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SHTA launches Vision Sint Maarten 2025
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) held its Annual General Meeting on May 28th; the focus of the meeting was Vision and Recovery, with distinguished speakers Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and Dr. Hans Leijtens, Director-General of the Dutch...
SHTA CALL TO ACTION REGARDING THE DUMP
SHTA & Carib end 2018 Event Calendar campaign with Symbolic Gesture
Photo Caption: From left to Right Lea Rojas (SHTA Calendar Project Manager) , Ms. Penny Evans, Loic Bryan (Artistic Drive) Roel Kokkelmans (ILTT Account Manager Carib Sint Maarten), back: Luceta van Putten (SHTA Calendar Campaign Developer) The Sint Maarten...
SHTA-ORCO Bank Young Professionals Mixer Boasts 206 Attendees
On Friday March 16th, 2018, the second St. Maarten Young Professionals Mixer hosted by SHTA and ORCO Bank was held at St. Rose’s arcade. The second edition of this successful event drew a crowd of 206; well attended by both young professionals and more seasoned young...
Open letter Post-Irma Statistics
Open letter to the Private Sector of Sint Maarten, the Central Bank, the Department of Statistics, the Ministry of TEATT, the World Bank, The UNDP, the IMF, ECLAC, the CFT, The Governor of Sint Maarten, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and everyone else interested in...
MOU Cements Island’s Joint Tourism Development Plan
OYSTER POND--A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed in Oyster Bay Resort’s Infinity Restaurant on Friday by government representatives from both sides of the island to officially clear the way for creation of a joint tourism development master plan. The...
SHTA supports Sarah’s call to suspend the MP/Minister redundancy pay immediately
The SHTA has taken note of a Facebook message by President of Parliament Ms. Sarah-Wescott-Williams in which she explains the law on redundancy pay for MP's and Ministers. According to Ms. Wescott-Williams, redundancy pay works for "any amount of time served, one (a...
SHTA & Carib Beer Call for Sharing 2018 Events to Show Sint Maarten is Open Again
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) and Carib Beer call on companies and NGO’s to send in events they are planning for 2018 for their National Event Calendar. By launching the calendar three months after hurricane Irma, partners seek to promote...
SHTA Organizes Recovery Photo Contest
Over the next week, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) holds a recovery photo contest. By means of collecting pictures of the rebuilding of Sint Maarten, SHTA wants to break the vicious circle of international media still portraying pictures of...
The SHTA formally denounces the calling for snap elections in January
With keen interest SHTA has followed the recent political shifts and the debate in the Parliament of St. Maarten. The dismissal of the Marlin Cabinet and the subsequent call for snap elections will most definitely further hinder our recovery; taking precious...
SHTA holds busy first Post-Irma event
This Tuesday, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) held its first post-Irma mixer on October 31st. The event was hosted by Infinity Restaurant, reopening as of today. By means of the mixer, SHTA invited its membership to convene for the first time...
SHTA regrets unnecessary loss of USM
SHTA is appalled by the fact that the Government has not immediately come to the rescue of the University of St Martin, the only public university on the island, in the wake of destruction and devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria. Rebuilding Sint...
Why is Government still stalling?
PHILIPSBURG - It is with deep concern and mounting frustration that the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) is witnessing our Government’s ongoing reluctance to engage in a cooperative dialogue with Holland with regards to securing much needed...
SHTA calls on hospitality and business members to share their status
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) calls on membership to share their possible reopenings after hurricane Irma. The association can assist its businesses by providing clarity regarding their post-Irma status. Hotels and accommodations are...
Proposal psychological support for organizations
The department of Public Health has asked the Association for Psychologists and Allied Professionals (APAP) to support in the psychological first aid of companies and organizations in connection with the passing of hurricanes Irma and Maria. This document provides a...
SHTA calls on hospitality and business members to share their status
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) calls on membership to share their possible reopenings after hurricane Irma. The association can assist its businesses by providing clarity regarding their post-Irma status. Hotels and accommodations are...
SHTA Recommendations for Tax and Labor Reform
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) has drafted a possible path forward for Sint Maarten from this time of crisis onwards. The following recommendations are an integral strategy and can only work if all elements come into effect together. SHTA...
Without Dutch assistance, next disasters loom
Major disasters and stressful situations tend to bring out the best and the worst in people and the organizations managed by them; public and private, and even volunteer. The indiscriminate nature of Hurricane Irma means that no one has been spared. Just a month...