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Tuesday 21 January 2020

Aruba to Me is….. 50 years of love

known nowadays as The Hilton Aruba Re-
sort & Casino. For the last 32 years they
have been calling the Holiday Inn Beach
Resort their home away from home.
They love the warmth and hospitality of
ORANJESTAD – Aruba Today likes to wel- Aruba’s people. They have made many
come readers to participate in our news- friends throughout these years. Their love
paper. You can see that in our Honored for Aruba is so big that they have the
Guest-publications, specials like on Val- Aruban flag raised in their garden back
entine’s Day and on other occasions. home and they even named their first
Throughout the year you are always wel- dog Aruba.”
come to send us your vacation picture(s)
together with completing the sentence: Rene has known them for the past 10
Aruba to me is …….. (Email: news@aru- years and they have become like family
batoday.com) to him. Each year they take a tour on his
boat. They talk about everything going
For today’s newspaper we received some on in Aruba, share some old stories and
great pictures from Rene Klooster, Cap- enjoy the breathtaking sunset. Karen al-
tain of Sunset Boat Aruba. Rene wants to ways cries when she sees Aruba’s sun go
dedicate this column to two special per- down.
sons who are like family to him. The lucky
birds are Ben and Karen Benita from Rene wanted them to feel special for
Haymarket Virginia, USA. He wrote: their 50th year visit and surprised them
upon their arrival by picking them up at
“Ben and Karen arrived last Saturday in the airport in a limousine. They opened a
Aruba for their 50th consecutive year. bottle of champagne and cheered to 50
They came to Aruba as honeymooners years more!! Ben and Karen are here with
50 years ago. For these two love birds their son Tony, who has been coming to
Aruba was love at first sight. They stayed Aruba for 25 years together with his wife
at the Aruba Caribbean Hotel, which is Edite. q