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Thursday 19 July 2018

Loyal Friendship

ORANJESTAD — The Aruba of the General Manager the other family members
Tourism Authority is proud of Aruba beach Club Mrs. and friends she came with
to present the commemo- Farida Mansur and Mrs. Ida from the USA to visit Aruba.
rative Emerald Coin and Piternella-Brete.
Emerald Certificate to Mr. The honorees top reason
Ron representing 50 years The Perri family celebrated for returning for so many
& Mrs. Lorraine Perri repre- this special event sharing years were:
senting 55 years of consec- their fond memories of Aru- -The warm inviting sun and
utive visit to our Island. ba: wonderful sunset
Mrs. Perri visited Aruba for -The gracious treatment
Recently, Ms. Darline S. de the first time in 1963 and from everyone
Cuba had the great plea- stayed at the Basi-ruti hotel -The Sea & Climate
sure to honor Loyal and at Palm Beach, further she -Delicious food
Friendly visitors of Aruba stayed at the Caribbean
as Emerald Ambassador Hotel -now the Hilton Aruba Congratulations “ Ron &
at their home away from Caribbean Resort & Ca- Lorraine “ you hold a spe-
home. Mrs. Lorraine Perri is sino, as well as other hotels. cial place in the hearts of
celebrating her 55 consec- Because of their yearly vis- Arubans. q
utive years of visiting our its, the Perri family decided
island and is married to Mr. to buy timeshares at the
Ron Perri who has also vis- Aruba Beach Club and at
ited Aruba for 50 consecu- the Costa Linda Beach Re-
tive years. Ron and Lorraine sort.
are from North Carolina
Clayton USA. Mrs. Perri wrote and
brought her own book of
The certificate was pre- memories from her visits to
sented to them by the rep- Aruba, on the request of Er-
resentative of Aruba Tour- nest Giel R.I.P., with pictures
ism Authority Ms. Darline S. of all her so called ‘brothers
de Cuba in the presence and sisters’ in Aruba and all

ARUBA MARRIOTT CELEBRATES THE LGBT COMMUNITY

they are, everywhere they 2004 Marriott’s Aruba Surf
travel or work. Club was opened with 900
guestrooms. The Aruba
About Aruba Marriott: Marriott family consists of
Aruba Marriott Resort & about 1100 associates. The
Stellaris Casino opened Aruba Marriott Complex is
its door in 1995 with 411 the largest in the Caribbe-
guestrooms. In 1999 the an in terms of total guest-
Marriott’s Aruba Ocean rooms as well total employ-
Club opened its door with ees. q
311 guestrooms and in

PALM BEACH – With June 25, 2018 where Marriott’s People First’ and ‘We Serve
largely recognized as PRIDE Director of Multicultural Af- Our World’ and are aimed
month in most places, Aru- fairs; Seema Jain, together at promoting diversity and
ba Marriott joined in on the with co-presenter; Hen- inclusion among visitors, as-
celebration by up-lighting drik ‘Endy’ Croes, will give sociates and among the lo-
the palm trees in front of the a special presentation on cal community, amplifying
hotel with the colors of the how to effectively commu- Aruba Marriott’s support
PRIDE rainbow flag during nicate across cultures with for the lesbian, gay, bisex-
the entire month of June. a focus on the LGBT com- ual and transgender (LGBT)
munity. community, and convey-
In addition, Aruba Marriott ing Aruba Marriott’s com-
will host its first LGBT Culture These initiatives are ef- mitment to making every
Day for its associates and forts that support Marriott’s traveler and associate feel
local customers on July cultural values of ‘We Put comfortable being who