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Golden Reef Inn Launches New Web Site
September 1, 2010 @ 16:01

Golden Reef Inn has just announced that they have launched a new, renovated web site with the goal of having it be more user-friendly for their guests.

CIEE Bonaire will hold its next public presentation on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 when Dr. Aileen N. C. Morse discusses, “Larval ‘Flypapers’:  Universal Tools for Coral Recruitment Projects First Developed on Bonaire.”

Dive Friends Bonaire is pleased to announce their next Instructor Development Course (IDC) will begin on November 22nd and continue through November 30th, 2010. The Instructor Exam conducted by PADI will immediately follow on December 1st and 2nd.

To officially close the end of Celebrate Our Planet week, the island will be hosting a food festival, Taste of Bonaire, on Friday, August 27, 2010.

Patagonia Restaurant has just announced that effective immediately, they are adding in a new lunch menu which is available Monday through Friday.  Also, they are launching lunch (or dinner) in a new air-conditioned room, so either cool comfort or al fresco dining is now available.

Dr. Eugenie Clark will be on Bonaire next week for events during Celebrate Our Planet Week.  She’ll be kept busy with a book-signing and also two presentations, but will, in addition, be the second recipient of the North American Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to her from the island of Bonaire.

It was early this morning when the emergency call came into the offices of Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire.............there were hawksbill turtle hatchlings roaming around the airport’s parking lot!

This week, Insel Air announced that on-line check-in is now available via their web site, www.fly-inselair.com, making this carrier the first company in the region to offer this service.

In recent months, Tiara Air has expanded its non-stop service between Aruba and Bonaire and is continuing to add flight rotations so as to make getting to Bonaire via Aruba easier all the time.  Additionally, they have just also opened a new Customer Service Center in Kralendijk to assist passengers.

Tom Ingram, Executive Director of DEMA (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) was recently on Bonaire.  While on-island, he gave a presentation to members of the island’s tourism and diving industries providing profile data of the type of person who comes to Bonaire for diving.