{"id":231785,"date":"2025-04-04T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=231785"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:48:24","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-attends-smart-tradeshow-in-st-maarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-attends-smart-tradeshow-in-st-maarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda Attends Smart Tradeshow in ST. Maarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2425007565\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, 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src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Live<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/small-craft-warning-issued-for-antigua-amid-high-winds-and-dangerous-seas\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a><\/strong> has wrapped up participation in the 17th edition of the Saint Martin \/ St. Maarten Annual Regional Tradeshow (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SMARTTradeshow?__cft__[0]=AZW5jIi_UROliK-aQXM-bm87XC9-a70kCObeY25zsX7sSfevgg8Dt6m3tKxb5i_8_mQnNWWcgvjZSi4Q9QTYMi3EJ_SBtzTvfYyKGTie4P9a8vq_9aIv_fBfaYAn6hWvCy5XCS1VFwHfPUMUtcLKXqLwiPA9SoQ2Smj-tBWDyJWu2SbLfoJ4ZQSa6uVgjUwDEGw&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">SMART Tradeshow<\/a> ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority were Charmaine Spencer, Director of Tourism for the Caribbean and Latin America, and Maria Blackman, Marketing Communications Manager.<\/p><div id=\"antig-101903098\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They were joined by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/small-craft-warning-issued-for-antigua-amid-high-winds-and-dangerous-seas\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua and Barbuda <\/a><\/strong>Hotels and Tourism Association&#8217;s Executive Director Patrice Simon, and Communications and Marketing Officer, Lydia Paul.<\/p><div id=\"antig-187443383\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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Latin America, and beyond, fostering opportunities to increase business to Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Antigua and Barbuda team also joined with the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association to extend invitations to tourism authorities from across the region, and members of the travel trade present at SMART, to participate in Caribbean Travel Marketplace taking place in Antigua from May 18 &#8211; May 22.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2018483566\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, 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