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Thursday 29 November 2018

Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort Celebrate Employment Anniversary’s

Associates celebrate five years working on the Bucuti & Tara Team

EAGLE BEACH – Bucuti & Tara premier adults-only boutique
Beach Resort proudly announces resort. Led by celebrated hotelier
employees celebrating five years and environmentalist, Ewald
working with the resort. We are Biemans, named by Caribbean
proud of the dedication of our Journal as the 2017 Caribbean
associates who have demonstrated Hotelier of the Year, the resort is
loyalty and who deliver great nestled on the powdery white
service to our guests. sands of Eagle Beach, home to
protected sea turtles and named
Bucuti’s Five Year Anniversary one of the “Dream Beaches of
Celebrations in November: the World.” Bucuti offers 104 well-
• Arlyne Thode – Concierge, appointed guestrooms, suites and
Bucuti & Tara Front Office penthouses; sunbeds and shade
• Jessica Gomez – Bartender, for every guest; fresh water infinity
The Sand Bar pool; spa; WiFi; and complimentary
• Oriana Dubero – Waitress, iPad with Skype for use during stay.
Elements Resatuarant Award-winning healthy dining is
enjoyed at oceanfront Elements,
Shown with Owner Ewald Biemans; Tara Lounge and private beach
Resort Manager Rik van der Berg dining. Reserved exclusively for
and Training & Development guests and their friends, the open-
Manager Monique Zaandam air SandBar on the beach offers
top-shelf cocktails and live music
About Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort daily.
Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort has The resort is TAG Approved® as
recently become the first fully a LGBTQ-friendly hotel. Bucuti,
Carbon Neutral resort in the a worldwide sustainable tourism
Caribbean. Named the No. 1 Hotel leader, holds eco-certifications of
for Romance in the Caribbean LEED Silver, Green Globe Platinum,
for 2018, and No. 1 Hotel in the ISO 14001 and Travelife Gold and
Caribbean for two years in a row was named the World’s Most
by guest-driven TripAdvisor, Bucuti Sustainable Hotel/Resort in 2016 by
& Tara Beach Resort is Aruba’s Green Globe. q

Bartenders Nathan Schwengle and Glenn Kemp win 4th annual

Bartenders’ Brawl

ORANJESTAD - The fourth annual Bartend- at the event and earning the People’s
ers’ Brawl was held on the Festival Plaza Choice Award was “Cunucu Sublime,”
in downtown Oranjestad, this past Sat- with Grey Goose Vodka presented by
urday. The elegant event showcased a Tropical Bottling, created by Glenn
record of nine of Aruba’s top bartenders Kemp, a bartender for Blue Bar, Renais-
impressing event-goers with their origi- sance Marina Tower. The Judges’ Choice
nal craft cocktail creations. Aruba’s local went to the “Batch 27,” from bartender
spirit distributors were the essential col- Nathan Schwengle, of the Apotheek Bar
laborators to make this event happen— & Lounge, representing the Aruba Trad-
supplying all the liquor and necessary in- ing Company. The judges also lauded,
gredients to produce these exciting liba- second place winner Antonio Altomonte,
tions for attendees of the event to enjoy. representing Pepia Est NV, a bartender at
Renaissance’s culinary team fueled the the Lobby Bar & Restaurant, for his Ken-
guests with savory bites like juicy beef tucky Passion.
sliders, mini chicken skewers, Spanish
tapas, and quesio for dessert, while lo- Although there were ultimately just two
cal deejay extraordinaire, Deejay Jason, winners, everyone in the crowd seemed
provided an upbeat, lively backdrop to to have their favorites. The team at Re-
the festivities. naissance Aruba Resort & Casino and
Island Temptations/wheninaruba were
This year, in addition to the People’s proud to provide a venue for Aruba’s tal-
Choice Award, a panel of judges select- ented bartenders to showcase their cre-
ed the Judges’ Choice. The five judges, ativeness and further elevate the island’s
three of them in the bar business, Ken growing craft cocktail scene. Cheers to
Mata, Danny v/d Linden and Danvid all the bartenders and distributors that
Webb, event planner Maria Silva, and se- helped make this a dynamic evening!
nior graphic designer Kyrenia Jonkhout, Miss Aruba Anouk Eman and Food & Bev-
came to a unanimous decision on their erage Director Diego Lemasson, helped
favorites. with the trophy presentation, both #1
place winners also received a weekend
Receiving the most votes from guests stay at the Renaissance Aruba Resort.q