Published: 31 May 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - Sint Maarten s first SXM Best Shopping Week is slated for July 26th to August 1st. This was announced today by the organizers.
SXM Best Shopping Week is an expansion of the successful SXM Best Weekend that traditionally accompanies the yearly Oualichi Festival.
SXM Best Weekend over the years attracted a loyal and broad fan base of shoppers from the region, Europe, and the United States. The event will be marketed both on the island as well as in the aforementioned regions.
Like the famed weekend, its weeklong successor will present a cornucopia of discounts in many of St Maarten s stores. By organizing the annual event in July, organizers aim to make St Maarten the best-visited island in the region in the long run in that month.
Published: 26 April 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - Excursion Company Rhino Safari received its Gold SafeSeal in recognition of its practices in protecting its clients against COVID19.
SafeSeal is the immediately recognizable emblem for companies that are verified that they adhere to strict cleanliness and hygiene guidelines to counter the COVID19 pandemic. SafeSeal standards have been devised by medical and occupational safety professionals; the methods and practices have been used to grant acknowledgment of best COVID19 prevention practices to 1700 companies in the Caribbean. For St Maarten, the checklists per sector have been validated to befit, among others, the guidelines on stmaartengov.org.
Rhino Safari tours towards Creole Rock, Happy Bay, and beaches are all outdoor activities. Still, the company made sure adjustments were put in place to adhere to the strictest safety guidelines. “Check-ins are in the open air as well. Returning from the excursions there are wash stat