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13/09/2024

A very important issue relating to our tourism product.

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten (September 11, 2024)—“The video of an incident involving a taxi driver (Taxi 53) and some visitors, which went viral on several media platforms on Monday, September... lees meer

09/09/2024

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05/10/2023

St. Maarten in development.

OCEAN Construction Progress Aug, 2023 - Simpson Bay, St. Maarten

15/12/2022

For Sale Valley Estate land, lowest phase 1, 800m2, with VROMI-approved building permit for a house with 3 bedrooms + 1 bedroom apartment for $100.000,- US Dollars. Renderings of this property are based on the approved building permit from VROMI. Basically, these are allowed and approved drawings fo...

01/09/2022

We learnt a new term today: 'Revenge Travel' 😄
Well, people get your revenge on and travel to your heart's desire while you can and enjoy the post-pandemic period.
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28/08/2022

Sports Tourism here we come!

25/08/2022

We are excited to share our vision with you!

12/08/2022

PHILIPSBURG — Today, Thursday, August 11th, 2022, the Honorable Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila de Weever met with representatives from Royal Caribbean Group (RCG), namely Vice President of Destination Development Joshua Carroll and Manager of Destination Development Mario Egües during their re...

10/08/2022

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – After intensive consultation with stakeholders, the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) is in the process of finalizing arrangements to sink the salvaged 27-meter-long tugboat Marion in the Man of War Shoal Marine Park to create an artificial reef and dive site. Sin...

04/08/2022

PHILIPSBURG — Making St. Maarten less dependent on tourism? But how? That is the headline above an article published on the website of the Dutch newspaper NRC. The author, Denise Retera, poses the question but does not come up with a useful answer. Retera spoke with two employees of Say Yes Jewele...

04/08/2022

1. The Licensing system PHILIPSBURG — Establishing a business in St. Maarten is an at times an expensive road littered with stumbling blocks. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Transport and Telecommunication commissioned a report to a...

01/08/2022

By Hilbert Haar Our story about the Pott rum factory shows that it is possible to have foreign investors come to the island that offer meaningful employment to locals. But the complaint is more often than not, rightly or wrongly, that foreign investors prefer to bring in employees from their own cou...

06/07/2022

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06/07/2022

We asked an experience traveler who travel often to and from St. Maarten what he think of this development and he wrote the following:

Entering SXM the last four times has not been that big of an event. Sometimes the lines are much longer than other times depending on the flights of course.

The medical people on entry are all efficient. The last entrance required I believe two pages to be filled out to declare the vaccination with a vax card needing to be downloaded.

I don’t miss getting tested. My concern is non-vaxers simply printing their own card or getting a copy of one on the net. My vax card comes from a very large national pharmacy, but I could have printed it myself.

I don’t think this is a big problem.

Going back to the EHAS mandate, it is simpler now with the automated approval. People just have to remember to do it.

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PHILIPSBURG — Starting on August 1, vaccinated travelers to St. Maarten will be able to get pre-approval for entering the country by using EHAS (Electronic Health Authorization System), Public Health Minister Omar Ottley announced in a press release. The intention is to make EHAS more convenient b...

21/06/2022

New initiative launched to introduce opportunities in avionics to local girls. PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Women in Aviation International (WAI) Girls in Aviation Day is a new collaborative effort by WAI and Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila De Weever. The initiative is one that focuses on exposin...

21/03/2022

Wonder of the Seas Capt. Says St. Maarten is a premier port destination

PORT ST. MAARTEN – Captain Rob Hempstead on Monday morning told Port St. Maarten Group (PSG) management, key industry stakeholders, and port stalwarts during a small reception – due to COVID-19 protocols - at the pier where Wonder of the Seas was docked, that St. Maarten is a premier port destination.

Capt. Hempstead, the man at the helm of the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s 5th Oasis Class that made its inaugural call on Monday, has been sailing with Royal Caribbean International since 1999 and has served as Master aboard six ships since 2005. Capt. Hempstead has been visiting the destination for a long time when he was captain of the sister ship Symphony of the Seas.

Wonder of the Seas was in port with approximately 4,900 guests and is Royal Caribbean’s newest cruise ship which commenced with its inaugural sailing on March 4 out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, operating seven-night cruises.

Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry of TEATT) Hon. Roger Lawrence said on Monday: "It is a pleasure to welcome the largest cruise ship in the world, the oasis-class vessel, Wonder of the Seas to our friendly island of St. Maarten.

“It has been 13 years since St. Maarten welcomed the first Oasis-class vessel and St. Maarten has continued to be a pioneer in that regard and has been a favorite destination to the cruise industry. This is a great indication of our leading role as a destination and together with Port St. Maarten we aim to expand on our partnership within the industry.”

Port St. Maarten Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alexander Gumbs stated that: “Today is not only to celebrate cruise, but to also celebrate the holistic product we provide as a destination. The hard work of our crane operators and cargo stakeholders that provision the ships today, the taxi drivers as destination ambassadors, tour operators and retailers, we say thank you.
“Thank you in the sense that you make the product whole and assist with the ratings that we have today. Let St. Maarten not only be the destination that triggered an industry of innovation, but St. Maarten as the destination that will chart the way forward in terms of vacation experiences.

“Today we welcome the world’s largest “Wonder” a wonder that we’ve seen. Wondering for a long time with the fluidity of the industry. A wonder that was a dream and today it’s here as a reality.
“St. Maarten not by coincidence as a port of call but St. Maarten as the eastern Caribbean port of call. The port, and one of the only ports that can factually accommodate two of the largest class ships in the world on a single day. The port that has had and still gets weekly calls from sister ships. Today I thank the leadership, vice presidents, directors, and management from Royal Caribbean Group for their continuous and unwavering support to St. Maarten,” PSG CEO Alexander Gumbs said on Monday.

Wonder of the Seas itineraries will continue run through April until the vessel heads to Europe in May for summer Mediterranean cruises. Wonder of the Seas will return in November to Florida for Caribbean cruises.

The ship is 1,188 feet long, 210 feet wide, and a gross tonnage of 236,857. The cruise ship has a passenger capacity of over 6,000 guests at double occupancy. Occupancy numbers through March averaged around 45-50 per cent. Gumbs said that the port has noticed an uptick in that trend since the beginning of March. The crew onboard to serve the guests is 2,394, bringing the total capacity to over 9,200.

Royal Caribbean’s sister ship Symphony of the Seas, built in 2018, held the top position until Wonder of the Seas was launched at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique (Saint-Nazaire, STX France) shipyard.
The vessel has 17 decks and costs US$1.35 billion to construct. Sister ships are Allure, Harmony, Oasis, and Symphony of the Seas.

PHOTO CUTLINE: Minister of TEATT Hon. Roger Lawrence (4th left), PSG CEO Alexander Gumbs (3rd right), along with representatives of Wonder of the Seas, PSG management, key industry stakeholders, and port stalwarts on Monday.

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About the Port St. Maarten Group
The Port St. Maarten Group comprises of 13 companies responsible for most of the country’s maritime activities. The operations at Port St. Maarten Group can be summarized into four pillars of Cruise, Cargo, Yachting and Real Estate. The Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise & Cargo Facilities catered to over 2 million cruise passengers in 2014, and has since 2010 been receiving more than 1.5 million annually. The cargo facilities have led to a steady growth in containerized business making the island a hub for the North-Eastern Caribbean where it concerns transshipment services. The port caters to the Giga yachts and vessels providing berthing and fueling services to this sector. The Port St. Maarten Group also owns and manages a wide range of commercial real estate across the country.
Port St. Maarten is a modern, well equipped and secure port facility that is operated and managed by a dedicated professional staff. Visit our website for further information www.portstmaarten.com or call +1 721 542-8503 or 8504, email: [email protected]

21/02/2022

12/02/2022

Dear Editor,   Kindly allow me the opportunity to shed some light into recent conversations about St. Maarten obtaining FAA Category...

02/11/2021

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