Francisco Perez, marketing director for Catalonia Bavaro Resort, and Manuel Serrano, marketing director for the Dominican Republic for Iberostar both concur the end of the season could hardly have worked out better for hotels in Punta Cana. Perez says that through the end of the month bookings are averaging 84% at Catalonia. And Serrano says that they have even had to deal with overbookings as tour operators have placed all their allotments. He explained that this year?s bookings were made in the post 9/11 days when there was much concern regarding how travelers would deal with the new terrorism. But, travelers have apparently chosen to get-away-from it all and have headed down to the Caribbean, regardless of the war in the Middle East.
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