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General Manager Paul Gielen helped celebrate anniversaries at the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino. The celebration during lunch at the Convention Center was emceed by Irma Wilson and included a great number of resort associates who commemorated five, ten, fifteen and twenty years of commitment to hospitality.
Celebrating five years, Francois Maduro, L.G. Smith’s Steak [...]

AHATA, the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association is hosting a destination review this weekend in collaboration with the Aruba Convention Bureau and other AHATA partners.
Participants of the Destination Review are top Meetings & Incentives Planners from North America and their island visit this weekend is designed to give them a taste of paradise, allowing them [...]

The Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa hosted the Aruba Tourism Conference 2009 General Session, at the conclusion of the four-day affair.
The Minister of Transportation and Tourism, Ing. Edison Briesen welcomed delegates to the Grand Caribbean Ballroom assisted by Myrna Jansen-Feliciano, Director of ATA, the Aruba Tourism Authority and Rob Smith, CEO of AHATA, the [...]

Joe & Donna Miklojcik celebrated an important wedding anniversary at their home in Esmeralda surrounded by family members and friends.
Joe, a well-known local artist and Donna his green-thumbed gardening wife, had their party catered by the Wacky Wahoo chefs, who cooked up a storm in the couple’s beautiful backyard.
Trio Los Arubanos entertained and after dinner [...]

Judging by the attendance at Thursday night’s welcome reception, the Summer Educational Alliance 2008, orchestrated by the GaMPI, the Georgia Chapter of Meeting Professionals International, is one of the highest attended MPI Summer Conferences in history.
“That is a major accomplishment,” says Rob Smith, President and CEO of AHATA, the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association who [...]

A group of certified event planners from the US, all top decision-makers in the MICE market, visited Aruba over the weekend and was dined and wined elegantly and extravagantly by the members of Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association, AHATA.
Their intense program included site inspections, cocktail parties, and dinner affairs, all designed to introduce the island [...]

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 [...]