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Aruba's Rebecca Roos film By Her Hand showed on Belize International Film Festival

Published on: Jul 18, 2013

Category: Events

Rebecca Roos pix by Aaron Hose.jpgLocal 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

Published on: Jul 17, 2013

Category: Accommodations

Exterior_Marina_Dock_2576.jpgRenaissance 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

Published on: Jul 16, 2013

Category: General

swim.jpgTwo 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

Published on: Jul 15, 2013

Category: Restaurants

923120_518722268191472_1363777240_n.jpgMarandi 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

Published on: Jul 13, 2013

Category: Restaurants

Laguna was all decked out for The Fourth.jpgThe 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

Published on: Jul 12, 2013

Category: Events

aruba-poker-2.jpgPPC 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

Published on: Jul 11, 2013

Category: Events

pic2.jpg 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

Published on: Jul 10, 2013

Category: Events

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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

Published on: Jul 09, 2013

Category: Events

IMG_8352.jpgThis 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

Published on: Jul 08, 2013

Category: Weddings & Honeymoons

Dancing on Shake Shake Senora.JPGLast 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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