JetBlue has launched its newest service to the Caribbean with a new route from Newark to St Maarten, Caribbean Journal has learned.

The new route, which kicked off this week, is operating weekly on Saturdays.

“We are very happy to see another JetBlue gateway open to St. Maarten with Newark. This has been an ongoing relationship dating back to 2008 with our first flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport. With four gateways now servicing St. Maarten, it shows the confidence JetBlue has in the destination and we look forward to the continuous hard work and great working relationship that we’ve fostered,” STB Director May-Ling Chun said.

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The US Virgin Islands has kicked off its charter yacht industry with the hosting of the USVI Charter Yacht Show. 

Last week’s event, held with rigorous health and safety protocols, brought more than 50 charter yacht brokers, with another 100 signing in virtually. 

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St Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport is reporting “positive trend” for the upcoming winter tourist season, according to officials. 

St Maarten first reopened its borders for international tourism in July, and arrivals are seeing an uptick, airport officials said in a statement. 

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Since the beginning of June, when the first Caribbean destinations began to reopen their borders for tourism, there’s been a continued wave of hotel re-openings.

So it was major news in Punta Cana this weekend when a full-fledged new resort actually opened its doors — for the first time.

Indeed, the first new resort to open in Punta Cana since the beginning of the pandemic just began welcoming guests: The Radisson Blu Resort and Residence Punta Cana. 

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