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St. Maarten Restaurants Start Preparing for November’s St. Maarten Flavors
Picture: Master Chef Wendell Laurence from Ocean Lounge Holland House Hotel Over the past weeks, more than 15 St. Maarten restaurants have commenced their preparations for St. Maarten Flavors, which signifies Culinary Month in November, highlighting the variety of...
Sint Maarten Yacht Club starts back its Primary School Sailing Program with 48 students!
September 9, 2022 – Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten After a great sailing season for the Sint Maarten Yacht Club from September ’21 till June ’22, including the ‘After School Sailing Program’ and 2 schools participating in the ‘Primary School Sailing Program’, the Sint...
SHTA Holds Annual Event Calendar Photo Competition
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) is organizing a photo competition as part of the promotions for the 2023 edition of its Annual Event Calendar. This competition starts September 7th and will be open for the upcoming weeks. Submitted...
PSG cruise arrivals near 500,000 in first eight months. Outpaces the forecast period.
For the first eight months of 2022, Port St. Maarten has received 316 cruise ship calls bringing in 493,000 cruise passengers between January and August. The total passenger numbers to date outpace the port’s projection over this period by almost 55.000 passengers but...
GUARDIAN GROUP PARTNERS WITH SMMC FOR MEN’S HEALTH DAY ON SEPTEMBER 3RD
Guardian Group has recently partnered with St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) for Men’s Health Day on Saturday, September 3rd, 2022. The event, geared towards raising awareness and the early detection of prostate cancer, offers insured and uninsured men above the age...
New Exhibit at Amuseum Naturalis Showcases Plants Unique to St. Martin
August 18, 2022—French Quarter, St. Martin—Over 100 years ago, a pair of unique plants were discovered on St. Martin. The St. Martin Rodwood and St. Martin Milk Pea are part of this island’s unique natural heritage. New exhibit panels featuring these plants are now on...
November Manifested as St. Maarten’s Culinary Month Through “St. Maarten Flavors”
Philipsburg, St. Maarten -- The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau and the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association jointly announce November as St. Maarten’s Culinary Month through its initiative “St. Maarten Flavors”. During the month of November, participating...
Hilton Grand Vacations coming to Royal Palm, Flamingo in Q3
The Royal Palm Beach Resort in St. Maarten, which www.hiltongrandvacatons.com advertises as a Hilton Vacation Club. Hilton Grand Vacations, which had announced in March 2021 that it will be acquiring Diamond Resorts, is already advertising vacation ownerships at Royal...
2022 Expedia Campaign launched; SHTA Thanks Participants
On June 27th, a new Expedia destination campaign for country St. Maarten was launched. The campaign was the result of a swift cooperation between acting Minister Ottley of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications, the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau, the...
Medwork Sint Maarten COVID Testing Services
Though measures to protect against the spread of COVID have been relaxed worldwide, COVID continues to be a public health concern and testing for COVID remains important, especially at the workplace. At Medwork we offer three COVID testing services. 1. Non-travel...
52nd SHTA Annual General Meeting Highlights Opportunities for Economic Growth
On Thursday June 23rd, 2022, the SHTA held its Annual General Meeting, hosted by Carl’s Unique Inn. Members came together to hear an address of the sitting President Paul Henriquez on the state of the economy and its recovery from both Irma and the pandemic. The...
In Honor of World Ocean Day: Partners of In-No-Plastic Project, Nature Foundation SXM and CC1 Lead Successful Beach Clean Up
On June 10th , Nature Foundation St. Maarten partnered with CC1 St. Maarten and Corona Beer to conduct a successful clean-up at Mullet Bay in honor of World Ocean Day. Nearly 100 people came out to support this worthy cause and collected over 1955.6lbs (887kgs)...
Mount Gay Rum hosts International Rum Cocktail Competition
Mount Gay’s Mixology event of the year! The world’s oldest running rum distillery has invited bartenders from St. Maarten / St. Martin and across the Caribbean to submit their own unique Mount Gay Black Barrel or Mount Gay XO cocktail recipes for a chance to be...
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club 2021 – 2022 Sailing School Season concluded with Diploma Ceremony for its 70 students
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club’s Sailing School offers after school sailing lessons from September – June, each year and this year’s season was concluded with a diploma ceremony to highlight the sailing skills of its 70 sailing students. These students sail on weekdays...
SHTA’s new Public / Private “Save the Summer” Expedia Campaign Raises Record Island Wide Support
The St Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) will launch an Expedia campaign in conjunction with the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB). An expedited agreement was signed by acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Telecommunication and Transport...
FCCA Cruise Summit Showcases Importance of Education and Environment Resilience
PORT ST. MAARTEN – A delegation from Port St. Maarten Group (PSG) attended the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Cruise Summit that took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from June 1-3. An agenda point for PSG was to look at the value the Port brings to the...
SMMC Hosts Visit of State Secretary van Huffelen
CAY HILL: On Thursday, May 26th, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) hosted a visit of State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen and her delegation from the Netherlands. The purpose of the visit was to provide the State Secretary...
SHTA Restaurant Survey: Sint Maarten Faces Culinary Labor Force Challenge
Sint Maarten is facing a serious labor force challenge when it pertains to remaining the "Culinary Capital of the Caribbean". This finding stems from a survey held amongst Dutch side Sint Maarten restaurants and/or restaurant groups. The 2022 SHTA restaurant survey...
