St. Maarten Private Eye

Bibi has a short article up about Westin. No news yet on the so called "Win Win solution' trumpeted in Thursday's paper. Bibi mentions a top govt officlal's daughter, this would be Sarah's daughter, who is understood to be in a personnel/human resources manager position. Best guess at the 'Real Estate MD' would be Peyton, aka David.
It is important to note that Westin were basically given assurances for any NV license they required and that retail opportunities within the hotel had no limitations. The news about the employees being employed by the real estate business is new to me. Interesting.

Bibi's news item is below, if I could link to it directly I would but I can't figure out how. I am afraid if not copied then a link to the page would be of no use after a period of time. I don't always agree with her, but her site is worth checking into.

smn-news.com

All Does Not Seem Well At Westin
--Employees claim Outsourcing, labour Abuse--

Westin Hotel

Philipsburg:- All does not seem to be well at the newly opened Westin Dawn Beach Resort as some employees has already been fired less than one month after the hotel open its doors.
SMN News spoke to employees who are working at the hotel who claimed that despite they are wearing a Westin Uniform and badge they are not employed by the hotel but instead for a real estate agency and further claimed that they are grossly underpaid and the job setting is very stressful.
SMN News also contacted the real estate agency managing director and the former Assistant Manager of Dawn Beach Resort who refuted the claims saying that are not contractors neither sub-contractors to the resort. However, this media house was able to uncover that the companies do operate business at the resort and that there seems to be what is described as “French connections’ going on underground as the daughter of a senior official holds one of the key positions at the hotel.
SMN News will bring you more information on this developing story as it becomes available.
Westin Resort is in the limelight these last weeks since they have chosen to block a private road which they claim is now on their property and demand that the island government of St. Maarten provide a paved road for them and heavy equipment owners in the area.