The second annual Bugaloe Open Golf Tournament unfolded last week at Tierra del Sol Resort Spa & Country Club, with 102 players, hailing from Aruba, Curacao, the USA and the Netherlands.
The tournament raised funds for a local not-for-profit organization, Foundation Ban Uni Man Pa Cria Nos Muchanan, providing more than 400 under-privileged children with breakfast [...]
The Chit Chat Café was all dressed up in orange, in honor of Koninginnedag, Queen’s Birthday, a Dutch national holiday celebrated with great fanfare within the kingdom, including all the Dutch islands.
The customized menu reflected Aruba’s Dutch heritage as it proudly served Dutch Pea Soup loaded with rookworst and spekjes, traditional sausage and bacon, as [...]
The Grand Caribbean Ballroom at the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa was buzzing with activity as Aruba Meets Europe delegates conducted marketplace meetings with their Aruban suppliers.
The event drew a record attendance of Aruba’s hoteliers and activity directors as they initiated brisk business with the dignitaries from Europe, on the island in honor of [...]
Aruba Meets Europe presently in session on the island enjoyed an Aruba Presentation with Fritz Israel on the Aruba Tourism Authority management team.
The informative morning, emceed by Nathalie Maduro on behalf of the Aruba Tourism Authority and the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association also included an excellent overview of social marketing with Victor Neyndorff.
The audience [...]
Mary & John Harkins had lunch last year at the Tiki Café, Paradise Beach Villas and enjoyed excellent service by Silvia Anez. When they left to catch a flight back home to Braintree, Massachusetts, they thanked Silvia, paid and left. Apparently in their rush to depart they overpaid. This year upon their return to [...]
Aqua Windie’s on Eagle Beach just made its Summer Vacation schedule-of-activities public.
During Summer Vacation, 2010, the swim center, with a semi-Olympic swimming pool, café and dive shop, will be open Monday to Saturday, offering special activities from July 19th to August 14th.
The activities are designed to keep kids busy, challenged and entertained, allowing parents [...]
The newly formed Fundacion pa nos Comunidad benefited from some hard work performed by the International School of Aruba’s Elementary art students.
Children in grades Pre K through grade 4 used creativity and lots of glue to create gorgeous donation boxes to support Fundacion’s Food Bank program.
The “shopping bag/donation” boxes will be in businesses all around the island [...]
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In November, local artist Grace Rahusen held an exhibition of her work at the Frame Shop, on Italianstraat.
The gallery displayed her colorful work for a full month, and many of the canvases went to local and international collectors of contemporary art.
At the opening party, the artist generously promised to donate a percentage of sales to [...]
In honor of Earth Day, Chef Sonny Partodikromo conducted tours of his small herb garden, opening the green pavilion for hotel guests and staff members.
Las Ramblas, reveals the Chef, the resort’s intimate seaside restaurant enjoys a continuous supply of fresh homegrown herbs including parsley, lemon grass, basil, bay leaves, cilantro, mint and rosemary. In addition [...]
Executive Assistant Manager, Lourdes Geerman, Administrative Assistants Rugia Werleman, Margarita Vries, Mijoli Sophia & Sandra Kock, joined Administrative Coordinators Rinda Everon, Sylvio Groeneveldt, Marvinia Richardson & Mercedes Dijkhoff at a special luncheon hosted in their honor, in one of the resort’s banquet rooms.
The luncheon, prepared by Executive Chef Hector Espinoza and the culinary brigade, served [...]