Minister De Weever calls on nation to give ideas for the Golden 50 Carnival 2019
POND ISLAND — Sint Maarten — The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF), the entity that organizes the annual Carnival festivities, this week started a campaign to garner ideas for the 50th More...
Joint “One Island Cooperation” delegation attending Caribbean Week to promote the destination
POND ISLAND — A joint “One Island Cooperation” government delegation from Sint Maarten/St. Martin are currently in New York City for the 45th Caribbean Week (CW) which kicked off on June 2 and More...
Vocational Training School receives presentation from STB about tourism economy
POND ISLAND – On Tuesday, May 15, staff from the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB) visited the St. Maarten Vocation Training School group 4 Business Administration class, where they received a presentation from More...
STB and SHTA hosted Strategic Marketing Summit 2018
Philipsburg — The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau together with the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) recently hosted the Strategic Marketing Summit with the main theme ‘Marketing & Promoting More...
Caribbean Travel Marketplace
It may seem odd that the interim minister of tourism and economic affairs asks the minister of public health to attend the Caribbean Travel Marketplace in the Bahamas, but the background of Minister Emil Lee – More...
Promoting St. Maarten
The report about spending by cruise passengers in St. Maarten is a clear yard stick for the effects drops in passenger arrivals will have on the local economy. When the chairlady of the Florida Caribbean Cruise More...
Pearl of China
So now we know. The Pearl of China project is not tourism- but business-driven; not another hotel to add to the existing premises. With a promise of 400 well-paying jobs for locals and work for local contractors More...
Better Tourists
Is St. Maarten on the right track or on the wrong track with the Pearl of China project? As we wrote earlier, we do not have sufficient information for a fact-based opinion. What we do have is a study by economist More...
PM Marlin condemns gloom and doom reactions to project
“We found a year-round economic activity” GREAT BAY – Prime Minister William Marlin has reacted with dismay to the reaction “certain persons covering the event” posted on Facebook last Thursday while the More...
