CaribMedia ta informabo - what's going on this month.
Welcome to the Holiday edition of the CaribMedia newsletter! We hope that it will keep you informed about new
trends, projects, opportunities, as well as important tips and stats.
We welcome your feedback at any time!
Happy Holidays from the CaribMeda team!
We would like to say a heartfelt THANK YOU for your business and support during this past year!! Wishing you and your family very Happy Holidays and best wishes for a healthy and successful 2010!!
Lisa, Teo, Monica, Daphne, Natasha, Jessica, Otmar, Sebastian, Mark
Not the best quality (cellphone pic!) but at least we all look glowing!!!
Recently completed work:
Fundacion Alzheimer Aruba -
Fundacion Alzheimer Aruba is an organization dedicated to raise
awareness in the community about Alzheimer disease. Their new website
was recently launched to help reach the community and more easily
provide information...
Read more
In the spotlight
The Gold Mine Ranch
- recently opted to enhance their website for a more interactive and
personal approach to visitors, by adding an image gallery, widening the
content and adding bigger and more appealing images as well as adding
video to their homepage.
Web Security Guide
- Adobe confirms PDF reader vulnerability, advises workarounds read more
- Relearning trust in a Web 2.0 world & a common-sense approach to social network security read more
- Facebook surpasses 100 million US visitors in November 2009 and 5.5
percent of all time spent online in the U.S. during the month of
November was spent on Facebook! (Source: Comscore)
- The social media audience in the US totals 122 million, or 64% of the total Internet audience (Source: Comscore)
- eMarketer projects mobile social network users worldwide will climb from 243 million in 2009 to 803 million in 2012 (Source: eMarketer)
- Three-quarters
of small businesses will increase their spending on e-mail marketing in
2010, while nearly seven in 10 will put more dollars toward social
media (Source: eMarketer)
Technology news
- Firefox 3.5 surpasses Internet Explorer in popularity read more
- Serious vulnerability discovered in Adobe Flash files read more
- Top 10 tech trends of 2009 read more
Did you know?
- Apple has sold more than 180 million
iPods
- Cellphones outnumber desktop PCs 4 to 1
- 160 billion emails are sent daily, 97% of them are spam
- About 1.8 billion people connect to the internet, 450 million of them speak
English.
- Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of electricity per year, more than
most countries.
New on VisitAruba
VisitAruba.com's restaurant section now includes
direct links to view reviews on ArubaRestaurants.com and also to submit
reviews to ArubaRestaurants.com.
Remember to become a fan of VisitAruba.com on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Please note that our RSS news feeds of Aruba News
(including articles you submit to us) are also capable of being
distributed on this platform. Another good reason to send us your news
updates!
We'd like to remind everyone again of our "Aruba Deals & Specials" page. This is our recession stimulus package. As a VisitAruba.com client you are entitled to have your specials listed
there FREE of charge. We can also combine it with a news release on VisitAruba News, to boost your Aruba deal's visibility.
If you have newsworthy articles about your (tourism) business, feel
free to send us pictures and text, and we will be happy to give you
some extra exposure on the news section of VisitAruba.com. This is a
free service for all clients of VisitAruba.
Aruba Newsbits
- Gerard Coste is Radisson Aruba's new F&B director read more
- Palm Beach Plaza soft opening read more
A Tourist's Experience
Sometimes you seek adventure and sometimes you want a sure-thing. This
year, we opted for the sure thing and returned to Aruba for the fourth
time. Last year, we split our time between the Divi and the Renaissance
Marina Tower.
read the rest of the Trip Report
