Riu Palace Aruba and Riu Palace Antillas treat elderly residents of the Maristella Nursing Home to a festive lunch and a glitzy, exciting variety show to brighten up their holiday season.
Maristella is a government run facility, providing housing and care to the elderly. In the spirit of the holidays, the Riu hotels delivered meals, entertainment, and company to Maristella’s 160 residents and staff members to spread cheer and joy just in time for the holiday season. 15 employees from both Riu Palace Aruba and Riu Palace Antillas helped to serve the festive meals. They also had the amazing opportunity to interact and connect with the elderly residents. The residents of Maristella welcomed the visitors and truly enjoyed the company.
In addition to a main course meal, the Riu hotels served up Holiday themed cupcakes and an entertainment show. Members of the entertainment crew, regular performers at both Riu Palace Aruba and Riu Palace Antillas, dazzled the elderly residents with a fun variety show that had everyone cheering with excitement.
The Maristella residents, Maristella staff, and Riu Aruba employees all enjoyed a day of festive holiday food, entertainment, and being together.
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 third generation of the family. The company specializes in holiday resorts and over 70% 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 18 countries, which welcome over 4 million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 27,268 employees. RIU is currently the world’s 29th 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.