travel/The-Jacksons-will-be-musical-guest-at-St-Maarten-regatta By Gay Nagle Myers / Caribbean / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Feb 4, 2019 “The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, famous for world-class...
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    St Maarten Set for New JetBlue Flights From Fort Lauderdale

    St Maarten Set for New JetBlue Flights From Fort Lauderdale https://www.caribjournal.com/2019/02/03/st-maarten-jetblue-fort-lauderdale/ Caribbean Journal staff / Caribbean Journal / caribjournal.com / Feb 3, 2019 “JetBlue is about to launch another significant new daily route to the...
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    Air Transat Makes Its Return to St Maarten

    Air Transat Makes Its Return to St Maarten https://www.caribjournal.com/2018/12/26/air-transat-makes-its-return-to-st-maarten/ Caribbean Journal staff / Caribbean Journal / caribjournal.com / Dec 26, 2018 “Canadian carrier Air Transat has finally returned to St Maarten. The airline officially...
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    JetBlue Relaunching St Maarten, St Thomas flights from Boston

    JetBlue Relaunching St Maarten, St Thomas flights from Boston https://www.caribjournal.com/2018/08/13/jetblue-relaunching-st-maarten-st-thomas-flights-from-boston/ By Alexander Britel / The Caribbean Journal / August 13, 2018 “JetBlue is relaunching two of its more popular Caribbean routes for...
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    American Airlines Is Adding More Daily St Maarten Flights

    American Airlines Is Adding More Daily St Maarten Flights https://www.caribjournal.com/2018/07/08/american-airlines-is-adding-more-daily-st-maarten-flights/ The Caribbean Journal / July 8, 2018 “American Airlines is significantly ramping up its flight service to St Maarten this winter...
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    WestJet Returning To St Maarten

    WestJet Returning To St Maarten https://www.caribjournal.com/2018/02/05/westjet-returning-st-maarten/ February 5, 2018 / Caribbean Journal “Canadian air carrier WestJet is returning to St Maarten, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The carrier will begin weekly scheduled service...
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    Ocean Club St Maarten Hurricane Irma Update

    I received an email Friday 9/22/17 from Ocean Club in St Maarten where I own. Email received from: info@oceanclubstmaarten.com "Dear Members: Thank you for all your heartfelt messages. First of all, the staff of the resort are well considering the circumstances and currently helping to...
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    TradeWinds Hurricane Irma Update

    September 9, 2017 - TradeWinds Update from their Facebook page: HURRICANE IRMA "Dear Everyone, As you are most probably aware St. Martin/Sint Maarten and The British Virgin Islands both got a direct hit from Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean. It...
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    Timeshare Resort Badly Damaged by Irma

    Hello. We have owned a week at the St. Maarten Sea Palace for over 30 years. We feel we've gotten our money's worth from our ownership, and we'd like to move on and were planning to try to sell it / give it away. Now we understand that the resort, while still standing, had major hurricane damage...
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