Archive for March, 2010

Aruba Marriott Hosts “The Morning Show With Jim and Kim”

On March 29 and 30 the Aruba Marriott hosts a 2-day live radio broadcast in New York on channel 102.7 Fresh FM. The Fresh 102.7 FM’s morning show features the popular duo Jim and Kim who launched the new program in October 2009.

Between the morning hours of 6 to 10 am on Monday and Tuesday, Jim and Kim were live on air from the beachfront Waves Bar & Grill at the Aruba Marriott Resort, promoting Aruba as a perfect vacation destination. Aruba Tourism Authority’s (ATA) PR representative Natalie Maduro was invited for a short interview, explaining a litle more about the Aruban culture and its native language Papiamento. Also, guests of the Aruba Marriott properties were encouraged to say hi to their family and friends in the New York region.

During the short 3 day visit the radio crew of Fresh 102.7 FM was able to experience the island of Aruba during a jeep & snorkel tour provided by the Aruba Tourism Authority and a magnificent welcome dinner at Marriott’s beachfront restaurant Simply Fish.

Radio host Kim Berk quickly learned to say “hopi dushi”, referring to an excellent time they’re having in Aruba. The morning show with Jim & Kim from 6-10 am reaches over 4 million listeners in the New York area on a weekly basis as well as online listeners worldwide on www.fresh1027.radio.com/shows/jim-kim. The radio station is a CBS-affiliate and usually operates on weekdays from their hometown of New York City.

Top: Radio Morning show with Jim & Kim at the Aruba Marriott
Bottom left: Radio crew 102.7 Fresh FM on Palm Beach
Bottom right: The crew dining at The Marriott’s Simply Fish Restaurant

On Saturday, March 27th, The Links at Divi hosted and sponsored a fund raising tournament for the benefit of the Donkey Sanctuary Aruba.  It was a 2 person, 18-hole scramble and was very successful.  Twenty-six pairs (locals and tourists) teed off at 9am.

KIA Motors donated a car for the first person to make a hole-in-one on the 7th green.  Unfortunately no one was successful but it made for a good competition.

The Sanctuary had two of their donkeys at the event.  Ban Ban, who was the donkey that started the Sanctuary 13 years ago, was there for the whole day.  He made friends with many of the golfers.  In the afternoon he was joined by one of the newest donkeys we take care of, eight-week old Truffles.  Everyone fell in love with her.  The Sanctuary had merchandise from their gift shop available for sale.

After nine holes the golfers were treated to water and chicken satay.  At the end of 18th holes, the Links provided an excellent bar-b-que for the players as well as beverages.

The prize for the longest drive went to John Every and Jolande Brinks was the prize for closest to the pin.  In the overall scoring, Angela Yanez and Don Quant placed first with Ron Moser and Giovanni van Wijk in second place.

The Donkey Sanctuary would like to thank all of our sponsors for their help to make this a very successful event.  The sponsors were: The Links, KIA Motors, De Arend, Aruba Wine and Dine, FlavorS, Century 21, Ling and Sons, Super Food, Taste of Belgium, Matthew’s, Red Sail Sports and Bingo Restaurant.  A big thank you to everyone for making this a fabulous event.

Mixed Doubles Tournament – Moomba Beach – March 14
Register at: www.arubabeachtennis.com

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