Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Winter is around the corner but the season to play golf has still not finalized and perhaps is only beginning in David Ortiz’ home country.
From December 3 to 6 the Boston Red Sox designated hitter will host the Second Golf of Celebrities Classic, to be played in Dominican Republic’s dazzling resort Cap Cana.
The event benefitsr the David Ortiz Childhood Fund which provides New England area and Dominican Republic children critical access to pediatric care and o…
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ORLANDO, Fla., PRNewswire.- Hard Rock International and Palace Resorts today announced an agreement to bring the world's first "ultimate all-inclusive" Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Slated to be re-branded in Spring 2010, the 1800-room Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana will combine the distinctive atmosphere and unparalleled guest experience of the Hard Rock brand together with the five-star Moon Palace Resort all-inclusive experience.
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A team of conservation biologists from Columbia University see great potential for future eco-tourism in the impoverished Dominican Republic town of Miches and are working with locals to make their vision a reality.
Read the full article from the Seattle Times at:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2010356869_trdominicanrepublic29.html
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SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s Tourism Ministry today announced the start of operations by Venezuela Airlines, to link Santo Domingo and Caracas with a daily flight.
The new route will allow "businesspersons, tourists and passengers in general can go to both countries directly, recovering a service lost for more than one year," a source quoted by diariolibre.com said.
Dominican Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) director in Venezuela, Miguelina Ruiz, said the flight "had become a necessity f…
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Miramar, Florida.- Spirit Airlines inaugurated its ticket office travel service in the city Santiago, to provide its customers a newer and more customized alternative to make their travel arrangements with the ultra low cost carrier.
"Spirit Airlines advances by providing its customers the additional convenience of accessing its extremely low fares through its affiliate travel ticket office in Santiago, said Rich Lowry, Spirit Director of Distribution and Sales Strategies. “Flyers now have the…
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Santo Domingo.- The New York Times today reports on the challenges to develop the area of Miches, in Dominican Republic’s northeast, where the Cisneros Group recently announced an initial investment topping US$2.0 billion in a project called Tropicalia.
“It is 60 miles from the nearest airport, a three-hour drive on roads so bad the trip can be nauseating. Electricity is erratic, drinking water is contaminated, the beach in town is littered with trash and nearby rivers are either clogged with a…
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New York.- Only 10 Dominican Republic hotels have been classified with more than 20 pearls by Oyster Hotel Reviews, the company specialized in the industry, which in an extensive assessment of the most important lodgings in the Caribbean country’s tourist resorts granted 35 points to two, 30 to seven and 25 to one.
The Oyster Review rated lodgings in Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Bávaro, Samana, Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Sosua, Cabarete, La Romana, Playa Dorada among others, whereas most of the fa…
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San Lorenzo and Rincon bays in northeastern Samana province have won the bid and Samana has now been named one of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World. The designation is awarded by the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club, formed in 1997, sponsored by UNESCO. The bays are only the second in the Caribbean to receive the distinction, in addition to the Gulf of Saints (Guadeloupe).
The Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club seeks to encourage sustainable exploitation of pristine natural resources.…
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The Embassy of Canada reports that the telephone number for its new Acropolis Center offices is 809 262-3100. The Embassy is relocating to the 18th floor of the Citigroup Tower at Winston Churchill 1099, in Santo Domingo's Piantini sector. (
www.dominicantoday.com)
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Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia announced the arrival of a group of Spanish investors in two weeks to propose a US$300 million investment in the national airline Dominican Air. “These investors are going to completely transform what was our initial concept for Dominican Air which was a company that arose with an initial capital investment of US$10 million," the official said in a statement sent from London where he headed the country’s delegation in the World Travel Mark…
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Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.– The Second David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic will be held from 3 - 6 December at the Jack Nicklaus designed Punta Espada Golf Course at Cap Cana, with the attendance of famous national and international sport figures. The fund-raising event directly supports the David Ortiz Children's Fund which is dedicated to raising funds for children in New England and the Dominican Republic and providing access to the pediatric care they need to live full and productive lives…
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London.– New flights by British Airways to the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean destinations will mean an additional 2,000 seats to the region.
With increased frequency to St. Kitts, Grenada, Barbados and Bermuda scheduled for next summer and new flights from Gatwick to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica will offer an extra 2,000 seats a week to the Caribbean from Gatwick.
BA will operate a total 55 flights a week from London to the Caribbean, with 11 destinati…
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Santo Domingo.- As tourist arrivals appear to continue the downward trend, prospects for Caribbean arrivals in 2009 remain negative, especially given the start of the hurricane season in August, although Dominican Republic appears to have weathered the storm, Reuters reports.
In its “Focus On The Dominican Republic,” the news services affirms that the Dominican Republic is suffering less that many other Caribbean countries from the tourist slowdown. “In the first four months of 2009 arrivals fel…
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Santo Domingo.- American Airlines, founding partner of the global alliance Oneworld, will inaugurate an additional flight from Santo Domingo to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, with a Boeing 777 starting December 20 .
The jet can carry 262…
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The 17th Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (F-CCA) Conference & Trade Show will take place in Santo Domingo on 25-29 October. This is the leading event for the cruise industry in Florida and the Caribbean. More than 1,000 cruise industry partners will join 100 Cruise Executives from the FCCA Member Lines to share ideas and discuss industry trends.
Santo Domingo is becoming a major Caribbean cruise ship destination, with the improvement and expansion of the Port of Santo Domingo. The DR's…
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Santo Domingo.- To increase visits by tourists the Tourism Ministry (Sectur), 15 Dominican hotel companies and the airline Air France, recently participated in Paris’ French International Travel Market Fair.
Hundreds of French business leaders interested in the Dominican Republic as a preferred tourism destination were present in the yearly event featuring around 1,500 exhibitors and representatives from more than 150 countries, who promote their tourist attractions.
The Dominican tourism comp…
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Astana, Kazakhstan / Madrid. The conditions of the tourism market are starting to indicate stronger prospects for a recovery in 2010. These include macroeconomic upward revisions from the IMF together with preliminary international tourism figures until August this year. This suggests some moderation in the declining results of the first half of this year. In addition, the UNWTO Panel of Experts Confidence Index reflects stronger confidence in market conditions. International arrivals declined b…
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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- The global crisis felt in the Dominican Republic has been especially hard on the North Coast’s tourism, mainly the Puerto Plata area, famous for its beautiful beaches and the comfort of its hotel facilities, several of which have been forced to close.
Some take advantage of the low occupancy and make repairs and others from lack of profits, leading to the lost of around 1,300 direct jobs so far this year.
Puerto Plata’s hoteliers worry about the effects of th…
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SHANGHAI.- Dominican Republic will have a pavilion in Shanghai 2010 World’s Fair, to be staged with the motto " Better City, Better Life," from May 1 to 31 October next year.
Dominican Republic Export and Investment Center (CEI-RD) executive director Eddy Martinez made the announcement during the General Commissioner’s 4th Expo Organizational Meeting.
“Dominican Republic will take advantage of this important scene to promote our main sectors, including tourism, the goods and services we produc…
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MIAMI, (BUSINESS WIRE).- The world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced the opening of the new Holiday Inn Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
This is the first Holiday Inn in Santo Domingo, after a subsidiary operation located in…
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