Palm Beach, Aruba (December 9, 2015) – Riu Palace Aruba welcomed more than 200 children, including sons and daughters of the RIU hotels’ staff on Saturday, December 5 to celebrate the traditional Dutch Holiday with a special visit from Sinterklaas.
Known as the patron saint of children, Sinterklaas delivers gifts to children from mid-November until his birthday on December 5. This year the tradition continued with Sinterklaas visiting Riu Palace Aruba bearing gifts for the children to enjoy.
Children celebrated the festive holiday tradition with Sinterklaas and the hotel staff and also enjoyed a traditional brunch, while being entertained by special performers and live music.
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About RIU: The international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family’s third generation. The company specializes in holiday resorts and over 70 percent of its establishments offer its acclaimed all-inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has more than 100 hotels in 19 countries, which welcome over four million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 27,813 employees. RIU is currently the world’s 30th ranked chain, one of the Caribbean’s most popular, the largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the third largest in number of rooms.
