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The Aruba tourism industry is promoting itself as a holiday destination, with its hotels offering the special travel packages. Bucuti Beach Resort is offering travelers a special White Christmas Romance Package this holiday season, which includes a Gardenview room for five nights, full American breakfast daily and a special “White Christmas” candlelight dinner for two with a champagne toast on the white sands of Eagle Beach.

The package is valid for travel Dec. 15 to 26, and rates start from $250 per night, per couple with a five-night minimum.

For more information or to make reservations, visit www.bucuti.com  or call 888-4-BUCUTI.

When booking, mention reference code “Christmas Dinner Special.”

The Holiday Inn Resort Aruba is offering a 30 percent discount on resort stays from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3, 2010. Savings are available in all room categories, except Lanai rooms and suites.
A minimum four-night stay is required and promo code “130″ must be provided at the time of booking in order to receive savings. The booking window is before Dec. 30.

For reservations and more information, visit www.caribbeanhi.com/aruba  or call 800-HOLIDAY.

The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino is helping vacation early birds save big with a special booking rate for the holidays, offering travelers 30 percent off room rates. Travel between now and Dec. 20.

For information and reservations, visit www.renaissancearuba.com  or call 800-421-8188. Use promotional code MVA when booking.

The Occidental Grand Aruba is offering all-inclusive rates of up to 20 percent off during the holidays, valid on stays between Dec. 24 and Jan. 3, 2010.

Occidental Hotels & Resorts vacations include unlimited meals and snacks, free-flowing drinks and plenty of sports to choose from. Supervised Kids Club and daily entertainment are also part of the package, as well as nightly shows and live entertainment.

For more information or to make reservations, visit www.occidentalhotels.com  or call 800-858-2258.

The Westin Resort Aruba has added new á la carte dinner options to their Classic

All-Inclusive Experience Package, which features accommodations; three meals a day; a $25 credit towards dining at Blossoms; wine, beer, cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages by the glass; non-motorized water sports and access to the WestinWORKOUT fitness center.

Nightly rates start at $389 per room, based on double occupancy. Children ages 4 through 12 can be added to the room for an additional daily charge of $50, and teens ages 13 through 17 can be added for $75 per night.

Rates are valid on travel now through Dec. 18. For reservations or more information, visit www.westinaruba.com  or call 877-782-0149.When booking, ask for rate plan “Classic.”

Aruba, the island of 90,000 inhabitants, is located only two-and-a-half hours by air from Miami and four hours from New York City.

The island is ideally situated in the southern fringes of the hurricane belt and has year-round cooling trade winds and average annual temperatures of 82 Fahrenheit and less than 20 inches of rainfall per year.

Featuring sugary white sand beaches Aruba serves up 28 luxurious hotels/resorts, championship golf courses, sumptuous spas, vibrant casinos, extraordinary international and local cuisine, exclusive shops and boutiques, exciting land and water activities, art galleries and museums, world-famous music festivals and events, clubs and cafes with live music and more.

The backdrop of a tropical destination with warm, hospitable people is the perfect place for first-time guests and loyal visitors who return to Aruba at a 60 percent repeat rate, more than any other Caribbean destination.

For more information about Aruba, call 800-TO-ARUBA or visit www.aruba.com