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Press Release WHAT’S
NEW IN BONAIRE Kralendijk, Bonaire – (January 3, 2005) – The Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire offers something for everyone including exciting activities, new dining options and great packages for divers and families. Making vacationing easy, relaxing and fun, here is some of the latest news from Bonaire. All
Around the Island JIBE CITY – Jibe City, one of Bonaire's windsurfing shops, is now an ABK instruction school. ABK will be teaching full time beginning in 2005 in addition to offering their yearly winter clinics. Jibe City equipment has also been upgraded with Skinny masts on sails up to 6.0, plus all rigs have Chinook booms and the boards are all Hi Fly now. For more information visit www.jibecity.com. KING OF THE CARIBBEAN 2005 – Bonaire has been tapped to host the Professional Windsurfing Association’s (PWA) inaugural event for 2005, May 15-22. Building on the successes of the last two years in which Bonaire hosted the King of the Caribbean Freestyle Pro-Am, the PWA in conjunction with the Bonaire Sailing Foundation has decided to reschedule the King of the Caribbean (KOTCaribbean) event to May 15-22. RINCON WEBSITE – A new website providing all of the information a visitor to Bonaire needs to learn about, explore and enjoy the Rincon area has been launched at www.InfoBonaire.com/rincon. This site, designed by Caribbean Design & Marketing, highlights the different cultural events, marketplaces, shops, restaurants and tours this historic area offers. The site features 20 participating businesses with photos and a map of the area showing where each is located. Complimentary internet hosting is provided by Tourist Corporation Bonaire and NetTech, N.V. The site’s primary sponsor is Maduro & Curiel’s Bank (Bonaire) with sponsor funding also provided by Fundashon Kas Boneriano and Caribbean Design & Marketing. WASHINGTON-SLAGBAAI NATIONAL PARK – This 13,500 acre National Park has announced that a number of new facilities will open to the public in the first quarter of 2005. They include an archaelogy exhibit in the museum located at the entrance to the Park (free admission) and a small library with information about the Park and Bonaire. Plus the buildings on Slagbaai will be ready to be rented for an overnight stay in the Park. The cost to stay overnight in the park will be $56.50 plus the entrance fee to the Park for the number of days spent inside the Park ($10 per person, per day). The Park cannot be used as a hotel and people booking a stay in the Park must be a registered guest at an island hotel and do this as an "extra activity.” To book a stay in the Park cal 011-599-717-8444. For more information visit www.washingtonparkbonaire.org. Delectable
Treats – Restaurant News BRASSERIA BONAIRE – Located in the Royal Palm Galleries Brasseria Bonaire serves sandwiches and local fish for lunch and dinner. CHEZ LUCILLE – Chez Lucille has moved to the Harbour Village Beach Club where they serve French/Thai and International cuisine for breakfast and dinner in Kasa Coral. LA GUERNICA FISH & TAPAS – On September 27 La Guernica Fish & Tapas opened for dinner. This new restaurant serves seafood and tapas in a casual setting and is located at Kaya Bonaire 4C. WIL’S
TROPICAL GRILL – Serving Caribbean specialties, this
new restaurant is located in a traditional Bonairean home and garden
in the center of Kralendijk BUDDY DIVE RESORT – Buddy Dive Resort has launched a new special for 2005. When booking its regular Drive & Dive Package guests will receive a complimentary upgrade to unlimited Nitrox, a savings of $99. For those divers that are not Nitrox-certified Buddy Dive will provide a Nitrox-certification course for only $99, a saving of $76. The complimentary upgrade to unlimited Nitrox is valid for travel April 1 – 14, 2005 and the entire month of May 2005. Drive & Dive packages are available from $715 per person based on six people in a three-bedroom unit. For more information call 1-866-GO-BUDDY, email buddydive@travelmarketing.com or visit www.buddydive.com. CAPTAIN DON’S HABITAT – Captain Don's Habitat announces the addition of Intermezzo Day Spa and Wi Fi hot spots to its list of guest amenities. The new day spa, Intermezzo's first location in Bonaire, offers facials, massages, scrubs, manicures and pedicures. The spa is open to guests of other resorts (free transportation to the spa is provided) and located in one of Habitat's guest cottages which has been renovated and remodeled for this purpose. Two outdoor Massage Cabanas have also been built to enable people to enjoy select spa service outdoors and an exercise room with exercise equipment is now offered. Wi Fi hot spots can be found in the restaurant, bar and pool area as well as in the Deluxe Jr. Suite rooms. For more information call 1-800-327-6709, email info@habitatbonaire.com or visit www.habitatbonaire.com. CARIB INN – The Carib Inn has received its newest dive boat, a 26-foot Privateer Wanchese. The more fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly boat has a 225 hp 4-cycle engine and is one foot wider and two feet longer the Privateer Renegades that the Carib Inn has been using. For more information call 011-599-717-8819, email info@caribinn.com or visit www.caribinn.com. CARIBBEAN CLUB BONAIRE – Caribbean Club Bonaire has opened a new conference/meeting facility. Tastefully decorated and featuring a Dutch master-like mural on one wall, the air-conditioned Cuba Room can accommodate up to 30 people. For more information call 011-599-717-7901, email info@caribbeanclubbonaire.com or visit www.caribbeanclubbonaire.com. DEN LAMAN CONDOMINIUMS – In spring 2005 a new resort – Den Laman Condominiums - is scheduled to open. Located on the ocean next to Sand Dollar Condominium Resort, Den Laman Condominiums will offer 16 apartments including studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments, a restaurant on the ground floor, dive shop on property (Bonaire Dive & Adventure) and a full service photo shop (Fisheye Photo). Rates will be from $100 per night for a studio, $180 for a one-bedroom unit and $220 for a two-bedroom oceanview and $250 for a two-bedroom oceanfront unit. For more information email info@denlaman.com. DIVI FLAMINGO BEACH RESORT & CASINO – Divi Flamingo Beach Resort & Casino has been busy resurfacing one of its pools, building a new dive dock and lockers, enlarging its casino and updating its meeting room. In 2005 divers have a choice of a 3-tank boat dive package starting at $849, a 2-tank boat dive package from $779, or an unlimited shore diving package priced from $799 including a double cabin pick-up. Packages are per person based on double occupancy, off-season for seven nights (April 4 – December 18, 2005). Add $50 per person for high season. For more information call 1-800-801-5550 or visit www.diviresorts.com. GOLDEN
REEF INN – This small hotel located in the residential
area of Hato, near the sea and Kralendijk is currently offering
a seven night Stay, Dive and Drive Special including accommodations
in a studio apartment with full kitchen, air conditioning and
cable TV, room tax, unlimited shore diving with weights, belts
and taxes, and a four-door pick up rental with tank ranks for
$465 per person based on double occupancy. This special is valid
until March 31, 2005. For more information call 1-866-790-7333,
email info@goldeninnreef.com or visit www.goldenreefinn.com. HARBOUR VILLAGE BEACH CLUB – In time for New Year’s 2005, Harbour Village Beach Club will introduce its 14 newly renovated Beachfront One- and Two-Bedroom Villas. These ultra-luxurious Villas are decorated in a refreshing Colonial Plantation Style with fine teak wood furniture, designer bedding, draperies, and upholstery, expanded closets, fully equipped kitchens, private patios or terraces and oversized and redesigned bathrooms with a separate shower and Victorian style bath tub. Chez Lucille now serves breakfast and dinner in Harbour Village’s Kasa Coral and the Harbour Village Marina announces the opening of Vespucci, which serves Italian and Mediterranean cuisine for dinner. Enjoy this all with the new Club Dive Package priced from $850 per person. For more information call 1-800-424-0004, email reservations@harbourvillage.com or visit www.harbourvillage.com. LIONS DIVE HOTEL BONAIRE – In October 2004, Buddy Dive Resort and Lions Dive Hotel Bonaire joined forces by merging their operations. The integration of the two operations will take place over a significant period of time and in such a way as to ensure that guests do not notice any changes in the day-to-day operations of the resort. Guests staying at the former Lions Dive are now able to use all facilities at Buddy Dive and future bookings for Lions Dive in the U.S. are now being taken through 1-866-GO-BUDDY. PLAZA
RESORT BONAIRE – In May, June, August and September 2005
Plaza Resort Bonaire is offering their Toucan Dive for One special.
With this special the first diver in a suite pays the full price and
the second diver in the same room receives the identical dive package
for FREE. Plus throughout 2005 children 12 & under stay free and
receive a 50% discount on meals and during July and August, kids 16
& under stay free. Additionally June 18 – 25, 2005 Plaza Resort
Bonaire & Toucan Diving will welcome Kids Sea Camp. A unique family
experience with a fully escorted and hosted opportunity for kids ages
4-15, throughout this week long event, kids can enjoy SASY, PADI Seal
team, PADI Jr. Open Water Course and Teen Certified Dive plus other
daily activities and events. For more information call 1-800-766-6016,
email usa@plazaresortbonaire.com
or visit www.plazaresortbonaire.com. SEASIDE APARTMENTS – When completed in April 2005, Seaside Apartments will be one of Bonaire's newest complexes. Offering elegant and convenient apartment living for either the tourist or frequent visitors looking for an investment opportunity on Bonaire, the complex will be located directly on the Sea Promenade in the heart of Kralendijk. Reservations are being taken now for visits beginning in spring 2005, with guests able to purchase their stay as a complete package with breakfast and choice of vehicle or scooters. Apartments are also available for purchase. For more information call 011-599-717-5329, email info@bonaireseasideapartments.com or visit www.bonaireseasideapartments.com. Located 86 miles east of Aruba and well outside the hurricane belt, the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine and calm weather, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun-worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities including world renowned scuba diving and snorkeling, windsurfing, mountain biking, sea kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, bird watching, sailing and deep sea and bone fishing. And with a selection of accommodations ranging from full-service oceanfront resorts and condominiums to guesthouses and small inns, Bonaire has something for every lifestyle and budget. For more information on Bonaire or any of these special events contact the Tourism Corporation Bonaire at 1-800-BONAIRE. # # # |
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