Seventeen employees at CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa were awarded for outstanding performance during the First Quarterly Celebration 2014 held on Friday, March 21.
The first awardees for the Quarter, November and December 2013 and January 2014, were as follows – at the resort: Delvin Carty, Food & Beverage/Room Service; Conroy Johnson, Culinary; Keresha Webster, Front Office; and Desmond James, Landscaping; Decia Mornix, Food & Beverage Bar; Gustav Caines, Security; and Debra Carty, Laundry. The awardees at the Golf Course were as follows: Curlita Richardson, Guest Service; Nadia Gumbs, Culinary; Troy Gumbs, Guest Service; Patrick Hennis, Turf Maintenance; Zelica Payne, Club House Attendant; and Edward Richardson, Security. All awardees received US$100, a framed certificate, a gift from the boutique and dinner for two at any of the four restaurants: Santorini, Café Mediteraneo, Tokyo Bay of Italia. The other nominees received a framed certificate and a boutique gift.
(Photo of Nadia Gumbs was available)
The winning Front of the House Team Leader, for the Quarter, was Myris Jeffers of Food & Beverage. She received US$150, a plaque and dinner for two at any of the restaurants. The Front of the House Supervisor was Fran Baker of Beach Pool & Water Sports and the Heart of the House Supervisor was Dawnette Gumbs of Human Resources. They both received US$200, a plaque, a spa treatment and dinner for two at one of the restaurants of their choice. The Manager of the Quarter was Collette Coppin of Housekeeping. She received US$250, a plaque; one night stay for two and lunch at Oyster Beach Resort in St Maarten.
The awardees were commended for their outstanding performance by the General Manager, Mr Stephane Zaharia, who stressed the importance of good interpersonal and guest relations to the wellbeing of the property. He also took the opportunity to report on the progress of the resort. “2014 is starting to be a pretty good year for us,” he said. “We see a very nice growth in the occupancy/revenue stream of the resort, but we need to be very cautious about it.” While he saw April as a busy month, he noted that other periods vary between very busy and very slow.
Mr Zaharia stated that the resort was actively working on its new project – the 80-room Reef Hotel by CuisinArt. He said: “We are looking forward to its opening in November 2016. It is going to be very important for us not only because we are going to open a new hotel, but also because we will be hosting a great Golf of the World Tournament sponsored by GPA, the Professional Golfers’ Association.”
The General Manager also announced that there will be a number of staff promotions in preparation for the upcoming completion of the CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa expansion. When the new Reef Hotel is completed, the entire property will have a total of 182 rooms.
