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Tamarijn Aruba All

Inclusive receives first

check-ins, November

28th, 2020

Nieuwmeyer reports he ably spend more time in
shopped for furniture and their rooms, now.
materials in 2019, thinking According to Nieuwmeyer,
there will be a gradual ren- Tamarijn has always been
ovation down the road, but a top seller, enjoying 90%
things sped up in March, occupancy year round. He
and on Black Friday, the looked at the graphs the
minister enjoyed the privi- other day and noticed that
lege of inspecting well-ap- dips over the past 26 years
pointed modern rooms in of his leadership only oc-
quiet subdued hues, comfy curred after the 9/11 events
king- or queen-size beds, in NY, during the 2008 world
ORANJESTAD — Tamarijn property. tic feature ever since. There luxury Indian cotton linens, economic slump and in
Aruba All Inclusive is proud The resort has been closed were wooden staircases inviting sitting corners in 2020 in honor of a new vi-
to announce it is open for since March and manage- leading to the upper floors some rooms, sofa beds in rus. Nieuwmeyer, has been
business, starting Novem- ment seized it as an excel- and no balconies. Later in others, tan wood paneling on the island for 26 years
ber 28th, 2020. lent opportunity for con- the 80s, wooden balconies with indirect color-chang- and under his direction,
struction. All rooms were were attached and the re- ing LED lights, oversize floor Divi Resorts evolved and
At the wake of a US$5 mil- gutted, nothing is left of sort expanded, adding a tiles, oversize smart TVs with thrived as a fine tuned va-
lion investment, all of its the 70s style construction, few more long, two-story Netflix settings, easy to cation machine, making
rooms, are now fully reno- just the magnificent views. blocks of rooms along the reach power outlets, walk- people happy, employing
vated, and ocean front. Then the design team ocean. in showers with glass parti- more than 1,000 locals.
Just prior to opening re- came up with a contem- The rooms remained pret- tions, rain shower-heads, The government acknowl-
gional director Alex Nieu- porary room layout, worthy ty much the same over coffee makers and as a edged Nieuwmeyer’s pas-
wmeyer and general man- of its stunning vistas. the past years as the pool sign of our times a hand- sion, commitment and love
agers Marin Bijk and Ferry Tamarijn All Inclusive was deck, the restaurants and sanitizer dispenser across for Aruba, especially its
Zievinger showed Danguil- built in the early 70s, as a the guest experience in the room door. The wood tourism industry, when the
laume P. Oduber the local few long two-story blocks general, were continuously staircases morphed into minister presented Nieuw-
Minister of Tourism, Public of rooms along the ocean, upgraded. Until the pan- elegant stairways with meyer with a commemora-
Health & Sport around the all facing blue, and guests demic, which provided an stainless-steel banisters and tive plaque and a heartfelt
remodeled and renewed have enjoyed that fantas- opening for change. glass. thank you. The inscription
In the 2020 design, the “What we have once en-
rooms had annexed the joyed we can never lose,
terrace space and new all that we love deeply be-
terraces were constructed, comes a part of us,” nicely
extending out to sea, clos- sums up Nieuwmeyer’s re-
er to the blue, this time in lationship with the island, it
brick and mortar with glass is part of his being.
balcony partitions, escort- The dignitaries were served
ing unobstructed views into a refreshing drink after the
the rooms, which are now tour, at the Bunker bar, a
7m2 bigger. And bigger historic WWII Allied Forces
is better, more space to bunker now carrying a
lounge, and laze, because popular watering hole on
vacationers will most prob- its shoulders.q