Aug 6, 2015 | Featured News, Industry News, Local News
P H I L I P S B U R G – – S t . Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA), the largest business representative on the island, recently donated US $473 to Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) – St. Maarten for brochures describing the...
Jul 24, 2015 | Industry News, Local News
SHTA Director meets with local crafters at the newly opened arts and crafts gallery on Front Street. Local crafters now have a beautiful store where they are able to display and sell their artwork for the community of St. Maarten and visitors to the island. A group of...
Jul 14, 2015 | Industry News
THE CARIBBEAN (July 13, 2015) – The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA)and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) are working together to provide hotels, government officials and stakeholders with best practice information aimed at...
Jul 13, 2015 | Education, Featured News, Hospitality, Industry News
Three faculty members of the University of St. Martin (USM) Hospitality and Tourism Management Program in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, have earned the Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE®) designation. Dr. Natasha Gittens, CHE; Erwin Wolthuis, CHE; and Jan van Beek,...
Jul 13, 2015 | CHTA, Featured News, Industry News
CUBA: The Great Disruption for the Good of the Caribbean. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association states its views. The biggest and most disruptive pebble to be dropped into the Caribbean pool in fifty years will arrive with the opening of travel to Cuba for...
Jun 23, 2015 | CHTA, Industry News
Source of News: The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), representing the private sector tourism interests of the region, is calling for the establishment of a Caribbean Basin Tourism Initiative (CBTI) to address the region’s socio-economic...