Having worked for 10 years at the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa, Armando Boekhoudt, Assistant Food & Beverage Manager is spreading his wings and leaving to Sandals in St Lucia for a promotion as the resort’s food & beverage manager. His colleagues at the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa wished him Bon Voyage [...]
The Links Ladies hosted the San Nicholas golf players for a friendly two person scramble, mixing the uptown girls with the sunrise-side boys for an afternoon of great golf at Divi Links.
The resulting tournament was a lot of fun as members of the San Nicholas Golf Club arrived at Divi Links to meet the Links [...]
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Divi Resorts Aruba have been busy for the past 18 months obtaining their EarthCheck certification. As a result of that process of introspection and inspection the environmental practices of Divi Resorts here have been recognized by EarthCheck, the world’s leading sustainable travel and tourism certification organization.
EarthCheck lends its stamp of approval only to those organizations [...]
La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club staged an elaborate Carnival event in the Chit Chat Café including an artistic Masquerade Contest, and an entertaining Queen Election.
The Masquerade Contest was judged by three resort guests who were invited to the Chit Chat Café. Each of the resort’s department submitted an entry and the winners, the decorators [...]
Having been coming to Aruba for the past 21 years, Irene & John Fanaras, from Concord, New Hampshire, were named Goodwill Ambassadors. The informal ceremony was performed by Ricardo Croes of the Aruba Tourism Authority, and hosted by Germaine Wever, the resort’s Plaza Club manager. The couple was also joined by Belen and Dolfi Kock, [...]
On Monday, the International day dedicated to Native Languages was observed at La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club. The daily morning meeting conducted by General Manager Joe Najjar abandoned its usual use of the English language in favor of Papiamento, for just one day.
Later on resorts guests were offered Papiamento lessons by the Activities Department, [...]
Hailing from the Southern region of the US, a group of thirty-five guests from Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas, enjoyed Rodizio cooking, Brazilian-style, at Amazonia Churrascaria. The guests from 20 different US states, who specialize in crop protection products, are staying at the Renaissance Resort in Oranjestad. They made the trip up the hotel strip [...]
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Joost Röben, with Arion Wine Company reports that Marilfi Velasquez, is the proud winner of an incentive program held at Garufa Ultra Lounge and El Gaucho Argentine Grill.
Marilfi won a gift certificate for Ling & Sons Super Center as a result of her record sales of Porfidio Plata and Porfidio Añejo shots, during a 6 [...]
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Some serious wave making pumps now send water over a soft-padded surface in an enclosed arena on the parking lot of the Palm Beach Plaza creating non-stop, flowing and curling waves. Welcome to FlowRider. ®
FlowRider ®has become a center of attraction at the Palm Beach Plaza, promoting the California beach and board sport-lifestyle which is [...]
Local businessman Raymond Maduro was again the invited guest-speaker at the University of Aruba, the Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management Studies. He lectured the students on the concept of Timesharing and Tourism.
Maduro, and his visionary partners at the time, Tito Muyale and Dan Oduber, were pioneers of the budding Aruban Tourism Industry, when they [...]