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LOCAL Thursday 19 december 2019

Commemorating 60 years:

Special gift presented to Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino

PALM BEACH — Aruba’s economy and infrastruc-
first luxury hotel opened ture of Aruba started to ex-
its doors back in 1959 and pand.
during the whole year of Nowadays, Aruba has an
2019 they have been cel- average of 1.8 million visi-
ebrating their 60th anniver- tors per year to which 42.3%
sary. are ‘stay-overs’ at a high
rise hotel with Hilton Aruba
We are talking about Hilton Caribbean Resort & Casino
Aruba Caribbean Resort being one of them with a
& Casino which was inau- total of 357 rooms.
gurated originally on July
18th 1959 under the name Aruba Tourism Author-
of Aruba Caribbean Hotel, ity CEO Ronella Tjin Asjoe-
with this the gates were Croes together with CMO
opened to tourism to our Sanju Luidens-Daryanani
island. presented the award to
Vasco Baselli – General
More than 60 years ago, Manager of the Hilton Aru-
two politicians of that time, or to World War II the Lago ing for methods to exalt Talk of The Town, which ba Caribbean Resort & Ca-
namely Oscar Henriquez Refinery used to be Aruba’s Aruba’s economy. They en- was built in 1943 and Basi sino.
and Juancho Irausquin, main economic pillar. Af- visioned that with Aruba’s Ruti Hotel, built in 1954, cur-
had a wonderful vision: Ex- ter the war and due to the white beaches, pleasant rently known as Playa Linda Congratulations Hilton
pand Aruba’s tourism. The process of automatization, climate and friendly and Beach Resort. Aruba Caribbean Resort &
opening of what was a Lago Refinery decided to hospitable people, Aruba Casino for your continuous
luxury hotel was the start of reduce personal and this could become a perfect With the construction and dedication to the develop-
a new era for the Aruban caused for a massive un- destination for tourism. At opening of the Aruba ment of Aruba’s tourism on
economy. employment on Aruba. The that time there were only Caribbean Hotel, or also behalf of the Aruba Tour-
two politicians, Henriquez two hotels: the Coral Strand known in the community ism Authority and the entire
Let’s go back in history: Pri- and Irausquin, were search- Hotel, currently known as as ‘The Grand Dame’ the community of Aruba!q