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Amsterdam Manor’s new titles coming

Although the drop in tourism has been turned around for the month of April for the first time in half year, tourism numbers still remain under pressure.

Hotels need to do what ever they can to catch the attention and expand their brand. One of my favorite resorts in Aruba at one of my favorite beaches – Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort at Eagle Beach – is taking care of expanding their brand by building brand new sign along a main road.

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Happy Canada Day

I’ve been working hard behind the scenes to improve this website as of late, therefore falling behind on a few articles. However, I still manage to bring things back up to date.

If you are a long time reader you know that I don’t write weekends and Wednesdays. But rearly I’ll make an exception, such as today. It’s Canada Day today.

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Finals stages of the construction of Palm Beach Plaza Mall

We recently had the opportunity to tour the final stages of the construction of Palm Beach Plaza Mall and would like to thank them very much for taking the time to tour us around the premises. This 3-floor retail development is only a few months away from its grand opening.

I was pleasantly surprised with what I saw. As I have written previously Palm Beach Plaza must bring something different to the table in order to compete with neighboring –  and very successful – rival Paseo Herencia. I think Palm Beach Plaza did. Apart from the small podium built for shows – which I think they copied directly from Paseo Herencia – they are planning to bring new things as well.

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Tripadvisor vs Oyster

I came across an interesting article recently about a new website which offers review services of hotels. The issue is what form of review is more believable/trustworthy: review from “real” travelers or review from professional travelers.

This is a though one. On the one side a review from fellow travelers gives you the real feel of fellow travelers, with all the emotions, passion and irrationality that might accompany the review. On the other side, pros are expected to give a cold, rational analysis.

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Reef Care Poster [image by aruba.com]

For the 16th time Reef Care Project is organized and is scheduled for Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of July 2009. This long standing initiative takes care of the reefs and beaches around the island.

As Aruba has become more visited throughout the years and regional trade has gone up, followed by massive fishing in the Caribbean and cruise ships, nature is suffering as a consequence.

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Aruba Airport: New Departure Terminal

The last few years Aruba Airport has been steadily improving its finances and service to the public. The current management has taken measures across the board in order to improve overall performance.

When new management took over the operations of the airport they revised many contracts with its service providers, shop owners and employees. It also restructured long term debt. Not all parties were happy naturally and some sued the airport.

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