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Thursday 17 OcTOber 2019
Opening of Hyatt Place Aruba Airport

ORANJESTAD — The Hyatt
Place Aruba Airport is a
fact, the newest hotel of
Aruba opened its doors of- Minister of Regional Plan- the project. The 43 employ-
ficially yesterday morning. ning, Infrastructure and En- ees (42 of them are locals)
With 116 rooms in contem- vironment Otmar Oduber, were all standing on the
porary style the hotel aims the Minister of Social Affairs stairways as a way of pres-
for the business and leisure and Labor Glenbert Croes ent themselves while the
traveler. and President of the Tour- speeches took place. The
ism Commission Setty Yar- hotel offers an outdoor
The opening event was at- zagaray. pool, 24/7 gym and 2,320
tended by many guests sq. ft. of event space. For
among others the Prime General Manager Mar- more information check
Minister Evelyn Wever- ta Raven welcomed the out the website: https://
Croes, Tourism Minister of guests and thanked her www.hyatt.com/en-US/ho-
Tourism, Public Health & 43-headed staff for the tel/aruba/hyatt-place-aru-
Sports Dangui Oduber, the enormous effort to realize ba-airport/auaza.q

It was love at first sight!

PALM BEACH — Recently, Kimberley Richard-
son of the Aruba Tourism Authority had the
great pleasure to honor Aruba’s loyal and
friendly visitors as Distinguished Visitors of Aru-
ba. The symbolic Distinguished Visitor certifi-
cate is presented on behalf of the Minister of
Tourism, as a token of appreciation to guests
who visit Aruba 10 years and more consecu-
tively.

The honorees were Dennis and Kimberley
Valor from New Jersey, USA!

This lovely couple stated that Aruba is and
will always be their second home. They fell in
love with the island the first time they came
in 2000! They also stated that they love Aruba
very much, especially for its year-round sunny
weather, nice sandy beaches and picturesque
sunsets, delicious variety of foods, its rich cul-
ture, and Aruba’s warm and friendly people.

Ms. Richardson together with the representa-
tives of the Barceló Aruba, presented the cer-
tificate to the honorees, handed over some
presents and also thanked them for choosing
Aruba as their favorite vacation destination
and as their home- away-from-home.q