Hospitality First, inisiatif akademik Yayasan Pelatihan St. Maarten (SMTF), ngumumake yen entuk dhuwit udakara udakara $ 4.5 yuta saka Pamrentah Walanda lan St. Maarten. Diantisipasi manawa dana tambahan bakal diwenehake saka dana kepercayaan sing dikelola Bank Dunia kanthi rega € 470 yuta sing digawe dening Pamrentah Walanda kanggo mbantu rekonstruksi lan pulih pulau kasebut. Dana kapercayan kasebut ditandatangani ing Washington, DC tanggal 16 April 2016 antarane Walanda lan Bank Dunia.

Ngelingi kebutuhan mendesak kanggo nyedhiyakake jaring pengaman sosial kanggo karyawan industri perhotelan sing beresiko bakal kelangan pegawe amarga penutupan resor sawise Hurricane Badma, amarga ora ana tunjangan pengangguran ing Walanda St. Maarten, SMTF didegake ing Desember 2017 dening klompok eksekutif bisnis sing prihatin, kalebu perwakilan saka Maho Group, Sunwing Group, Price Waterhouse Cooper lan Pengacara Lexwell, kanthi tugas langsung kanggo ngaktifake program pelatihan keramahan pertama ing pulau kasebut kanggo para profesional. Para pendiri wiwitane nyumbang dana wiwitan kanggo nutupi biaya operasional lan tunjangan siswa.

Pamaréntah Pamaréntah penting banget kanggo sukses lan kaslametan inisiatif kasebut, lan telu Menteri Keuangan sing terus-terusan, St. Richard Gibson lan Pak Michael Ferrier, uga Menteri Buruh lan Kesejahteraan Sosial Mr. Emil Lee instrumental kanggo ngowahi anggaran Pamrentah lan ngamanake likuiditas sing dibutuhake kanggo dana sing bakal dibiayai. St Maarten duwe rong pamrentahan wiwit Hurricane Irma.

Kanthi misi sing kuwat kanggo mbantu pangembangan, lan luwih maju babagan ketrampilan profesional liwat program integral, struktural lan pendhidhikan, kursus Perhotelan Pertama tujuane kanggo nambah kesempatan karir ing tenaga kerja perhotelan Sint Maarten. Ndhaptar ing Hospitality First, perusahaan sing resorte ditutup wiwit Hurricane Irma, ora kudu ngilangi staf; dheweke bisa ngrujuk karyawane menyang Hospitality First kanggo latihan lan sertifikasi nalika mbangun resort. Karyawan nampa stipend nalika nekani kursus, tetep kerja lan entuk manfaat karo majikan asline, kalebu asuransi medis, nalika nambah ilmu lan katrampilan. Hospitality First uga bakal menehi kursus kanggo akeh wong sing kelangan kerja lan saiki nganggur.

SMTF bubar ngembangake dewan direksi kanggo nyakup perwakilan Menteri Pariwisata lan Urusan Ekonomi, perwakilan Menteri Tenaga Kerja lan Kesejahteraan Sosial, lan perwakilan Asosiasi Perdagangan Laut St. Maarten. Asosiasi Perhotelan lan Perdagangan St. Maarten (SHTA) wis diwakili dewan kasebut wiwit SHTA milih presiden SMTF.

Hospitality First saiki ngarep-arep mbukak program sajrone rong taun, nanging bisa uga nggedhekake lan nggedhekake misine gumantung karo kahanan. Rencana kanggo nggedhekake misi ngluwihi sektor perhotelan uga digambarake.

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SMTF has recently expanded its board of directors to include a representative of the Ministry of Tourism and Economic Affairs, a representative of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, and a representative of the St.
Recognizing the urgent need to provide a social safety net to employees of the hospitality industry who risked losing their jobs due to the closure of the resorts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, as there are no unemployment benefits in Dutch St.
It is anticipated that additional funding will come from trust fund administered by the World Bank for €470 million which was set up by the Government of The Netherlands to assist with the reconstruction and recovery of the island.