PHILIPSBURG:--- The 9th Annual Crystal Pineapple Awards organized by the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association officially opens its nominations period today! Businesses, Resorts, Restaurants, and the general public are hereby invited to submit their nominations. As with the previous years, the criteria for each category and the nomination procedures have been digitized and placed on the SHTA website www.shta.com. The nomination period closes on Monday September 29th, 2014 and the voting will start on Monday October 13th, 2014.
Nominations can be put forward and, once they have been reviewed by the Nomination Committee, the three to five candidates selected per subcategory will be presented to the general public for voting. The three categories are: Accommodations (Hotels and Timeshares) with 6 subcategories; Restaurants with 6 subcategories; Trade with 4 subcategories and Community Services.
The Organizing Committee is appealing to the private sector and community of St. Maarten to nominate their candidate as soon as the nomination period opens today. Individuals, who have been nominated in previous years, can be put forward again this year. We kindly request that you encourage why you would like to nominate a particular individual, company, or organization. Make sure you let them shine. The submitted nominations along with the motivation, in combination with the results of the voting, are deciding factors of the winner. SHTA will once again have the support of PricewaterhouseCoopers for auditing the voting process.
SHTA encourages the community to visit us on Facebook: "Crystal Pineapple Awards" or on our website www.shta.com. For more information, please contact the SHTA office: 542-0108, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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