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Ex-Morgan’s Furniture at Surfside Beach

05 Jul 2010

Recently ex-employees at Morgan’s Island water park said that some people were taking out bits and pieces off the premises thus making it more difficult for any other investor to acquire it. I wasn’t too sure what they meant by this. Until I saw some water park pieces at Surfside Beach. The other day I [...]

Aruba Hilton Returns

02 Jul 2010

Back in March I wrote about the sad state of defunct Bushiri Hotel All Inclusive. This pioneer resort served also as hospitality school until its shutdown in 2003. It’s been vacant ever since. Recently local officials announced they were in talks to developers who are seriously interested in acquiring ex-Bushiri Resort. It was also announced [...]

It’s Official: Palapas in Aruba to be removed

30 Jun 2010

Recently during deliberations in Aruba’s Parliament, a majority of Members of Parliament stood behind the new regulations initiated by the Minister of Infrastructure. Regulations to enforce the law: palapas [grass huts] are to be removed from public beaches. If this rule truly gets enforced then Aruba will have one the strictest beach regulation policies in [...]

Renaissance Aruba Renewing

28 Jun 2010

A typical sight around resort during this time of year – off season – is of renovations. Hotels take advantage of the softer occupancy figures to renovate, this way avoiding as the inconvenience to the guests as much as possible. Currently there are several renovations on going, such as at Renaissance, The Mill, Divi Village, [...]

Acqua Condo Very Quiet

25 Jun 2010

This is the second update about Acqua condo for this year and I can tell you off the bat that things are very quiet there. I drove there today and haven’t seen much construction activity, despite the presence of two large cranes. I would like you to keep in mind that this development was presented [...]

Critics: Ritz-Carlton Polluting Palm Beach

23 Jun 2010

Recently construction of the new Ritz-Carlton Aruba started. Currently the works for the foundation is being taken care off and the rerouting of the principle road the lighthouse. The rerouting is necessary to accommodate Ritz-Carlton’s new parking lot. Herein lies the problem. The area this new road is going to be build on – including [...]