Diane Patterson and her husband Ronnie from Dunmore Connecticut enjoyed a fantastic stay in Aruba at Paradera Park Apartments and a week of pampering with a whole array of activities that she won as part of her prize for achieving second place in the VisitAruba video contest.

The South American Youth Games will be held every four years in the year preceding the Olympic Youth Games and will comprise 17 sports modalities. One of the 17 sports modalities is weight lighting and Zymion Loopstok will be representing Aruba in this category.  Another athlete to represent Aruba at the 2013 South American Youth Games is taekwondo athlete, Angelo Rodriguez. Aruba’s Olympic Committee interviewed both Zymion and Angelo about their preparation, motivation and more.

Aruba’s Sarah Quita Offringa competed in the PWA Windsurfing World Cup event and was once again crowned the PWA Women’s World Champion Freestyle 2013. This victory makes it the sixth consecutive year that Sarah Quita claims the title of PWA World Champion Freestyle.

Aruba’s native son, Xander Bogaerts recently joined the Boston Red Sox as shortstop, hit his first home run is a sold-out Yankee Stadium. Aruba is proud of Xander’s first home run in the Major League as it is a special moment in his career.

Aruba recently launched the Little White Dress Night taking place on Monday evenings. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs will offer exclusive specials and offers to all visitors wearing white. Little White Dress Night is intended to be a more vibrant, Caribbean-inspired take on the ever-popular ‘Little Black Dress Nights.

Head Administrator Arminda Franken-Ruiz explained that aside from a fresh coat of paint, the museum will also install several ramps and handrails, allowing the museum to be more accessible for the physically impaired. The renovation process will start over the next six to eight months.

This month Mack van den Eerenbeemt will represent Aruba during the South American Youth Games in Lima, Peru. From September 20-29 fourteen South American countries will participate and 26 disciplines will be entered.

Aruba is sending nine athletes to compete at the South American Youth Games in various events. They are training very hard to be well prepared for the competitions. Read what Emmazira Kelly and Jayda Mejia have to say. They are two of the nine athletes, that set aside some time from their formidable training schedule to share their thoughts on the upcoming competition that will take place very soon in Lima, Peru.

Two years ago Xander Bogearts was part of the winning team to take the World Cup of Baseball in the Minor League back to Europe since  1938, beating Cuba who had annually taken the title for the prior 26 years. Now Aruba's native son, will be the youngest Red Sox position player since 20-year-old Dwight Evans in 1972.

Surrounded by water, fishing plays a great part of the Aruban culture. The tradition of living from the surrounding sea in a native manner using simple wooden boats with no modern communication or fish detecting equipment also has some drawbacks. Losing a family or a friend at sea is not easy to cope with. Now families and friends who has lost a fisherman at sea, have a place to pay their respects and perhaps even release their grief at this colossal and beautiful monument.

Recently the Marriott invited the local press for the introduction of their latest and innovative concept the GreatRoom. The GreatRoom is the latest concept for today's business travelers that are looking for a meeting room for their social gatherings or small business meetings, allowing them to be more productive in an environment where they can meet over cocktails and bites or dine in comfort.

Turtugaruba with the help of Prographics, Zen Design and funding from TPEF (Tourism Product Enhancement Fund)  have introduced "Driekel-o-meters" with information about the Leatherback Sea Turtle (locally called Driekiel) at different beaches on the island.