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Santo Domingo’s Sans Souci Tourist Port is ready for its January 2009 inauguration. The first phase, the Don Diego port has been remodeled and a new terminal was built on the eastern side. The port project also includes the dredging of the Ozama River in order to accommodate the large cruise ships that call at …

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The Faldo Legacy Course at Roco Ki opened last week, adding a new championship course to the already great golf offers in Punta Cana. Designer Nick Faldo was so proud of the design that he gave the course his own name. The course design makes the most of the contrasting environments of elevated headlands, tropical …

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The Dominican Republic has been chosen to host the first Competitiveness Institute-sponsored global thematic conference. Maria Victoria Abreu, technical deputy director of the National Competitiveness Council, made the announcement during the closing of the 2008 TCI Annual Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 500 formally organized tourism clusters currently operate worldwide. The …

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