http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog Luxurious vacation villa rentals in St Maarten, St Martin and St Barth Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:53:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en West Indies Events and the St.Maarten-St.Martin Classic Yacht Regatta Foundation are inviting all Tall Ships to come to St.Maarten in January 2009. A special course for those large vessels has been added in the fourth classic regatta which will be held during the third week of January. The Tall ships ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/08/11/classic-yacht-regatta-stmaarten-stmartin/ St Maarten -- DELTA will introduce new Boeing 737-700 aircraft on the Atlanta - St. Maarten route effective December 20, 2008. . It will operate DL439/440 daily except Day 6 to cope with demand for the destination. The airline has added extra daily flights to Aruba and the Dominican Republic ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/08/07/new-st-maarten-flight-by-delta-airlines/ St Maarten, August 1. Press release by BlueOceanVillas Royal Caribbean, a successful and profitable international company, has been in business for more than 30 years, has approximately 40,000 employees, a fleet of 40 ships that carry approximately four million passengers per year and generates about four billion dollars of gross revenue. ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/08/01/developments-of-waterfront-esplanade-in-st-maarten/ St. Maarten - July 31 - BlueOceanVillas.com Some welcome news concerning the state of the local economy during the first half of the year was reported by government. While the cost of living undoubtedly has increased, government earnings on a cash basis and the collection of taxes are both up. Some airlines ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/31/st-maarten-local-economy/ ST MAARTEN, July 28, 2008 (BlueOceanVillas NEWSWIRE) -- JetBlue Airways' Chief Financial Officer, Ed Barnes, headed out on his annual vacation this morning unaware that the airline's revenue management team would use the opportunity to give customers even greater low fares for its annual fall sale, which launches today. The ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/28/jetblue-airways-launches-fall-sale-while-its-cfo-is-away/ has announced that it will again offer flights between St Barth and St Maarten starting on July 15 in partnership with Tropical Airlines. (aka Air Antilles Express) Air Antilles Express is an airline based in Guadeloupe. It is a regional airline operating scheduled services between the islands of the French ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/24/new-st-barth-st-maarten-route/ THE NETHERLANDS - Following a meeting of the Island Council, the former Dutch colony of St Maarten has agreed to the creation of a supervisory board to regulate the island's finances. Curaçao, another Caribbean island and former Dutch colony, has already agreed to the same measure. The government in The Hague is ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/24/supervisory-board-to-regulate-st-maartens-finances/ American Airlines has put pretty much every destination in the Caribbean region on sale, as long as you book by the end of this month. At the time we checked, an early September round-trip between St. Maarten and Miami. AA is selling seats for $388. As with all airfare sales, sometimes ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/21/american-airlines-caribbean-region-on-sale/ Philipsburg's main drag is Front Street, and this is where you'll find most of the jewelry stores, electronics boutiques, parfumeries, and other shops that take advantage of the city's status as a duty-free port. When cruise ships are in port, the narrow streets can become quite crowded, but you'll rarely ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/21/tour-philipsburg-capital-of-dutch-st-maarten/ Whenever you renting one of our villas in St Maarten or St Martin, a day trip to Pinel Island is a must.  Charming Pinel Island, or Isle Pinel, or in French Ilet Pinel or Ile de Pinel, is a tiny island on the north end of St. Martin and located ... http://blueoceanvillas.com/blog/2008/07/17/pinel-island-saint-martin/