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Clifton TJ Ahlip just earned a double certification and was awarded his official documents at an informal ceremony in the Wayaca headquarters of Tiara Air.
Chief Pilot Aldrin Wever delivered the certificates from Bombardier Aerospace Training School, where TJ passed his exams successfully, at Shorts SD3-60 Pilot Ground School and Maintenance School qualifying him on airframes, [...]

An informal Wing Ceremony introduced the new, just-graduated cabin attendants of Tiara Air. Cabin Crew Manager Mike Hagedoorn, who was also the Cabin Safety Training Course Instructor reports that in November Tiara Air advertised for new cabin attendants in the newspapers and out of the fifty women who applied the top five have just been [...]

Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino scored 89 percent in FreemanGroup’s comprehensive on-site review – three percentage points higher than its record 2006 evaluation and the highest of any resort on the island.
FreemanGroup, a well-respected international consultancy specializing in hospitality/travel industry service standards, bases its yearly report on a detailed two-night inspection of the resort’s entire [...]

Members of the Maduro & Curiel Banking group bid farewell to retiring Canadian-born banker Bill Carson, General Managing Director, Caribbean Mercatile Bank, the group’s financial institute in Aruba, while congratulating veteran Managing Director Javier Wolter on the addition of General to his job description, and business cards, as Bill’s successor.
Among those attending the mega party [...]

The Cafeteria theme day delivered a brilliant performance by the accounting, at La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club.
Those holding the resort’s purse-strings showed their creativity and team spirit by bringing back the 60s, a decade famous for flower power, and counter cultural values.
The accounting team was all dressed up flaunting big afros for the guys, [...]

Eezee Lizzy debuted Monday morning at the Westin Aruba Resort. The green visitor took his first stroll into the Bon Bini Restaurant, shook hands and left an indelible impression on little ones who rushed to meet and greet the lizard as it sauntered in.
The new mascot, true to Westin’s vision, created an engaging and memorable [...]

An intimate gathering over cocktails at the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa brought a number of movers and shakers together, in preparation for the official announcement of Aruba as host destination for SITE International Conference 2009.
The cocktail reception at the Radisson’s Mira Solo Martini Bar was hosted by Mary Donohue, Director of Group Sales. [...]

It’s hard to miss the exciting progression as you drive down the Sasakiweg Boulevard on what will soon be the island’s largest casino project. The Aruban Resort & Casino is full-on into several phases of expansion and reinvention, anchored by the ambitious casino facility.
Formerly the Royal Cabana Casino, gone are the signature tinted, mirrored [...]

A gathering at Ocean 105 brought together two hospitality legends, tourism pioneer, developer Raymond Maduro and Carlos Cabrera, Senior Vice President, Field Operations, Florida and Caribbean for Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
The two met on the island almost two decades ago as Maduro was developing Tierra del Sol Golf Resort & Country Club coinciding with Cabrera’s arrival [...]

The Aruba Convention Bureau helped sponsor the sixth annual PMPI Leadership Event in Washington DC. Pictured here Donna Del Gallo, Regional Director of Sales, Aruba Convention Bureau, (formerly Meet Aruba) showing the Aruba video to about 70 people in attendance at this event.
The speakers for that day were Emory Austin and Maria Seiler who is [...]