What's New in St Maarten:
The Airport Terminal, The Morgan and Sonesta's Rooftop

St Maarten's recent hospitality news is a mix of infrastructure that reopened, hotels that opened after Irma, and renovations at the big resorts. A large announced new-build hotel with a published investment figure did not turn up in this research.

The airport terminal

The most significant piece of infrastructure is the new arrivals terminal at Princess Juliana International Airport, which Caribbean Journal reported as officially open in August 2025 after years of reconstruction following Hurricane Irma. For an island that depends on air access, a modern terminal with faster processing and a smoother customs flow supports everything else, including rental demand around Simpson Bay and Maho.

Hotels that opened after Irma

Two hotels mark the island's recovery. Adonis Cupecoy, a 52-room property between Porto Cupecoy marina and the Mullet Bay golf course, was described in a January 2020 report as the first new-build hotel to open since Irma, and the first Caribbean hotel for its French brand. The Morgan Resort and Spa, a 124-room property on Simpson Bay beside Sunset Beach Bar, was described in 2020 as about to open and by Caribbean Journal in August 2025 as the island's newest luxury resort, with a saltwater infinity pool and a restaurant called SALT.

Sonesta Maho and Ocean Point

The island's largest resort, Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, has 420 rooms on a ten-acre beachfront site, and its neighbour Sonesta Ocean Point has 130 adults-only rooms. The operator soft-opened Pelican's Nest Sky Deck on 8 June 2026, a 59,000 square foot rooftop deck with mini golf and a climbing wall, which it calls the Caribbean's first all-inclusive rooftop adventure experience, a marketing claim. Ocean Point scheduled suite upgrades for the second quarter of 2026 and lobby work for September 2026.

Residential projects

One agency markets several residential projects: T-Residence, a pre-construction gated studio development in Maho, Dolce Beach Residence and The Hills Residence in Simpson Bay, and Aqua Resort and Aqua Villas on the lagoon in Cupecoy. The status of each, including construction progress and completion dates, was not checked, and pre-construction projects carry delivery risk.

What this means for a buyer

Maho, Simpson Bay and Cupecoy are the corridors named in the market article earlier in this series, and the investment above is concentrated there. Before relying on any of these projects, ask for evidence of construction progress and the developer's earlier completed work, and check completion against the project's own schedule rather than a brochure. For the island's open property rules and the 4% transfer tax, see the legal and cost articles earlier in this series.