Business View Caribbean | Feb 2019

us as ‘resilient’ because it goes farther than St. Maarten. Our island is a melting pot of all nationalities and it was tear-jerking to hear the stories as they came back. I still get goose- bumps. People were saying, ‘I’m from Japan, or Greece, or France, but I’m not leaving. My family’s over there but they’re coming back in January to rebuild.’ And after departing on the military emergency humanitarian flights after the hurricane, most of them quickly returned when the airport opened in October 2017 with their families and there’s a lot of history that comes with them.” PREFERRED VENDORS n Dollar Thrifty Car Rental www.dollarthriftysxm.com Dollar Rent-A-Car and Thrifty Car Rental are two of the largest car rental companies in the world. Dollar/Thrifty Car Rental (DT) in St. Maarten/St. Martin is located at the Princess Juliana Airport, the French side, and several major hotels on the island, including the Oyster Bay, Simpson Bay, Divi, and Sapphire Beach Resorts. In 2000, its current management team took over a Thrifty Car Rental franchise under the guidance of its Chief Executive Officer, Farina Amjad. Within a matter of a few years, she man- aged to turn around the company, completely, and increase the fleet from approximately 100 rental cars to nearly 400. In 2007, the firm pur- chased a local Dollar Rent-A-Car franchise and merged the two operations. Today, DTCR operates the largest car rental inventory on St. Maarten and features a fleet of new vehicles, including: economy, compact, mid-size, full size, and premium cars, as well as jeeps, convertibles, SUV’s, and vans - all at af- fordable prices. The company has been known for years as the best franchise on the island; its staff of 39 full-time and well trained em- ployees providing very personalized and super efficient service. n Ballast Nedam - www.ballast-nedam.com Ballast Nedam your airport contractor; with the present € 240 million contract for engineering and construction of Schiphol’s new A-pier, the executed repairs to the damaged roof of Sint Maarten’s airport terminal caused by the de- structive power of Hurricane Irma and our in- volvement in the Aruba Airport Gateway 2030 Project. n I & A Comfort www.iacomfort.com n CECC Engineering info@ceccnv.com •Carnaval / Festivals •Concerts •Emergency response / Disaster relief •Business remodels / Constructions sites •Weddings •Corporate events Ph: 011 590 690 61 7096 | E-mail: info@iacomfort.com www.iacomfort.com I & A Comfort a subsidiary of Mega Sound International Mobile Restrooms for all occasions 67