Philipsburg:--- Chippie, mobile brand of UTS, has once again pledged its financial support to the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) for the 2013 carnival season. As the largest contributor in recent years, the company has again increased its financial contribution to the carnival foundation, compared to previous years. This year the company is supporting the carnival foundation to the tune of $50.000. With its contribution the company intends on supporting the carnival foundation in its endeavors to make this years carnival festivities even bigger and better. The Grand Carnival parade will be dubbed the Chippie Grand Carnival parade and this parade will feature the traditional staple to carnival festivities: live Steel Pan performance. The return of steel pan during the parades was a goal of the carnival foundation for many years, so they are happy to be able to bring this back to the festivities, thanks to the support of Chippie. In addition to participation and support during the grand carnival parade,Chippie will also have it's Chippie booth in the festival village offering various promotions further commemorating its 10 year anniversary. "We believe its important to support our local carnival foundation in its endeavors to make every year of carnival a bigger success than the previous year. We applaud them for broadening the scope of the promotion beyond our borders by more proactively attracting visitors to our island from abroad." says UTS Marketing & Communication Officer, Ivy Lambert. "Aside from supporting the foundation in achieving its goals, we have also been doing our part every year in increasing exposure abroad, such as bringing sister-company TeleCuracao to the island to broadcast and promote the festivities in the region. We also support other successful formula's that bring visitors to our island, such as the CaribServe Video X Games. We will once again be the title sponsor of that event also" Lambert continues. "Our country is dependent on our tourism product and as such we feel we need to do our part in contributing to a healthy local economy. Every visitor arriving at our shores comes here with the intention to fully enjoy everything St. Maarten has to offer." says Lambert. In addition to its financial support, UTS is also supporting the carnival foundation with its technologies. The company provides the carnival foundation with internet connections through its WiMax broadband service offered by internet provider CaribServe.
