Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication of Parliament to meet with representatives of the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA)

March 14, 2022

PHILIPSBURG:---The Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication of Parliament will meet on March 14, 2022.

The Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday at 14.00 hrs.
in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. Representatives of Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) will be present.

The agenda point is:
Discussion with the SHTA regarding an update on their status, current hotel inventory and prospects, recommendations on best practices for marketing the destination, position on proposed General Health Insurance, position on AirBnB and the sharing economy, and the World Bank SME’s project (IS/1298/2018-2019 ...

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