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Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, Casino & Spa to host 12th Crystal Pineapple Awards
The St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association is excited to announce that Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, Casino & Spa will be the host of the 2019 Crystal Pineapple Awards to be held on November 23rd. SHTA sincerely appreciates the fact that Sonesta Maho Beach...
Founder Travelocity to be Keynote at SMILE
The SHTA announced today that Terry Jones of Travelocity, is to be one of the keynote speakers of the Sint Maarten Innovations, Initiatives and Industries Link-up Event (SMILE). Travelocity is one of the world’s largest travel sites. After building the digital...
Famous YouTube Influencer to Present at SMILE
One of the most well-known influencers of the Kingdom, Bas van Teylingen, is to visit the island end of October. His address “Secrets of Influencer Marketing” will be one of the highlights of the Sint Maarten Innovations, Initiatives and Industries Link-up Event...
Susan Alzner from Shift7 to be keynote at SMILE
Susan Alzner of Shift7 will be one of the keynote speakers at the Sint Maarten Innovations, Initiatives and Industries Link-up Event (SMILE). Organizers were elated to announce this today to mark the final day of SMILE Early Bird Season. Shift 7 believes in the...
Let the Nominations Begin!! The 12th Crystal Pineapple Awards Fundraising Gala
The 12th Annual Crystal Pineapple Awards Fundraising Gala, organized by the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association, officially opens its nomination period on Tuesday September 24th, 2019 and closes on October 14th, 2019. The Award Ceremony is scheduled to be...
PRE-SMILE EVENT HELD IN THE HAGUE
A pre-SMILE lunch event held by the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of St. Maarten in collaboration with the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) on September 10 was a success. The meeting was held to prepare interested Europe-based companies...
SMILE to host MicroMentor’s Caribbean Innovation Challenge 2019
The Sint Maarten Innovations, Initiatives and Industries Link-up Event 2019 (SMILE) will be the host of the award ceremony for the Caribbean Innovation Contest. By means of this contest, NGO MicroMentor will provide 15 prizes up to $5,000 to support the...
SHTA’s Reflections on Recovery — 2 YEARS POST IRMA
As we pensively anticipate the anniversary of Hurricane Irma, after witnessing Dorian’s destruction of the Bahamas, we reflect on how little meaningful progress has been made not one but a full two years later. That’s right the below table does look familiar. It was...
SHTA calls for donations to Samaritan’s Purse and Rotary Club International for providing assistance to the Bahamas
Reflecting on September of 2017, as the news of the level of destruction in the Bahamas comes in, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) calls for all entities and individuals willing to offer relief to the Bahamas in the wake of hurricane Dorian,...
WASTE2WORK LAUNCHES NEW DESIGN COMPETITION
As of today, Thursday, August 15, Waste2Work launches its first island-wide Waste2Design competition. Running until October 15, the objective is to uncover new talent on St. Maarten and raise awareness on upcycling waste materials. Waste2Work believes there are a lot...
Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary to hold SMILE pre-event
On the 10th of September, in collaboration with SHTA, the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten will host a special lunch meeting. This meeting will help in preparing interested European based companies and NGO’s who will visit Sint Maarten during...
UPDATED ‘HURRICANE MANUAL’ SHARED WITH HOTEL PROPERTIES
St. Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB) and the St. Maarten Hotel and Trade Association (SHTA) have distributed a Hurricane Manual to accommodation properties for the 2019 and future hurricane seasons. The jointly created manual outlines the role of public and...
SHTA & SMTA SELECT FIRST “SINT MAARTEN WOMEN IN TOURISM CARIBBEAN”
The Sint Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) and the Sint Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA) have jointly nominated Ms. Edna Evans (Belair Beach Resort) as the first Sint Maarten choice for the “Women in Tourism Caribbean” network. This was...
Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present instruments to Sint Maarten companies on export, tourism
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be visiting Sint Maarten to elaborate on support instruments made available for Kingdom enterprises in international trade, including those on Sint Maarten. They will do so during the Sint...
SMILE 2019 slated for October 25 – 26th 2019
The 2019 Sint Maarten Innovations, Initiatives & Industries Link-up Event is scheduled for October 25th and 26th. This was announced by the main organizer, The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA), today. The SMILE event was founded in 2018 and...
SHTA MEMBERS TREATED TO ENLIGHTENING SNAPSHOT OF SINGAPORE’S SUCCESS STORY | THE DAILY HERALD
PHILIPSBURG–St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Divi Little Bay Resort Tuesday evening on the theme “Controlling our Destiny” and was fortunate enough to have Jean-Marc Vermot de Boisrolin of Blvd Capital...
SHTA SIGNS REVISED MOU WITH INDIAN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION | THE DAILY HERALD
PHILIPSBURG–President of St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) Lorraine Talmi and President of the Indian Merchants Association (IMA) Damu Rawtani signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SHTA’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “We felt over the...
SMART Crosses 100 Company Landmark
Registrations for the Saint Martin / Sint Maarten Annual Regional Tradeshow (SMART) have now exceeded 100 companies, passing by the event’s last two editions in 2015 and 2017. This was announced today by the four organizing partners, L’Association des Hoteliers de...