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A16 LOCAL
Tuesday 1 OcTOber 2019
New Face for Casa del Mar Beach Resort & Timeshare

ways as that will disturb our guests Mar Beach Resort & Timeshare did
and we do not want that.” In the its upmost not to disturb the guests
past two months, Jacqueline and too much. Jacqueline: “The guests
her team have managed to do are informed ahead so they know
65% of all the suites. when my team enters the room
for some time to switch the furni-
Happy Guests ture and appliances. It is a more
There is brand new furniture and than pleasant surprise when they
appliances. Was it necessary? Yes, come back and find their made-
said the management and also over suite.” She says most guests
Jacqueline. “In my opinion we are so excited and happy, like
needed a fresh look. The resort is in those TV-shows you watch the
more than 30 years old and during before-and-after stages. The suites
the years the interior style got a bit can be vacant or occupied; Jac-
old fashioned.” Now, all the suites queline needs to work around it.
are in the same modern style with “Some guests are so happy that
tropical warmth. they even stay in to help, you can
The organizing of this renovation see many guests wished for these
takes some effort as the Casa del changes.”q

EAGLE BEACH — Casa del Mar to replacing old furniture and ap-
Beach Resort & Timeshare offers pliances. The logistics, another
you paradise: stay in a wonder- challenge, is all managed by Jac-
ful, oceanfront location or pool- queline and her crew. “When the
side timeshare suites with a world containers come in I am ready to
of amenities that include a spa, a go and the guys take out the stuff.
restaurant, and a fitness center. At Then we divide the boxes over
this moment, the resort is undergo- the different floors. When we fin-
ing a refurbishment of their façade, ish that we enter each room and
as well as the interior of the suites. put all in place.” Sometimes they
Jacqueline Winklaar is the woman take one block, other times a com-
behind the make-over. plete floor. “It depends on what is
brought in by the containers and
She is a strong and confident wom- also on the vacancy. We need to
an amidst a team of six-muscled make sure not to block elevators or
men_ a necessity when it comes have too many boxes in the hall-

Honor to the Goodwill Ambassadors visitors of La Quinta Beach Resort

EAGLE BEACH — Recently, Ms.
Darline S. de Cuba of Aruba Tour-
ism Authority had the great plea-
sure to honor loyal and friendly
visitors of Aruba as Goodwill Am-
bassadors at their home away
from home.

The honored were:
Harold Clark and Jo Anne
Saberre, residents from Flower
Mound, Texas visiting the island
20 years consecutive. & Linda
Montecchi & Diane Schmitt,
residents of Saddle Brook, New
Jersey visiting the island 30 years
consecutive.

The symbolic honorary title is pre-
sented on behalf of the Minister
of Tourism, as a token of appreci-
ation to the guests who visit Aru-
ba between 10-20-35 and more
consecutive years.

De Cuba thanked them for
choosing Aruba as their vacation
destination and as their home
away from home for so many
years together with the members
of La Quinta Beach Resort.q