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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Honoring the National Day of the Philippines!
Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa celebrated the 112th Independence Day of the Philippines.
At 12:00 p.m. we could all enjoy a nice presentation about the lovely country where 6 of our colleagues come from.
They did a splended job with the lunch, we had a delicious traditional meal! From papaya soup, roasted pork, spring rolls to melon juice, and much more - all specially prepared for us!
We would like to thank our colleagues from the Philippines: Rolly, Willy, June, Juanito and Daniel for this fantastic lunch and presentation! We all enjoyed very much!!
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Lovely Mother’s Day Brunch for Kibrahacha Aruba at Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa
Every year Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa invites the elderly men and women of Kibrahacha Aruba for a complimentary delicious brunch for Mother’s Day. This year the brunch was organized on Friday the 7th of May and again it was a great success!
Just over two hundred men and women enjoyed the nice food prepared by chef George Hoek, the authentic Aruban music and the service of Blanco and his team. The guests were welcomed with a coffee and homemade cake in the pavilion were the tables were beautifully set up and the view overlooking Eagle Beach amazing.
Both the guests as well as the volunteering employees of Manchebo had a lovely day!
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Manchebo Beach Aruba - The Home to Turtle Nests
The lovely season of the Leatherback Sea Turtle has started again. The turtles return to their natal beach in order to nest during the turtle-nesting season, which starts around April and normally by August the turtles are all hatched.
Manchebo Beach is the home to multiple nests of the Leatherback Sea Turtle each year. Normally one female makes about 7 nests per season with an interval of 9 or 10 days. She lays about 115 eggs a clutch. The eggs on the beach are protected with red & white barricades.
Turtugaruba, the local foundation that protects the sea turtles in and around Aruba, monitor the beaches every morning at daybreak. Eagle Beach is patrolled not only at dawn but also at night, whenever a female Leatherback is expected to return for her next nest, which could be between 22.00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. The turtle nests are protected during incubation (60-70 days) and hatching. It is estimated that only 1 in 1000 hatchlings survives to maturity. In 2008 the volunteers of Turtugaruba spotted, monitored and protected more than 48 nests on Eagle Beach and more on Boca Grandi and Parke Arikok. Let’s hope this year will be good as well!
Guests of the Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa can sign up their name on the “Turtle Watch List” at the front desk and be informed by telephone in their room when a turtle is nesting or when a nest of baby turtles is hatching. It is a wonderful experience and it will definitely be a motivation for you to help protecting these amazing creatures and wildlife in general. If you are interested to join the hatching of the turtles on our beach or if you want more information, please contact the front desk: 582-3444. To protect a nesting turtle or a nest, call Turtugaruba: 964-9138 or for more information visit their web site at www.turtugaruba.org.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Aruba Coast Guard’s Breakthrough in Caribbean Orca Science
On November 3, 2009 the Aruba Coast Guard, Gino Werleman photographed an Orca pod in waters between the South -coast of Aruba and Paraguana, Venezuela. These pictures made it possible to create a dorsal fin identification database of orcas in the Caribbean waters, because 3 orcas in this group are now recognizable.
Jaime Bolanos from Sea Vida Venezuela, who in 2008 published a scientific paper on Orca sightings at the Venezuela coast for the International Whaling Commission (IWC), has dispersed the information to local and international contacts and scientists covering the entire region.
It would be wonderful if the Orcinus Orca could unite the entire Caribbean basin as one collaborative opportunistic sighting data collection effort.
‘The Guardian’-Orca family consists of at least one adult male, 1 adult female, and 3 calves/juveniles. The Aruba Marine Mammal Foundation (AMMF) is very interested in finding out if this group belongs to the marine mammal-eaters or the fish eaters. Orca marine mammals-eaters migrate long distances while the fish eaters are known to remain in a smaller territory. There are indications that they might be marine mammal eaters.
The AMMF want to thank the Aruba Coast Guard who has made this exciting start possible of a Caribbean data base, and for their loyal support in protecting the Aruba wild dolphins since 1998. In honor of this support, AMMF have baptized the largest male orca as “The Guardian” (as the movie about the coast guard), and committed to naming other recognizable ones of this group with names starting with the letter G.
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Aruba’s first Green Globe certified property under the new company standard
February 2008, Aruba’s Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Certified Gold status under the global Certification programme. The global programme recognises Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa’s commitment to operating at the world’s highest environmental standard.
Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa’s chose to demonstrate their commitment to the environment by undertaking Certification - the highest level of the Green Globe programme. The Certification process for Manchebo Beach Resort involved an Offsite Certification Assessment by an independent third party Green Globe Accredited Assessor. The successful completion of the Certification process demonstrates Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa’s strong commitment to the principles of environmental sustainability.
About Green Globe
Green Globe is the worldwide Benchmarking, Certification and performance improvement system assisting the travel and tourism industry to attain sustainability. Green Globe provides a certification system that responds directly to the major environmental problems facing the planet, including climate change, waste reduction and non-renewable resource management.
Stewart Moore, CEO of EC3 Global (management company of Green Globe) says: “I am delighted that Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa’s has achieved Certified Silver status. Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa’s is a prime example of being committed to environmentally sustainable tourism. They have demonstrated through a variety of initiatives, that their business and its employees can make a difference by reducing their environmental impact. The commitment they have shown in their achievements and by participating in the Green Globe programme set an example for other businesses to follow.”
Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa
Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa is located Aruba is a tropical paradise of singular beauty. So it is only fitting that Aruba’s Manchebo Beach Resort provides a vacation experience as uncommon as the island itself. Overlooking the crystalline waters of the Caribbean, Manchebo is nestled on the largest of Aruba’s beaches - an unspoiled expanse of soft white sand in which one can almost get lost, and to which one will long to return to.
With its 71 rooms located in two wings that enfold the main lobby and activities area and three restaurants, Manchebo is distinguished by its quaint intimacy and personalized service provided for every guest.
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Manchebo Employees celebrate Sinterklaas with their kids
Sunday December 2nd 2007 Sinterklaas together with his assistants called Zwarte Piet visited the Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa.
The Children enjoyed the afternoon which was well animated by the Party Animal Crew. The kids were singing all the songs they have been taught. The naughty kids had to promise Sinterklaas that they will behave and the brave kids received candies. All the children present finally received a present for Sinterklaas. All the kids sang and danced until Sinterklaas waved them good bye and till next year.
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
St. Michael’s School Graduates enjoy a day at Manchebo
June 27, 2007 – Eagle Beach – Graduates of St. Michael School of Brasil, Aruba enjoyed a great “working” experience at Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa. The 17 students of teacher Gordon Keggie in the age range of 12-14 years received a grand tour of the resort and had an opportunity to work hands on for a couple of hours with Manchebo’s staff in the restaurant, housekeeping, maintenance, beach, garden and front desk departments. Teacher Gordon enjoyed the great enthusiasm of his students while working with the Manchebo team during the morning and had many requests from his students to soon return for more experiences. “It was a real pleasure for us to host this young group of students. With tourism as the pillar of Aruba’s economy we certainly hope to have inspired some youngsters to choose for a career in tourism in the coming years” says Edgar Roelofs, director of operations. Of course the students enjoyed the resort’s hospitality as well with a nice lunch at the cafeteria..