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Industry Innovator: Aruba Cordially Invites Soon-To-Be-Brides & Grooms to the First-Ever Destination Bridal Registry - Including Spa Treatments

Trade Formal China & Bed Linens for Luxury Hotel Stays & Sunset Sails As Aruba Launches Unprecedented Honeymoon Registry in June, the Biggest Wedding Month of the Year. Via Aruba.com, Friends & Family Can Give Newlyweds An Unforgettable Honeymoon … No Wrapping Required

Oranjestad, Aruba ­ June 2, 2004 ­ This year Aruba completely reinvents the bridal registry as formal china, pots and pans are traded for cool breezes and warm crystal blue Caribbean waters with the first-ever online destination bridal registry. Launching in mid-June, coinciding with the biggest wedding month of the year, Aruba unveils a destination first, and proves to be an industry innovator, with the brand-new Aruba Online Bridal Registry. Aruba’s Online Bridal Registry will offer friends and family of couples tying the knot the chance to give a completely unique and memory-filled wedding gift, the honeymoon. From hotel stays in Aruba’s finest resorts to sunset sails and candle-lit dinners, by just logging onto to www.aruba.com, this first-ever destination bridal registry will offer options to fit every newlywed fantasy.

Perfect for first-timers, second marriages and mature lovebirds, Aruba’s ground-breaking Online Bridal Registry will offer an escape from the typical monogrammed towels, bed linens and toasters by serving up the ultimate Caribbean escape. The Aruba Online Bridal Registry will offer a bevy of honeymoon options specifically chosen by the happy couple to ensure a completely customized once-in-a-lifetime vacation package. Couples set up their online registry and select their honeymoon accommodations and extras in just a few minutes flat. Then friends and family simply log onto www.aruba.com, click on the Bridal Registry link, type in the bride and groom-to-be’s names and find numerous choices including hotel, water sports, car rentals, spa, golf, shows, candlelight beach dinners, champagne, flowers, chocolate and more. A confirmation will be sent to the betrothed alerting them to which piece of paradise they have just been given. It is as simple as that, no wrapping required!

Below is a partial listing of hotels/resorts, restaurants and activities that are participating in the first-ever Aruba Online Bridal Registry:

Hotels/Resorts
Allegro Aruba by Occidental
Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort
Aruba Grand Beach Resort & Casino
Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino
Best Western Manchebo Beach Resort Aruba
Bucuti Beach Resort Aruba
The Divi Aruba Beach Resort/ Tamarijn Aruba Beach Resort
Holiday Inn SunSpree Aruba Resort & Casino
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort & Casino
The Mill Resort & Suites
Radisson Aruba Resort & Casino
The Renaissance Aruba Beach Resort & Casino
Tierra del Sol Resort & Country Club Aruba
Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort & Casino

Dining
Aruba Gastronomic Association Dine-Around
Aqua Grill
Chez Mathilde
Cuba’s Cookin’
The Flying Fishbone
Hostaria da Vittorio
Le Dome
L.G. Smith Steakhouse
Papiamento
Tuscany’s
Valentino’s

Activities
Atlantic Submarine
Economy Car Rental
Fiesta Sunset Cruise from Aruba Adventures
Honeymoon "No Embarrassment" Golf Clinic from Tierra del Sol Golf & Country Club
Honeymoon Private Land & Sea Jeep Tour from Pelican Adventures
Horseback riding by Rancho Notorious
Jeep Safari Tour from De Palm Tours
Kukoo Kunuku Dining & Barhopping Island Tour from Aruba Adventures
Le Dome on the Ocean Dinner Cruise from De Palm Tours
Little Switzerland
Mandara Spa Treatments
Palm Pleasure Snorkeling Adventure from De Palm Tours
Photo package from Aruba Weddings for You
Red Sail Sports
Rhino Rider Safari from Atlantis Adventures
Romancing the Green Private Dinner from Ventanas del Mar and Tierra del Sol
"Romancing the Moon" Romantic Private Sunset Dinner Cruise from Pelican Adventures
The Screamer Jet Boat Ride from Atlantis Adventures
Seaworld Explorer from Atlantis Adventures
Snorkeling excursions & sunset sails by Jolly Pirates
Spa & Romance ­ Day of Treatments For Couples Including Private Dinner Poolside from Tierra del Sol
Spa Treatments by Madeleine’s Skin Care Center
Sundown Safari Snorkeling & Sunset Sail from Aruba Adventures
Sunset Sail from De Palm Tours
Tattoo Dinner & Dining Cruise from Aruba Adventures

Aruba’s Online Bridal Registry was created in response to the tremendous honeymoon following which flock to the island. Furthermore, Aruba has identified the trend of more first-timers tying the knot later in life, after living on their own and having many of the common items that couples typically register for. The option to register for snorkeling and spa treatments instead of silverware and salad bowls will be enticing to established couples and second marriages alike.

"We are very proud to be the first Caribbean destination to launch such an ambitious project as we believe it will change the way newlyweds, and the industry as a whole, look at honeymoons," said Edison Briesen, Aruba’s Minister of Tourism and Transportation. "Aruba is one of the most coveted honeymoon destinations in all of the Caribbean and with the brand-new first-ever Online Bridal Registry we hope to bring even more happy couples the honeymoon of their dreams."

Aruba’s Online Bridal Registry is an initiative of the Aruba Tourism Authority enthusiastically supported by the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association and the hospitality community in general.

For more information on the first-ever Caribbean destination’s Online Bridal Registry, please visit www.aruba.com. For more information on Aruba, please call 1.800.TO.ARUBA or visit www.aruba.com.

Aruba, where happiness lives. The island is a vacationer's paradise located in the heart of the Caribbean and only two-and-a-half hours by air from Miami and four hours from New York City . Ideally located outside the hurricane belt, Aruba boasts perfect weather, cooling trade winds and people who are warm and accommodating. For more information on planning a trip to Aruba, contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 1-800-TO-ARUBA or visit www.aruba.com.