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              3 days filled with surprises, specials and fun!

              5 O'Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill at the Renaissance Marketplace

              celebrates its 1st anniversary
































              ORANJESTAD — 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill is celebrating its 1st
              anniversary. We still remember last year’s Grand Opening of the first
              5 O’Clock Bar & Grill by Margaritaville in the Caribbean, a big mile-
              stone. 2020 has been a challenging year to say the least for all of us,
              but we are grateful how the local community embraced 5 O’Clock
              Bar & Grill, located in the heart of the Renaissance Marketplace.

            This weekend will be a weekend of celebration to rejoice 5 O’Clock’s 1st   Booze  Blenders  for  only  $12.  Win  located in the heart of the Renais-
            anniversary. You are invited to join us this weekend for lots of fun while   great  prizes  when  you  pop  your  sance Marketplace. We would like
            respecting all current protocols to make sure we offer a safe environ-  balloon. Beat our house champion  to  remind  everyone  to  practice
            ment to all. Even though we are in the middle of a pandemic, we can’t   at  the  corn  hole  and  ring  games  physical  distancing  and  to  follow
            ignore this milestone, and want to say Thank You to all who supported   and win free Land Shark Beer. Join  all  rules  and  regulations  recom-
            and stood by us.                                                        us on Sunday for our famous Dom-    mended by the local department
                                                                                    ino tournament from 4-7PM, make  of health.
            Friday, December 4 till Sunday, December 6, starting at noon, 5 O’Clock   sure you register in advance. A live
            invites you to a weekend full of fun. Three days filled with surprises, spe-  DJ will set the ambiance for out 1st   Follow  us  on  Facebook;
            cials and prizes. Our Happy Hour will be extended starting at 5PM through   anniversary.                       https://www.facebook.
            10PM with specials on Balashi and Chill Draft Beer, $5 specials on Mar-  The invitation is  yours to join us  at   com/5somewherearuba  to
            garita and Cocktails, as well as on our Mojitos in 5 O’Clock collectable   5  O’Clock  Somewhere  Bar  &  Grill   stay up to date.q


            A recovery of 32% of departing passengers in November 2020 but

            stays 35% behind forecast



            ORANJESTAD — In Novem-       to Europe and 1,345 pax to  sus the same month 2019.      dling approximately 60,000  with Latin America and the
            ber  31,431  Revenue  Gen-   the Netherlands Antilles.188                              departing  passengers.  This  Caribbean  and  the  return
            erating  Passengers  (RGPs)  pax  departed  also  on  re-  An   average    outbound  estimate  however  could  of  flights  form  TUI  and  in-
            travelled out of the Queen  patriation  flights  to  Latin  load factor (LF) (number of  yet  be  affected  because  creased operations of KLM
            Beatrix International Airport  American destinations. The  seats  of  the  total  seats  on  of  travel  restrictions  that  during  December  will  en-
            (AUA Airport) to the various  figures  for  November  2020  board  an  aircraft  that  are  continue to apply in various  sure  not  only  more  flights
            markets. This was 38% more  are 35% less than what was  occupied  when  departing  countries  of  the  word  and  but  also  more  passengers
            than  October  2020.  In  No-  forecasted  for  this  month  from  AUA  Airport)  for  the  with  the  further  uncertain  using our airport. We hope
            vember  28,480  passengers  and  compared  to  2019  US  Market  of  48%  (exclud-     effects  of  the  pandemic  that our forecasted figures
            (pax)  travelled  to  the  US,  AUA Airport has recovered  ing  de-densification  of  air-  worldwide. A recuperation  for December 2020 will be
            130  to  Canada,  1,288  pax  32% during November ver-    craft)  was  reported  during  of approximately 57% is ex-  realized with this extra push
                                                                      the  period  of  November  1  pected  to  be  reached  as  of  flights  and  that  flights
                                                                      through 30, 2020, while the  a result for December 2020  as  indicated  by  our  airline
                                                                      LF for the European market  versus   December      2019  partners  will  continue  as
                                                                      was 43%.                     based on current insights.   planned for the end of this
                                                                                                                                year months and into 2021,”
                                                                      During November, AUA Air-    “We  had  a  lot  of  aircraft  said  Aruba  Airport  Author-
                                                                      port averaged 16 flights per  movements during our sec-   ity N.V. CEO Mr. Joost Meijs.
                                                                      day,  down  from  about  35  ond  month  of  this  winter  Based on the latest insights
                                                                      daily  flights  from  the  same  season  2020/2021,  but  the  it is expected that AUA Air-
                                                                      month last year.             load  factors  have  yet  to  port will end up with a 35%
                                                                                                   recover  further  during  ver-  - 40% traffic recovery for to-
                                                                      For  December  2020  AUA  sus  what  was  forecasted.  tal  departures  compared
                                                                      Airport has forecasted han-  The opening of the borders  to the year 2019.q
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