Local producer and director Rebecca Roos is proud that her film was chosen to show on the Belize International Film Festival that took place last week. By her Hand is a documentary about the contributions of nine woman to improve the socioeconomic and cultural landscape of Aruba.
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Renaissance Aruba named ‘best hotel’ by Monarc.ca
Renaissance Resorts in Aruba and Curacao were named ‘best hotel’ on their Caribbean islands by visitors of Monarc.ca. Monarc.ca is a website of hotel reviews for Canadian travelers, allowing only travelers who visited a hotel and purchased a trip from one of Monarc.ca participating travel retailer’s website to write and publish a review.
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Aruba’s Kyra Hoevertsz has won 2 golden medals at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships
Two years ago Kyra won the championship for synchronized swimming in the ’12 years and under’ category. Two years later -at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships (CCCAN Championships) - she did it again and went home with two gold medals in the category 13-15 years old. The CCCAN Championships are a biennial aquatics sports championship for countries in Central America and the Caribbean. In additional to CCCAN members residents of Columbia, Surinam and Venezuela may also participate in these championships.
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Marandi has a new exciting Dinner Menu
Marandi presented its new Dinner Menu as per July 1st. The chef and the kitchen crew are very much excited with their newest creations and have great expectations in what will the guests think of the new creative meals with a Caribbean flair.
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Laguna’s Restaurant 4th of July celebrations
The reopened Laguna Restaurant located along the freshwater lagoon at Radisson Aruba Resort celebrated the fourth of July the classic way. Guest could enjoy the holiday favorites on the grill in the beautiful decorated restaurant.
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PPC Poker Tour Heads Back To The Radisson For Aruba Summer Slam
PPC Poker Tour is heading back to the Radisson this August. The 2013 PPC Aruba Summer Slam is one great warm up before the PPC Aruba World Championship that will take place in October 2-9, 2013 at the Radisson Aruba as well.
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Aruba will host the launch of the Electric Festival in September
Aruba will host the launch of the Electric Festival during a three day event in September 2013. This year’s festival will include a series of event across the weekend of September 6, 7 & 8, including performances of DJ Chuckie and Dirty Dutch and many more international DJ’s.
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Aruba International Film Festival 2013 Caribbean Spotlight Series winners announced
The winners of the Caribbean Spotlight Series were announced during the last red carpet event of the 2013 Aruba International Film Festival. The Caribbean Spotlights Series and Aruba Flavor Short are an important part of the festival. These competitions are a platform for local and Caribbean filmmakers to feature their latest work. Winners are determined by jury selection and audience vote.
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Another successful Aruba Hi Winds event has come to its conclusion
This year Aruba Hi Winds event was closed with an awards dinner and ceremony at Le Bistro restaurant in the Paseo Herencia Shopping Mall. The organizers look back at a successful event with 5 days of Windsurfing and Kite surfing competitions, a 25 km biking race and a fashion show of Banana Moon bikinis.
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Jessica and Adam’s Fabulous Flash Mob At Marriott
Last Wednesday Marriott lobby was crowded with family and friends of the couple wearing a big red heart on their t-shirts saying “Jessica and Adam, July 4th 2013”. The couple had a surprise waiting for their arrival on the beats of “Jumping in the line (Shake Shake Señora)”. You can view the flash mob video here.
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Aruban biker Zaitheyl Soekandar added to Paseo Herencia’s Wall of Fame
The fifteen year old BMX biker Zaitheyl Soekandar was recently added to the Wall of Fame in Paseo Herencia Shopping Mall. The Wall of Fame showcases young athletes who demonstrate their talent, determination and tenacity to attain a medal winning status in international sports competitions. Zaitheyl got a place on the wall next to windsurfer Sarah Quita Offringa, swimmers Jordy Groters, Jemal Le Grand, Daniella van den Berg, Allyson Ponson and synchronized swimmers Kyra Hoevertsz and Anouk Eman.
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Westin Summer Special and complimentary bike tours
The Westin’s parent company launched their “What will you do this summer” campaign. Starwood Preferred Guests can share their summer story on Twitter or Instagram to get a 35% off and a complimentary breakfast for two. Besides the ‘My Summer Story’ campaign the Westin Resort & Casino also offers complimentary bike tours for their guests.
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Totto Tu opened new store in Paseo Herencia Shopping Mall Aruba
Totto Tu opened the doors of their new store at Paseo Herencia Mall for the first time on June 28 2013. Totto Tu is part of the Colombian design house Totto, and focuses on clothes, bags and accessories for kids (boys and girls) from the age 4 to 16 years.
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