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The Annual Tourism Conference of Aruba kicked off last week, with Aruba’s tourism partners welcoming U.S. travel wholesalers, tour operators and airline companies to the island.
The annual event provided these travel industry professionals with an update of the island’s overall tourism product.
The visitors were especially thrilled to experience the true transformation of The Westin [...]

For the first time in history, San Nicholas, Aruba’s oil town located in the southeastern tip of the island was the focal point of attention Saturday as the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association mobilized its membership to organize and attend a Career Fair at the local YMCA.
The island’s hotels who traditionally recruit by attraction decided [...]

The official opening ceremony of Aruba Meets Europe 2008 included welcome addresses by Ing. Edison Briesen, the Minister of Tourism, Myrna Jansen Feliciano, Managing Director of the Aruba Tourism Authority and Rob Smith, President and CEO of the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association.
While the Aruban officials welcomed the visiting top Europeans travel professionals to the [...]

Having visited the Talk of the Town Resort admiring the many positive changes and improvements, delegates to the Aruba Meets Europe 2008 conference continued their evening of explorations at the adjacent Cas Di Cultura for a night of cultural entertainment.
Welcomed by strawberry champagne and gourmet hors d’oeuvres catered by Matilde Restaurant against the backdrop of [...]

The official opening ceremony of Aruba Meets Europe 2008 included welcome addresses by Ing. Edison Briesen, the Minister of Tourism, Myrna Jansen Feliciano, Managing Director of the Aruba Tourism Authority and Rob Smith, President and CEO of the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association.
While the Aruban officials welcomed the visiting top Europeans travel professionals to the [...]

Having visited the Talk of the Town Resort admiring the many positive changes and improvements, delegates to the Aruba Meets Europe 2008 conference continued their evening of explorations at the adjacent Cas Di Cultura for a night of cultural entertainment.
Welcomed by strawberry champagne and gourmet hors d’oeuvres catered by Matilde Restaurant against the backdrop of [...]

The Aruba Convention Bureau, formerly Meet Aruba, sponsored a breakfast function for the Annual NY MPI Mix, the Meeting Planners International get-together.
More than 300 people attended this one day annual event at the Millennium Hotel Broadway in NYC.
Dona Del Galo, Regional Director of Sales, Aruba Convention Bureau, gave a short presentation and included a screening [...]

In anticipation for upcoming law changes in the local tax structure in regards to contracting and sub-contracting third parties, Aruba’s branch of PriceWaterhouseCooper’s world famous tax consultants offered its quality services. The firm is the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association’s strategic partner and it suggested to host a seminar designed to educate and inform the [...]

A workshop discussing potential issues with drugs or alcohol abusing employees was recently offered by the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association to its members.
The seminar was facilitated by Dr. Jerry Nance, President, Global Teen Challenge, and covered an overview of studies made, the effects on the workplace, the effectiveness of drug testing as well as [...]

Rob Smith, AHATA’s President & CEO welcomed Members of Parliament, the AHATA Chairman Ewald Biemans, Members of the AHATA Board of Directors, the Aruba Tourism Authority Director Myrna Jansen and her staff and many other valued members of AHATA and coalition partners from ATIA, ATSA as well as the Chamber of Commerce, and [...]