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Lee predicts difficult high season for island

thedailyherald.com: "PHILIPSBURG--Amidst the news of slightly increasing room occupancy on both sides of the island, St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) President Emil Lee sounded an early warning of a potentially challenging high tourist season, starting December 15. Lee told a gathering of tourism stakeholders, including Tourism Commissioner Roy Marlin, Wednesday evening that the housing slowdown in the United States, the island’s largest source market, would affect spending. “My concern is that the weakening US economy may lead to more conservative spending patterns and that may affect discretionary spending on luxuries like vacations to the Caribbean.” "

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