Airline Policies and Travel Tips for Disability & Special Needs Travelers Essential Health Supplies Aruba shares tips and guidelines for disability travel for all major Airlines traveling from the United States to Aruba. Travel can be stressful at the best of times, but when you have to factor in a disability, getting from point A
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Kicking Off Aruba’s 2018 Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival!
The event organizers of CSJF 2018 are preparing the final details of the amazing annual production. Festivities started during yesterday’s press conference held at the Renaissance Convention Center. Organizer Erik Eman welcomed all of the local and international press & media attendees. Joining him on stage was Spike, singer of Di-Rect, a group especially popular
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Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort Named Caribbean’s First Certified Carbon Neutral Resort
Proving actions speak louder than words, Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort just became the very first hotel in the Caribbean to achieve carbon neutrality. To be certified as CarbonNeutral®, recognized as a critical element in the resort’s comprehensive sustainability program, the CarbonNeutral® certification follows the CarbonNeutral Protocol and was officially made on August 28,
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Aruba Left Devastated After Bubali Bird Sanctuary Catches Fire
During the early morning hours of September 10th, 2018, Bubali Plas, an important bird and biodiversity area, one of four in Aruba, caught fire. The area, consisting of wetlands went up in flames and due to dry weather and island winds it aggressively blazed through the tall grass, shrubs and other vegetation leaving everything in
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Team Dash Wins the 10th Aruba International Regatta
The J35 Dash has won the tenth Aruba International Regatta, for the eighth time in a row. Some 40 vessels from around the ABC Islands crewed by people from as far away as the Puerto Rico, Curacao, the US, the Netherlands and Belgium.
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You Can Fly to Aruba from Boston in Winter with Delta’s New Saturday Flights!
Delta Air Lines announced in August 2018 that they will be offering additional airlifts from Boston to Aruba, with weekly Saturday flights, starting December 2018. The flights fly out of Boston Logan International Airport, and arrive at Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport on Saturdays at 1PM. Just in time to welcome your Caribbean winter getaway with
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Aruba Hosts Largest Vow Renewal Ceremony in the Caribbean for Second Year in a Row
After last year’s great success, another large vow renewal ceremony in Aruba was in high demand! On August 22nd, 2018 Aruba delivered yet another successful evening filled with love and happiness as lovebirds from all over met to renew their I do’s on the powdery-white sands of world-famous… Eagle Beach! The event turnout was record
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VisitAruba Presents an Open Invitation to Aruba’s Chasing Coral Screening & Information Evening
The University of Aruba, Aruba International Regatta and VisitAruba are hosting a free screening event of the Netflix Original Documentary, “Chasing Coral”. The screening will take place on Thursday, August 16th from 7 – 10 PM at the University of Aruba.
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Travel + Leisure Magazine Names Bucuti & Tara Aruba Among Top Resorts
Trusted travel media outlet Travel + Leisure just named Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort to its prestigious 2018 Top 25 Resorts in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas. The Eagle Beach resort is the only property on Aruba to earn a spot on the highly-coveted list.
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Octopus Aruba Introduces New Power Snorkeling
Octopus Aruba has added an exhilarating and highly raved about… Power Snorkeling tour! Making Octopus Aruba the first catamaran operator to offer this unique excursion! Power Snorkeling is not your typical snorkeling trip…
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Pelican Adventures Treats United Dogs Aruba Foundation to Sailing Cruise
Pelican Adventures recently welcomed the volunteers of United Dogs Aruba Foundation aboard their catamarans for a relaxing and well-deserved sailing experience. The sail marked the kick-off of the fieldwork in Aruba for the doctors and other volunteers that flew in for their special spay and neuter program, rescuing and treating stray dogs on our island.
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Paradera Park Aruba Awarded TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2018
Paradera Park announced that it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. Now in its eighth year, the achievement accounts for the quality, quantity and recent reviews submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period. To qualify, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, have
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Those Responsible for the Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban in Aruba Continue with Impact Blue
On January 1 2017 single-use plastic bags were officially banned from Aruba. The law proposal to legally prohibit single-use plastic bags in Aruba was approved by the Parliament of Aruba on June 28, 2016, after 4 years of efforts by the local, Juliet Carvalhal, who started the initiative ‘Plastic Bag Ban Aruba – Mi Tas
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