Ke kanikau nei ʻo St. Maarten Tourist Bureau i ka hala ʻana o ke kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Robert Dubourcq

"He inoa paʻa hale, ʻo ia, i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ke kālai ʻana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a St. Maarten e like me kā mākou e ʻike nei i kēia lā", i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB) i ka Pōʻahā e pili ana i ka hala ʻana o ke kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Robert Dubourcq. Hoʻomanaʻo nui ʻia e nā mea he nui, ua kōkua ʻo Mr. Dubourcq e hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no ka poʻe he nui ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ʻo St. Maarten, kahi hana a nā mea he nui i hōʻike ai i ko lākou mahalo nui.

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no kāna mau makahiki he nui ma ke ʻano he manakia o Divi Little Bay a me ka luna hou o Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort, ua kōkua ʻo Mr. Dubourcq e kau iā St. Maarten ma ka palapala ʻāina.

Ma hope o kona noho ʻana ma Sonesta Great Bay Resort, ua hoʻi ʻo Mr. Dubourcq i ka St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA), ʻo ka hui āna i hoʻokumu ai, ma ke ʻano he lunahoomalu a luna hoʻomalu. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua hoʻomohala ʻo SHTA i ʻāpana nunui i nā ʻenehana ma nā makahiki 1990. Me nā makahiki he ʻehā o ke pelekikena a me ka lālā o kona inoa, ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻomaha no ka maikaʻi ʻole o ke olakino. ʻOiai ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna mea aloha ʻo St. Maarten, ua noho mau ʻo ia i mea kōkua a me ka mea hōʻoluʻolu i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa mai Netherlands kahi i neʻe aku ai.

No kāna mau hana kūikawā i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi ma St. Maarten, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Robert i ka makana Hotelier o ka makahiki makahiki makahiki ʻo Caribbean Hotel and Tour Association ma 2004 a me ka makana ʻo Life Time Achievement Award ma St. ʻoi aku ka hana manawaleʻa ma ko St. Maarten kaiāulu i ʻoi aku ma mua o kāna mau hana no ka SHTA. He Paul Harris Fellow Rotarian kekahi ʻo ia.

"ʻO ke alakaʻi a me nā limahana o ka St. Maarten Tourist Bureau e hāʻawi aku i ko mākou aloha nui i ka ʻohana a me nā hoa aloha he nui o Robert Dubourcq," i ʻōlelo ʻia e STB ma ka Pōʻahā.

ʻO St. Maarten ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua e kaʻana like ʻia e nā lāhui ʻelua - Aupuni o Nūlani a me Palani - e hoʻokumu ana i kahi huakaʻi me ka nani o ʻEulopa a me ka Caribbean Caribbean Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Lesser Antilles, he 37 mau kahakai kahakai he 37 mau mile kahakai a he home ia no nā wahi hoihoi o ka mōʻaukala a me ka ʻohana.