The Occidental Grand Aruba produced a terrific Mexican fiesta in honor of a group of meeting and event planners on the island as guests of the Aruba Convention Bureau of North American, escorted by Heather Linton.
Director of Fun Omar Chavez and his crew at the Occidental Grand delivered a fun filled evening with Mariachi Aruba [...]
Nine candidates to the Miss Aruba 2008 pageant met at Blue, Renaissance Aruba Resort over cocktails last night. They have been rehearsing for the grand show at the Renaissance Convention Center on Saturday night and stopped in at the famous bar for a breather.
The local beauties mingled with guests and members of the jury in [...]
A brand new Intermezzo Spa just opened at the Brickell Bay Beach Club on Friday. The intimate spa offers two beautifully appointed treatment rooms, one for rejuvenating and invigorating body treatments – the room is perfectly suited for a couple’s massage and one dedicated to delicious pedicures and manicures, between cool dips in the resort [...]
Scott Derrickson was given a congenial farewell party from the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa, just recently.
Scott, Director of Resort Operations, will be going down the street, as he puts it, to become the General Manager of the Marriott Surf Club.
His mentor, boss and friend, General Manager Gary Jutz, personally awarded him a new [...]
The warmhearted people of the island of Hawaii and their colorful Hula skirts and floral lei offered a taste of the far-away, exotic land to the associates of La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club, during the monthly special themed lunch at the Sit & Chat Café.
“Aloha, we offer you just a taste of Hawaii, no [...]
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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]