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Fe de errata Paul Gielen named Chairman of

AHATA for 2022

Oranjestad - In yester- headline stated. Below,
day’s edition of Aruba you will find published
Today we published the the revised and correct- Oranjestad - Aruba Hotel & Tourism Asso-
honoring of Distinguished ed headline followed by ciation (AHATA) has officially inaugurated
Visitors of Aruba with the the honoring of our es- the new board of directors for the year
title “Honoring of Emer- teemed visitors. 2022 during the first general assembly of
ald Ambassadors at Divi 2022.
Phoenix Aruba”. Our sincerest apolo-
gies to Bucuti and Tara The Board of Directors was chosen by
Editors of Aruba Today Resorts, ATA and Den- members of AHATA during the general as-
took note of an error in nis and Vickie Carol for sembly that took place in November of the
the headline of our pub- the error in the headline year 2021. Normal, the installation takes
lishing, namely that the made yesterday. We will place during the assembly in January,
honoring took place at proceed with more cau- however due to the wave of COVID-19,
Bucuti and Tara resorts as tion in order to only bring the meeting was postponed to March. The
opposed to Divi Phoenix forward the best of Aru- new board of directors will consist of 13
Aruba as the previous ba Today. members; 11 active members and 2 allied
members with Paul Gielen, who is General
Manager at Renaissance Wind Creek Aru-
ba Resort & Casino named the Chairman. egy for the association. AHATA’s main
goal is to help secure a productive tourism
The board will work alongside President industry that will help sustain the economy
and CEO, Tisa LaSorte, to establish a strat- of Aruba.q

Exposition Caribbean Ties and History

of Noord’s Chapel

Noord - MANA (Museo Ar-
queologico Nacional Aru-
ba), Fundacion 1403 along
with Fundacion Kapel di
Bethania, are very pleased
to bring forward the tem-
porary international expo-
sition of NEXUS 1492 Ca-
ribbean Ties closer to the
community of Aruba.
Honoring of This time the temporary ous topics. The topics are

Distinguished Visitors at exposition mentioned will Multiculturality, Migration,
Economic and Social ex-
be in the neighborhood of
Bucuti and Tara Resorts Noord after it was in San change and changes in
eating habits and beliefs.
Nicolas and Playa.
Fundacion Kapel di Betha- The educational character
EAGLE BEACH - Recently, Aruba Tourism Author- nia currently has an expo- of Caribbean Ties has been
amplified with 4 short video
ity representative Marouska Heyliger had the great sition in Imeldahof that tells productions. Especially for
pleasure in honoring many loyal Aruba visitors with the story of the chapel in schools and groups it is an
their distinctive certificates. These certificates are a Noord. In a jewel of a mon- opportunity that is unique
way to say “Masha Danki” for continuously choos- ument with an enchanting to amplify the knowledge
ing Aruba as a favorite vacation destination. The titles garden, you can enjoy and about the history if Aruba
are as following: 10+ years “Distinguished Visitor”, 20+ admire art and religious ar- and the Caribbean,
years “Goodwill Ambassador” and 36+ years “Emer- tifacts, with pictures that MANA, Fundacion 1403
ald Ambassador”. tell the story of the times of Caribbean by the Span- and Fundacion Kapel di
the nuns in the Imeldahof ish caused a drastic trans-
formation in the cultural Bethania invites the com-
convent.
The honorees are: Dennis and Vickie Carol from In 2019 University of Leiden practices of the indigenous munity of Aruba abd our
Michigan who have been honored as Distinguished gifted MANA the exposition people. Caribbean Ties visitors who wish to know
Visitors of Aruba. They have been honored as Distin- more about the history of
guished Visitors. Caribbean Ties, which is shows the role that the in-
an international temporary digenous people of the our wonderful Island to visit
exhibition that is based on Caribbean played in the these 2 expositions which
The couple loves coming to the island for it’s beautiful results of the project inves- global history. The Carib- are open on Mondays,
weather, friendly people and variety of restaurants.
tigation titled NEXUS 1492. bean history is presented Wednesdays and Thurs-
Heyliger together with the representatives of Bucuti In this project, with Univer- from the perspective of its days from 8:30 to 3:30pm
at Klooster Imeldahof in
and Tara Resorts presented the certificates to the sity of Leiden as the leader, first inhabitants.
different organizations from This exposition has been Noord. We will be open
honorees, handed over some presents and also during the upcoming holi-
thanked them for choosing Aruba as their favorite different countries in the presented in The Nether-
Caribbean region worked lands, Aruba, Statia and day on the 18th of March.
vacation destination and as their home-away-from- together. other Caribbean countries To organize a visit you can
home.q
The colonization of the in the same form with vari- contact +2975828979. q