SMTA News
SMTA Elects Hamstra as New Chairman
The St. Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA) held its Annual General Meeting on August 16, 2017. During the meeting, elections were held and the members elected Jelle Hamstra to be the new Chairman of the Association, as former Chairman, Marcel Javois, decided to step down after being the Chairman for four consecutive years.
Hamstra has extensive experience in the Hospitality and Timeshare industry. His past positions include General Manager of Tamarind Hotel and Manager of St. Rose Arcade. He sat on several boards including, the Heineken Regatta Steering Committee, Stichting Ervarings Gericht Onderwijs, and has been on the SMTA board since 2002.
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JetBlue Brings Mint Service to SXM
JetBlue is expanding its Mint Premium service on Caribbean flights next year. It is adding a second Saturday seasonal round-trip flight between New York and St. Maarten starting January 13; another between Boston and Aruba; and between Boston and St. Maarten from February 17. Additionally, Mint Service between Aruba and both New York and Boston will operate daily February 15-26. All seasonal Mint routes in the Caribbean operate through April 2018. JetBlue currently operates year-round Mint service between New York and Barbados, New York and Grenada, and New York and St. Lucia. The Mint service features faster check-in, early boarding, free broadband Internet service, an in-flight menu by New York City restaurant Saxon Parole, and 15-inch interactive video screens to view up to 100 channels from DIRECTV.
Source: The Daily Herald
SMTA Donates to MAC Browlia F. Maillard Campus
St. Maarten Timeshare donates to the Methodist Agogic Center Browlia F. Maillard Campus from the Dollar-a-Day Program. The Dollar-A-Day Program is a voluntary contribution from Timeshare Hotel Guests. The Association presented the donation which will assist the school in three specific areas of the school: the Canteen, the Dutch classes and the Third Grade class.
The funds from the association will go to purchasing a laptop, speakers, projector, printer, refrigerator and a computer.
SMTA Supports Cleaner Lagoon
The St. Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA) established its Dollar-a-Day program in 2005, which gives guests the opportunity to voluntarily contribute one dollar per day on their room bill for community development projects. The program recently provided critical support to the local foundation Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) St. Maarten, which needed emergency funds to upgrade the battery system on its sewage pumpout boat, Slurpy.
According to international law, boaters must be at least 12 nautical miles from land to legally discharge untreated sewage. Slurpy provides boaters in and around the Lagoon a much more convenient, hygienic, and environmentally responsible option. Waste stored in Slurpy’s sealed tank is securely disposed of in a larger land-based holding tank which is then pumped out by a septic truck and transported to the wastewater treatment facility
$-a-Day Scholarship program
The $-a-Day program now has available several scholarship grants for higher education in the hospitality field. The grants are open to young St. Maarten students. The $-a-day program is made possible by the thousands of timeshare tourists who willingly donate via their resorts a minimum of $1 for each day they stay in St. Maarten. For application guidelines and forms or general questions, please use the “Contact us” form on the website.
$-a-Day Scholarship program
The $-a-Day program now has available several scholarship grants for higher education in the hospitality field. The grants are open to young St. Maarten students. The $-a-day program is made possible by the thousands of timeshare tourists who willingly donate via their resorts a minimum of $1 for each day they stay in St. Maarten. For application guidelines and forms or general questions, please use the “Contact us” form on the website.
Annual Photo contest
With great success the last 2 years, the SMTA has officially started their annual photo contest with awesome prizes.
This year's theme is "Best Resort photo". Only photos taken on St Maarten/St Martin that captures the reason why you choose to stay at your timeshare resort year after year. The photos must be taken by the person or of the person submitting the picture.
Pictures can be uploaded by clicking on the photo contest or click this link
Photo contest 2nd place winner
Catherine Deschenes is our 2nd place winner, and she has won 1 week free stay at one of our participating resorts.
Photo Contest Winner
Gila Hodge is 2012 SMTA photo contest winner, she won 2 round trip tickets to return and stay at one of our timeshare resorts.
Photo Contest winners announced
The winning photos submitters this year are as follows:
1stplace - Gila Hodge who has won first place which is two (2) round trip airline tickets from her city to St. Maarten valid through January 31, 2013.
2nd place - Catherine Deschenes whon won a free week stay at participating SMTA resorts.
