PHILIPSBURG:--- Everythingstmaarten.com, founded 22 years ago as a writing sample by the US marketing / PR company JMB Communications, is about to celebrate surpassing four million site visits by giving away nine St. Maarten vacations. The giveaway takes place live on radio station Island92 at www.island92.com on Monday, January 12, 2015, starting at 10 a.m. SXM time.
Ironically, the site was never intended for public consumption. A freelance writer, JMB owner Jeff Berger wanted to post an eclectic collection of writing samples when he launched his business website in 1993 – and a brief story about St. Maarten was among its writing samples. When search engines appeared, St. Maarten businesses mentioned in Berger's story started getting business from it, and "Everything St. Maarten" was born. It is now one of the most popular SXM websites.
The prizes in the nine-vacation giveaway include: one week at Vista Royale, long one of the island's top villas; another week at a private waterfront Town House at Coral Beach Club; a full week at the all-new boutique Baker's Suites Hotel in Simpson Bay; a full week at Mary's Boon Beach Plantation Resort; a full week at La Vista Resort or La Vista Beach; a full week at Summit Resort Hotel in Cupecoy; a full week at Princess Heights Luxury Condominium Resort, Oyster Pond; a vacation at the naturist Club Fantastico overlooking Orient Bay on the French Side; and a four-day, three-night vacation at Oyster Bay Beach Resort on Dawn Beach at Oyster Pond.
The Grand Prize winner chooses any one of these resorts and receives all the prizes in the next paragraph, plus free airfare aboard jetBlue Airways (round trip from any jetBlue city to St. Maarten).
Additional prizes for the Grand Prize winner include: dinner for two at Spiga Restaurant, Grand Case; dinner for two at Toppers or Toppers By The Sea, Simpson Bay; dinner for two at Dino Jagtiani's award-winning Temptation Restaurant; dinner for two at iZi Ristorante Italiano in Simpson Bay; dinner for two at Vesna Taverna in Simpson Bay; dinner for two at Daniel's By The Sea, Dawn Beach; a one-week car rental from Tropical Car Rental; a trip for two on the wackily wonderful St. Maarten Party Bus; big gift cards from both Caribbean Gems & Zhaveri Jewelers, Philipsburg; and a full one-hour massage from AIA Massage Therapies' Tricia Altenau.
Entries for the giveaway will be accepted through January 5, 2015. For details visit www.everythingsxm.com.
