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Thursday 17 January 2019

With a large sign at the entrance of the airport:

“Airport International Reina Beatrix” now has its own logo

“We believe it’s very important for
the airport to have its own unique
branding that’s separate from the
company/authority that runs it. We
are not replacing the existing logo,
it will simply be exclusively used
for AAA. We are convinced that
the AIRB logo reflects the island’s
ORANJESTAD - Aruba Airport Au- cultural heritage and will help to
thority N.V. (AAA), company that further differentiate Aruba Airport
manages and operates Airport In- from other airports in the region,”
ternational Reina Beatrix (AIRB) in said AAA CEO Mr. James Fazio
the presence of Minister of Tourism regarding the introduction of the
Mr. Dangui Oduber introduced an new AIRB logo.
official logo for the airport, sepa- Simultaneously with the launch of
rate from the logo currently being the AIRB logo, the airport also un-
used to identify AAA as the author- veiled the new entrance sign to
ity. tial product distributed world-wide different markets and destinations the airport which will captivate the
from Aruba. To commemorate this, from and to Aruba with Red repre- attention of the airport passengers
When creating the AIRB logo the the plant is included as a national senting the US market, Orange rep- upon arrival to the airport.
objective was for it to be represen- symbol resenting the Canadian market, The AIRB logo will be used to brand
tative of Aruba and relatable for - With year-round sunny days Yellow representing the European the airport on all social media plat-
the Aruban community. The AIRB in the Caribbean, the sun is impor- market, Green representing the forms and the airport itself. Airport
logo consists of the Aloe Vera, the tant for the tourism of Aruba. Tour- Latin American market and Blue visitors can take a picture with
Sun, Arrows and the International ists keep coming back because of representing the Caribbean mar- the AIRB logo at the entrance to
Airport Code for Airport Interna- our climate ket the airport and post it on Face-
tional Reina Beatrix: - Aruba Airport serves various - AUA is the international air- book/twitter/Instagram using the
- The Aloe Vera is one of markets in regions of the world with port code used for Airport Interna- hashtag #AUAairport to have
Aruba’s oldest sources of income. 30 gateways spread over these tional Reina Beatrix the opportunity to win AIRB logo
This plant was the most substan- markets. The arrows represent the memorabilia.q

Honor to Connor Steelband Extravaganza

SAN NICOLAS — On Tues- Sweet Pan Music Produc- and also to celebrate Car-
day afternoon Sweet Pan tions, provided information nival 65th anniversary, were
Music Productions present- for the upcoming event Edgar Connor was present
ed a Press Conference at THIS FRIDAY: Honor to Con- from the beginning 65 yrs
Charlie’s Bar and restau- nor Steelband Extravagan- ago!!
rant. Nico Connor together za. They all firmly believe in
with Charles Brouns from keeping the culture, the
Charlie’s Bar, Stanley Dabi- All excited and ready to heritage of Steel Pan music
an from department of Cul- showcase the performing alive to enhance its audio
ture, DJ Caleto (Ivan Bar- artists who will be honoring and visibility by creating
rera), Angel Hazel teacher Aruba’s no. one Steel Pan different platforms to con-
at Aruba PanMan Founda- Pioneer the late Edgar Con- tinue encouraging other
tion and Paula Engelen PR nor on this day, his birthday Steelbands and Steel Pan

artists here on our island. cords and Mighty Rusty will
On Friday the 18th of Janu- perform one of his hits songs
ary 2019 Aruban Steelpan composed by Antoni Gario
artists and bands will be dedicated to the Panman.
performing at this special
event. Performing artists We hereby invite Aruba
will be; The Aruba Invad- and our visitors to come,
ers, Quiver Quips Steel Or- support and enjoy our Steel
chestra, The Boys Pan Ex- Pan Music heritage and
perience, North Stars, Next culture with the Honor to
Generation, Aruba Pan- Connor Steelband Extrav-
man Foundation students, aganza staring at 6pm till
Carnaruba with a Carnival 10pm in front of Charlie’s
Costume Show, DJ Caleto Bar in the mainstreet (B v/d
with a wonderful music Veen Zeppenfeld Straat) of
selection spinning vinyl re- San Nicolas.q