Sep 17, 2025 | SHTA, SHTA Article
Background & Method: Exploration of the St. Maarten Vacation Rental Market Context: The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association produces hotel occupancy rates on a monthly basis with a robust sample. Over 2024, the Dutch side of the island had 3,568...
Aug 4, 2025 | SHTA Article
The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) is very concerned about the timing and accuracy of recent statistics. Many decisions are likely to be based on this information and not having accurate and reliable figures for policy making can pose a major...
Jul 9, 2025 | SHTA Article
The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association’s Robert Dubourcq meeting and training center saw its busiest month since its opening in August 2023. The meeting and training room has been booked over half of the working days of the past month...
May 13, 2025 | SHTA Article
Few economies in the Caribbean are as deeply dependent on tourism as Sint Maarten. Whether your livelihood comes from hotels, transportation, retail, or professional services like accounting or cleaning, the tourism sector plays a vital role. Even if your business...
Oct 16, 2024 | CHTA, SHTA Article
The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) has sent a congratulatory message on behalf of the association to the newly elected president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), Mr. Sanovnik Destang.With SHTA’s support, Mr. Destang was...
Oct 8, 2024 | Press release, SHTA Article
Whereas the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) supports some important steps made recently by the government of St. Maarten, it has serious concerns about a possible “tourism tax” being discussed. Its concerns especially pertain to...
