Buccaneer Beach Bar has announced — per project launch and marketing manager, Martha Marsden — that they will be re-opening on Sunday, April 18, 2021, under new ownership. Yes, the same great location on Kim Sha Beach in Simpson Bay will once again be the go-to bar for locals and…
Read More »Frontier Airlines has just announced that they will be initiating new service from two cities in the United States to Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport. Weekly non-stop service will commence from Orlando and Miami, with both beginning on July 10, 2021. “We’re overjoyed to add St. Maarten to our…
Read More »The high season is near in Saint Martin and, while there’s uncertainty about what it will look like this year, it can’t come soon enough. Businesses normally shutter during hurricane season, until after November 1, but this season has seen some businesses extend closings due to a reduction in tourism…
Read More »Jacqueline Lake-Carty is better know as “Jacko” and is recognized as an emblematic figure around Saint Martin. She opened the lolo known as ‘Sky’s the LImit’ 20 years ago in Grand Case, the capital of Caribbean gastronomy. As a young child, she learned to cook Caribbean specialties from her mother.…
Read More »Located on the shore of Grand Case Bay, Rainbow Cafe is one of our favorite places to spend an afternoon basking in the warm sunshine. Hurricane Irma destroyed much of the property in 2017 but they built back even better than before and were one of the first restaurants to…
Read More »It’s been a long strange year indeed. And it’s not over yet, sadly. We’ve all struggled to get back to some semblance of normality. You remember that, right? Sometimes, I’m not sure I do. The island of Anguilla has been slowly reopening in a phased approach, but businesses like the…
Read More »When I first came to Sint Maarten I was just another tourist longing for beautiful beaches. It always starts out that way, but more often than not tourists who come to the Friendly Island once inevitably find themselves itching to return. The more I returned, the more I wanted to…
Read More »Sint Maarten is filled with a bevy of incredible talent. That’s never been more evident than in this great video from Only on SXM that highlights the dance moves of some fabulous local talent as they perform the Jerusalema Challenge. If you aren’t familiar with the Jerusalema Challenge, it started…
Read More »Anguilla is just a few miles away from Saint Martin and provides moments of pure bliss and serenity that few places on this Big Blue Marble can. Case in point, this video from the owner of Sunshine Shack, Garvey, overlooking Rendezvous Bay with Saint Martin glimmering in the distance. If…
Read More »In October 2010, Starwood Capital Group (SCG) purchased the distressed loan of the failed 166-room Viceroy Resort on Anguilla, the stunning Caribbean island neighbor of Saint Martin. Situated on a coveted piece of property overlooking the Caribbean Sea and sandwiched between Barnes Bay and Meads Bay, SCG, led by Chairman…
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