"Waba negama lokuba ngumnikazi wendlu ekuthuthukiseni nasekubumbeni imboni yezokuvakasha yaseSt. Maarten njengoba siyazi namuhla", kusho iSt. Abaningi abakhunjulwa ngothando, uMnu. Dubourcq wasiza ukuvula indlela yabaningi embonini yezokuvakasha yaseSt.

Ekhunjulwa iminyaka yakhe eminingi njengomphathi weDivi Little Bay nomphathi wakamuva weSonesta Great Bay Beach Resort, uMnu uDubourcq akungabazeki ukuthi wasiza ukubeka iSt. Maarten ebalazweni.

Ngemva kokuphatha e-Sonesta Great Bay Resort, uMnu. Dubourcq wabuyela ku-St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA), inhlangano ayisungula, njengosihlalo kanye nomqondisi omkhulu. Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwakhe, i-SHTA yathuthuka yaba i-ejensi enemikhakha eminingi ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Njengoba eseneminyaka engamashumi amane engumongameli webhodi kanye nobulungu egameni lakhe, waphoqeleka ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi ngenxa yempilo ebuthakathaka. Ngisho noma eshiya uSt. Maarten wakhe othandekayo, wahlala engumnikeli owamukelekayo kanye ne-cheerleader kuyo yonke imboni evela eNetherlands lapho athuthela khona.

Ngamagalelo akhe ahlukile ekuqhubekeni phambili kwezokuVakasha eSt. Maarten, uRobert waklonyeliswa ngeCaribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's Hotelier of the Year Award ngo-2004 kanye neSt. Maarten Hotel and Trade Association's Life Time Achievement Award ngo-2012. ukuvolontiya emphakathini waseSt. Maarten welule indlela engaphezu kwemizamo yakhe ye-SHTA. WayenguPaul Harris Fellow Rotarian futhi.

"Abaphathi nabasebenzi baseSt. Maarten Tourist Bureau badlulisa amazwi enduduzo emndenini nakubangani bakaRobert Dubourcq," kusho abakwa-STB ngoLwesine.

ISt. Maarten yisiqhingi esincane kunazo zonke emhlabeni esingabiwa yizizwe ezimbili - Kingdom of the Netherlands neFrance - sakha indawo nge-European charm ne-Caribbean flair. Kutholakala ekugcineni enyakatho kwama-Lesser Antilles, ama-37 square miles esiqhingi anamabhishi amahle angama-37 futhi anezindawo eziningi ezihehayo zomlando nezomndeni.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

I-Maarten iyisiqhingi esincane kunazo zonke emhlabeni esingabelwa izizwe ezimbili - i-Kingdom of the Netherlands kanye ne-France - idala indawo yokuvakasha e-European charm kanye ne-Caribbean flair.
UMaarten, wahlala engumnikeli owamukelekile kanye ne-cheerleader kuyo yonke imboni evela eNetherlands lapho athuthela khona.
UMaarten, uRobert waklonyeliswa nge-Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's Hotelier of the Year Award ngo-2004 kanye ne-St.