Archive for July, 2009


La Cabana Inaugurates La Cabana Iguanas, a new Activities Center

Friday, July 31st, 2009

The Activities Team at La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club and Greta de Cuba, the Recreation Manager, were pleased to inaugurate their new kid corner, a nicely stocked activities center, by the side of the pool deck.
The space will be used for arts and crafts, story telling and games, as La Cabana, in the words [...]


CARILEC 2009 enjoys Renaissance Hospitality

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

A spectacular lunch party was hosted by the Renaissance Convention Center at the Renaissance Festival Plaza in honor of the Carilec 2009 conference, bringing engineers and suppliers together on the island of Aruba.
While the Engineering Conference event kicked off on Sunday evening with an official ceremony, the supply chain seminar and expo took place [...]


Royalty plays the Divine Nine

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven married to visiting Dutch Royal Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands, played the Divine Nine golf course at Divi Links with Managing Director Alex Nieuwmeyer. They were joined by a member of the Royal Marines and a member of the Security Police, completing the 4-person scramble team.
Van Vollenhoven played like a [...]


The Royal Farewell Includes A Gift to Lily and Thumbs Up for Martin

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Visiting Dutch Royal Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands and her husband Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, bid farewell to the Radisson Aruba Resort Spa & Casino.
The resort is by tradition the home-away-from-home for the Royal Dutch family and in the past on several occasions Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his beautiful [...]


Steak-lovers meet at Amazonia

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Keltie Martin and Jeff Patterson, from LA, vacationing at the Marriott Surf Club are celebrating their first Aruba visit. They enjoyed different sport activities during the day and in the evening re-connected at Amazonia Churrascaria for a delicious dinner over a few refreshing caipirinhas. Their favorite? The house special, the Garlic Picanha, which they report [...]


Aruba featured at Taste of the Nations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Aruba was featured during the Taste of the Nations event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Tickets for the event went from $100.00-$250.00, and sold out fast. Major sponsors were American Express, Sysco Corporation, the Food Network, and San Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, Carnival Cruise Lines, the Aruba Tourism Authority, Southern Wine and Spirit and the Ritz [...]


At the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa, Fundraising Gala Dinner for the Aruba Scholarship Foundation, in honor of its 50th anniversary!

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

At a press conference the resort in conjunction with the Aruba Tourism Authority revealed its plans for a fantastic 50th anniversary celebration, on Date: August 1st,  8 pm to 1 am
The enchanting evening of dining & entertainment includes the music of Eduardo Maya with his Caribbean Big Band!
With their last performance more than a decade [...]


Fans of the French Steakhouse enjoy the Ambassador 5-course menu al fresco

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Ed, Cathy and Francisco Queenan, from NJ, staying at Casa del Mar have been coming to Aruba for the past 17 years. They mostly seek rest on the island, which they easily find at their resort and as a special treat on Sunday after Casa Del Mar’s mass service they go next door for dinner, [...]


The Palm Beach Mall continues to make great progress

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Like a masterpiece coming to life under the encouraging, gently hand of a master artist, the Palm Beach Plaza is continuing to evolve and reveal its many wonderful surprises.
This week Mall Manager Alex Otterspeer enjoyed the privilege of meeting and greeting the developers of ArtFusion. They will be featuring artistic articles using a process that is [...]


Massachusetts Family love Amazonia

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Jennifer & Harry Kavrakis, from Massachusetts, staying at Marriott Surf Club with kids Katerina, 6 going on 7, she reports, and Nicholas, 9, are enjoying their visit to Aruba. Jennifer is the only one in the family that has been here before. She visited 14 years ago, when she had just met Harry, but her [...]