Hotel updates

[KarenS]

From keepmedia.com:
"The OCCIDENTAL GRAND ARUBA RESORT, a luxury all-inclusive, is scheduled to open this month. The former Allegro resort has undergone $24 million in renovations and now features 391 rooms and suites, a spa, a casino, and the Royal Club; a 50-room, boutique-style hotel within the resort offers exclusive check-in, private restaurant, 24-hour room service, and more.

HYATT REGENCY ARUBA RESORT & CASINO will renovate its meeting rooms this year; completion is scheduled for early winter. The resort has nine meeting rooms and more than 25,000 square feet of meeting and pre-function space.

This spring, the RIU ARUBA GRAND will close for a $40 million expansion that will add 286 guest rooms. The resort will reopen as the five-star, 451-room RIU PALACE.

The DIVI ARUBA PHOENIX BEACH RESORT will undergo a $20 million tower construction project scheduled for completion in fall 2007, doubling the size of the existing property.

The ARUBA MARRIOTT RESORT AND STELLARIS CASINO plans a $3.4 million room renovation late this spring and will spend $12 million renovating rooms in 2007."