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The Minister of Tourism left on Tuesday for Madrid to participate in the FITUR tourism industry trade show. The Minister, Frank Jorge Elías, is heading the Dominican delegation to the important Spanish tourism fair that opens the season of European trade shows. The private sector’s delegation is headed by the president of the Tourism Promotion …

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The Listin Diario’s Tulio Navarrete reported from Madrid that His Highness, Don Felipe Bourbon, congratulated the Dominican Republic on its success in recent years during his visit to its stand at the FITUR Spanish tourist industry show. The prince was received by the Minister of Tourism, Frank Jorge Elias, and the Dominican Republic’s ambassador to …

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Horwath Hospitality Consulting with the co-sponsorship of the International Hotel Association and Smith Travel Research recently published their Horwath United States Hotel Industry Study 1995. The participation of these three organizations has permitted an unprecedented analysis of worldwide hotel industry data of interest to developers, financiers, investors, bankers, government agencies, the press and the public …

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Frank R. Rainieri, president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, was honored as Marketing Executive of the Year 1995 by the Association of Marketing Executives of Santo Domingo, last week. In his acceptance speech, the president of the Punta Cana Group, pointed out that the tourist companies in the Dominican Republic understand the concept …

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During a seminar on competitiveness in the 21st century, focusing on total quality in tourism services, hotels and restaurants held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra last week, Cynthia Herrera, an executive for the Sabre Travel Information Network, the computerized reservations system of American Airlines, spoke of how the concept of total quality …

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The Dominican Republic has all necessary conditions to promote and develop ecotourism, said the director of the Peace Corps of the United States, Michael Hirsch. He was speaking during a workshop on ecotourism held last week in the central mountain resort area of Jarabacoa. He pointed out that ecotourism is only successful in those countries …

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