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1996 News

Are higher fertilizer prices justified?

The fertilizer manufacturers say that “we have had to increase the prices of our products because of the higher international cost of the main raw material we use.” The Federacion Dominicana de Caficultores condemned an increase of 30 to 40 percent in fertilizers. Mr. Eusebio Guzman, president of Adocafe asked for a convincing explanation from …

1996 News

10% went out of business

Ten percent of the of the 800 builders’ merchants in the country went out of business in 1995. This news was published in the newspaper Hoy which adds that “1995 was considered a critical period for stores that sold items for the construction industry, such as cement, paint, nails, wood, steel, etc. Mr. Bienvenido Santana, …

1996 News

Exports to Cuba

During 1995, Proteinas Nacionales exported goods to a value of RD$98 million to Cuba. According to the supplement Negocios published the newspaper Hoy, the items are shipped weekly by boat to Cuba from Puerto Plata. The business is transacted via a European company. Other products exported to Cuba include detergents, all kinds of soap, and …

1996 News

Companies go out of business at Haina

A total of 4,500 employees from 30 factories lost their jobs in 1995 in the Haina industrial. According to the newspaper El Siglo, among the factories that closed down were a plastic shoe manufacturer, another making leather shoes, and a cassette factory. Mr. Federico Gomez, president of the Asociacion de Industrias de Haina, said that …

1996 News

Vehicle sales crash

Mr. Julio Cross, executive director of the Asociacion de Concesionarios de Vehiculos de Motor, told the newspaper Hoy that “1995 was the worst year in the history of vehicle sales in the country. Every year sales were around RD$4,500 million; this year, however, they were down by 60%.” He added that “in 1993, 15,000 vehicles …

1996 Travel News Archive Travel

1995: Record year for tourism

Both private sector and government spokesman for tourism believe 1995 was the best year ever for the Dominican tourist industry. The Minister for Tourism, Frank Jorge Elías told the newspaper Hoy that in 1995 the tourist industry consolidated its role as the sector that generates the most hard currency. He said that foreign visitors were …

1996 Travel News Archive Travel

75,000 British tourists

Last week the ambassador for Great Britain, Dick Thomson, said that some 75,000 tourists will be arriving from Britain, a 15,000 increase over 1995. The Dominican Republic has been participating in the World Travel Market tourist show held in November in London, and, as a result, local tour operators and hoteliers have made contact with …

1996 Travel News Archive Travel

What is the government waiting for?

Press reports have been pointing to the fact that the expense of building the María Montez International Airport in Barahona, the third largest in the country, is currently without return as the government has not put it into service. It is reported that some RD$500 million has been spent in building the airport, including the …

1996 Travel News Archive Travel

Samana tourist industry supports region’s ecology

The Fundación para el Desarrollo de Samana and the Dirección General Forestal have agreed to develop a program for the conservation of natural resources and forests in the Samana Peninsula involving the participation of the rural population. The agreement was signed on 9 December by the president of the foundation, Ramón E. Prieto and the …

1996 Travel News Archive Travel

Two large consulting firms merge

NEW YORK, 19 December- The face of tourist trade consulting changed dramatically today as two of the nation’s leading practitioners joined forces, according to a report received in Santo Domingo. Horwath Hospitality Consulting USA and Landauer Hospitality Group agreed to combine their consulting activities in the United States. Horwath Hospitality Consulting USA is a member …

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Dolores Vicioso – Page 8181

Are higher fertilizer prices justified?

10% went out of business

Exports to Cuba

Companies go out of business at Haina

Vehicle sales crash

1995: Record year for tourism

75,000 British tourists

What is the government waiting for?

Samana tourist industry supports region’s ecology

Two large consulting firms merge