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Thursday 19 July 2018
Loyal Friendship
ORANJESTAD — The Aruba Tourism Authority is proud to present the commemo- rative Emerald Coin and Emerald Certificate to Mr. Ron representing 50 years & Mrs. Lorraine Perri repre- senting 55 years of consec- utive visit to our Island.
Recently, Ms. Darline S. de Cuba had the great plea- sure to honor Loyal and Friendly visitors of Aruba as Emerald Ambassador at their home away from home. Mrs. Lorraine Perri is celebrating her 55 consec- utive years of visiting our island and is married to Mr. Ron Perri who has also vis- ited Aruba for 50 consecu- tive years. Ron and Lorraine are from North Carolina Clayton USA.
The certificate was pre- sented to them by the rep- resentative of Aruba Tour- ism Authority Ms. Darline S. de Cuba in the presence
of the General Manager of Aruba beach Club Mrs. Farida Mansur and Mrs. Ida Piternella-Brete.
The Perri family celebrated this special event sharing their fond memories of Aru- ba:
Mrs. Perri visited Aruba for the first time in 1963 and stayed at the Basi-ruti hotel at Palm Beach, further she stayed at the Caribbean Hotel -now the Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Ca- sino, as well as other hotels. Because of their yearly vis- its, the Perri family decided to buy timeshares at the Aruba Beach Club and at the Costa Linda Beach Re- sort.
Mrs. Perri wrote and brought her own book of memories from her visits to Aruba, on the request of Er- nest Giel R.I.P., with pictures of all her so called ‘brothers and sisters’ in Aruba and all
the other family members and friends she came with from the USA to visit Aruba.
The honorees top reason for returning for so many years were:
-The warm inviting sun and wonderful sunset
-The gracious treatment from everyone
-The Sea & Climate -Delicious food
Congratulations “ Ron & Lorraine “ you hold a spe- cial place in the hearts of Arubans. q
ARUBA MARRIOTT CELEBRATES THE LGBT COMMUNITY
they are, everywhere they travel or work.
About Aruba Marriott:
Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino opened its door in 1995 with 411 guestrooms. In 1999 the Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club opened its door with 311 guestrooms and in
2004 Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club was opened with 900 guestrooms. The Aruba Marriott family consists of about 1100 associates. The Aruba Marriott Complex is the largest in the Caribbe- an in terms of total guest- rooms as well total employ- ees. q
PALM BEACH – With June largely recognized as PRIDE month in most places, Aru- ba Marriott joined in on the celebration by up-lighting the palm trees in front of the hotel with the colors of the PRIDE rainbow flag during the entire month of June.
In addition, Aruba Marriott will host its first LGBT Culture Day for its associates and local customers on July
25, 2018 where Marriott’s Director of Multicultural Af- fairs; Seema Jain, together with co-presenter; Hen- drik ‘Endy’ Croes, will give a special presentation on how to effectively commu- nicate across cultures with a focus on the LGBT com- munity.
These initiatives are ef- forts that support Marriott’s cultural values of ‘We Put
People First’ and ‘We Serve Our World’ and are aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion among visitors, as- sociates and among the lo- cal community, amplifying Aruba Marriott’s support for the lesbian, gay, bisex- ual and transgender (LGBT) community, and convey- ing Aruba Marriott’s com- mitment to making every traveler and associate feel comfortable being who