An open-air lobby showcases modern decor. Gold tones complement Italian porcelain tiles; high-backed rattan sofas and chairs provide seating amid original artwork by local and international artists. This area also houses plasma-screen TVs, and an air-conditioned, glass-walled lounge offers 12 Internet stations (surcharge). Complimentary golf-cart shuttles transport guests to their rooms and around the groundsshuttles also operate between the resort and its adjacent companion property, Divi Aruba and the Alhambra Casino. The resort draws single travelers, couples, and families.

The Westin Aruba Resort, renovated in December 2006, offers families and couples an elegant, relaxed atmosphere. This is evident in the spacious, air-conditioned lobby with its new furnishings, new paintings, cushioned rattan seating, potted palms, giant flower displays, and a floating sculpture of delicate copper rods.

Guests are mainly families and couples seeking a casual, open-air resort with off-beach pricing. The beach is accessible by foot or complimentary shuttle.

Although some children arrive with their parents in summer, the resort caters primarily to couples, thus maintaining a quiet, restful ambience. The tidy Dutch-colonial-village atmosphere extends to paving-stone courtyards graced by terra-cotta pottery and neatly trimmed tropical plants identified by signs.

Popular with families and couples, the resort features a sizable atrium lobby with marble and warm-wood trim, chandeliers, potted plants, and cushioned seating as well as an expansive courtyard containing cactus gardens, bamboo stands, palm trees, oversized pottery, and teak benches.

Although the Occidental Grand includes a children's club, the principal attraction is swimup bar, casino, disco, fine dining appeal primarily to celebrating couples and other adults seeking beach holidays in the center of the Palm Beach scene.

Designed as a contemporary timeshare, the resort rents suites in owners' absences. Families and couples come for casual, relaxing holidays, making use of a casino, a childrens club, a health club, and restaurants to which they have access at a neighboring companion property, Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino.

Popular with couples because of its determined efforts to maintain peace and quiet, the independently owned and operated resort discourages guests from bringing children and offers no children's facilities. Environmental awareness is another theme. Cactus gardens, palm trees, and expansive lawns maintained with recycled water substitute for water-demanding plantings such as flowering bushes.

This Mediterranean-inspired resort sits on 600 rolling acres of native bushes and cactus, which contrast dramatically with the lush green golf course. While golf is a principal attraction, many guestsprimarily coupleschoose the resort for its isolation, tranquility, and off-beach pricing.