Hotels - Aruba

Aruba got some great results in the Caribbean Travel & Life’s Best of the Caribbean 2006 readers’ poll. The island fared well in the following categories:

Best Destination – 2nd
Friendliest People – 3rd
Best Beach – 4th – Palm Beach
Best Hotel – 1st – Hyatt Regency
Best Large Hotel – 4th – Radisson
Most Romantic Resort – 5th – Bucuti Beach
Best Resort Casino – 2nd – Hyatt Regency
Best ‘Bang for your Buck’ Resort – 5th – Bucuti Beach
Best Restaurant – 1st – Sunset Grille
Best Happy Hour – 5th – Amsterdam Manor
Best Cruise Port – 5th
Best Shopping – 5th

Several hotels in Aruba are offering incentives to help ease the pain of new passport requirements introduced by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Travellers visiting Aruba with new passports (unstamped by another country) will be offered food and beverage credits by the Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort, Renaissance, Westin, MVC Eagle Beach and the Boardwalk Boutique Hotel.

The new 478-room Westin Aruba Resort on Palm Beach will open on December 20 2006. They are now accepting bookings.

The 13,000 square foot oceanfront Larimar Spa at the Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino is now open. Costing $5.2 million, the spa offers nine separate treatment rooms, a fitness centre and a full-service salon.

Let’s Go Latin, the popular Latin dance and music show, returns to the Renaissance Aruba Resort tonight after a 3 month break.