Aruba's Hotels Celebrate 48th Annual Carnival With Special Packages.Business, Entertainment & Travel Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo/Logo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com ORANJESTAD, Aruba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 If you are looking to party and stay warm this season, Aruba is the place to visit. Aruba's 48th Annual Carnival is underway now through February 10th. Island locals prepare a year in advance for Carnival season, a celebration featuring parties, parades, music and dancing. More than 2,000 people are expected to participate in this year's Tivoli Lighting Parade, a spectacular show of floats where participants wear costumes adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with tiny lights. The Tivoli Lighting Parade will be held on Saturday, February 2nd. Carnival's biggest street party, Jouvert Morning, will be held on Saturday, February 9th. Party goers rise as early as 4 am to take part in the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. and Sunday, February 10th is Aruba's largest and most popular parade of the island, the Aruba Grand Carnival Parade. In the spirit of Carnival, the island's hotels are offering special deals for tourists. Packages to choose from are: Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino is offering travelers a $300 incentive to stay at their hotel. The "Bonus Bucks" package includes deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. accommodations; $100 resort credit for use during the guests' stay; and $200 in vouchers to be redeemed at future stays at participating Marriott or Renaissance hotels Renaissance Hotels is a worldwide brand of hotels and resorts. The brand is owned by Marriott International and many Renaissance Hotels are managed by Marriott, however some are operated under a franchise license. worldwide. This voucher can be used up to eight months after the original visit. An additional perk perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. is children under 12 stay free. A four-night minimum is required and reservations for the "Bonus Bucks" package must be made prior to arrival. The resort offers water sports water sports Urophilia, see there , spa treatments, and windsurfing windsurfing, also called boardsailing or sailboarding, water sport that employs a board-and-sail device and combines elements of sailing and surfing. The sport was developed in the United States during the 1960s by the Californians Jim Drake, a sailor, and Hoyle . Golf is also available nearby. For reservations, call the Marriott Resort Desk at 800-223-6388. La Cabana All Suite Beach Resort in Aruba is also offering incentives for tourists. The hotel is providing a seventh night free on all bookings of at least seven nights. Travel must be made between January 3 and March 31, 2002. The promotion is valid for the suite categories of studio garden view, one-bedroom garden view and Grand Suite. La Cabana is also offering free participation in the resort's Club Cabana Nana, a supervised children's program (valued at $25 per day, per child). La Cabana has a deluxe Health and Fitness Center, three swimming pools, five tennis courts, and the Intermezzo intermezzo (ĭntərmĕt`sō, –mĕd`zō). 1 Any theatrical entertainment of a light nature performed between the divisions of a longer, more serious work. 2 In the 17th and 18th cent. Day Spa A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal care treatments such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment. . The resort is also home to the Royal Cabana Casino, Aruba's largest gaming house. For more information on the room rates, visit La Cabana's home page at http://www.lacabana.com/resort or contact 1-800-835-7193 or lacabana@setarnet.aw. The Aruba Sonesta Beach Resort is offering tourists "Winter Nights" rates from now through March 30, 2002. Rates start at $225 per room, per night and includes a daily hot American breakfast buffet for two. (Suites start at $265 a night. Tax and service charge are not included.) A four-night minimum stay is required during Carnival. Tax and service charge are not included in these rates. In addition, the Aruba Sonesta is offering the "Okeanos Spa Package" to help guests unwind Unwind 1. The closure of an investment position. 2. The reconciliation of an error previously unseen by a brokerage house. Notes: 1. Sometimes referred to as closing out a position. and get in shape. The package offers accommodations in an island room or island suite and is based on a minimum five-night stay. The "Okeanos Spa Package" features full use of the fitness center, a facial, two massages and a welcome basket. For reservations or more information on the packages and rates, call 1-800-SONESTA or visit the website at http://www.arubasonesta.com. Aruba's tourism industry also recently launched "Aruba on Us," a promotion offering tourists incentives to travel to the island during January 12 through March 31, 2002. Tourists who stay a minimum of five nights at one of Aruba's more than 20 hotels and resorts will be given $200 spending money and an Aruba Value Discount Card. Both can be used at attractions, shops and restaurants across the island. Promotion is applicable to NEW bookings only and must be made through an official Aruba tour operator. For a list of official tour operators, visit http://www.aruba.com. Aruba is a vacationer's paradise located in the heart of the Caribbean, 15 miles north of Venezuela and only two and a half hours by air from Miami. Ideally located outside the hurricane belt The hurricane belt is an area in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, which is prone to hurricanes during the Atlantic hurricane season. The only places in the Caribbean that are not in the hurricane belt are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Bonaire, , Aruba boasts great weather, cooling trade winds and friendly people. For more information on planning a trip to Aruba, contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 1-800-TO-ARUBA, or visit our website at http://www.aruba.com. Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Pictures are available. This material is distributed by Everett Clay Associates on behalf of Aruba's Ministry of Tourism and Transportation. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.011402/bb10 |
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