Archive for the 'AHATA' Category


At the Aruba Marriott Resort Official Opening AME 2008

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

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 [...]


Aruba Meets Europe 2008, at Cas Di Cultura

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

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 [...]


Aruba Meets NY

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

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 [...]


The Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association is dedicated to Learning Palm Beach

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

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 [...]


Workshop Presented by AHATA, the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

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 [...]


Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association President & CEO Rob Smith delivers an informative address at the recent General Assembly

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

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 [...]


The Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association conducts its General Assembly

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

AHATA, the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association, recently conducted its General Assembly at the Renaissance Convention Center followed by a Networking in Style cocktail hour. Both events were well attended by members of the island’s tourism and business communities and members of the media.
Having called the meeting to order with the appropriate quorum [...]


AHATA’s Chairman remarks at the General Assembly

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Hotelier Ewald Biemans, Chairman of the Board of the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association addressed his organization’s General Assembly recently, at its first gathering for 2008, at the Renaissance Convention Center.
While his address during the General Assembly in November of 2007 was titled the “winds of change,” the metaphorical winds picked up Biemans reported and [...]


AHATA seminar series continues with University of Aruba presentation

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Last week, the Westin Aruba Resort hosted another important lecture in a series of seminars sponsored by the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association and presented by the University of Aruba. “Cultivating Tourism with Heritage” was the topic of discussion lead by Dr. Michael Scantlebury, a visiting professor with the Faculty of Hospitality Management Studies [...]