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LOCAL Saturday 13 May 2017

Loyal Aruba Ambassadors Celebrate Special Milestones:
Festive Beach Surprise for Maria and Andrew Gifford from New Jersey!

plex General Manager
Tom Calame and Hotel
Manager Leslie Prea both
thanked the couple, very
well known in the hotel for
their many return visits and
loved by all staff, for their
loyalty. “You are the best
Aruba ambassadors our
island could wish for, and
at the same time you do
an exceptional job, serv-
ing as our most success-
ful, non-paid staff in guest
relations, public relations,
beach and pool commu-
nications, F&B promotions
and much more”, Calame
commented.
The lovely Andrew couple
will stay in Aruba until mid-
May and return to Aruba
in December to celebrate
their 30th wedding anniver-
sary. Maria and Giff, ‘ma-
sha pabien’ and cheers to
many more years in good
health and to making new
friends and memories in
Aruba!q

PALM BEACH - A festive Aruba in 1988 on our hon-
ceremony was organized eymoon. Since the open-
for birthday girl Maria An- ing of the Aruba Marriott in
drew, who celebrated 1995 we have been com-
her 70th birthday on May ing to this hotel twice a
10 in Aruba. A mix of long year and in recent years
time as well as brand new up to five times a year.
Aruba-friends, along with We love it here and col-
a group of Marriott asso- lected so many memories
ciates and management and dear friends over the
awaited Maria’s arrival on years, from Marriott staff to
the beach with a cham- hotel guests and other visi-
pagne toast and 3-layer tors. I even keep a special
birthday cake on Palm notebook in which I keep
Beach. track of all the new people
The surprised Maria was I meet in Aruba, so that I
speechless at first, yet then can remember all the dif-
shared with those present ferent people and their
some special moments in stories, there are so many”,
Aruba. “My husband Gif- said Maria.
ford and I first came to Aruba Marriott’s com-