1996 Travel News Archive – Page 19

The contest to select Miss Dominican Republic will be held on Saturday, 23 March at 8:30 pm in the Teatro La Fiesta at the Hotel Jaragua. The event is being organized by fashion designer Jorge Diep. The contest will be conducted by Dominican beauty queens Vielka Valenzuela, Mariasela Alvarez and Puerto Rican Carlos Ponce. Mariasela …

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The Jaragua and Capella Beach hotels are promoting “Old World flavor and New World charm” with their 1996 “Playa e Historia” package deals to the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and Casino and the Renaissance Capella Beach Resort. The six day/five night “Playa e Historia” package includes two nights at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and Casino in …

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BERLIN- The German market has been very significant in maintaining high occupancy rates for the Dominican tourist industry. According to Frank Rainieri, president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, the German market should maintain its importance over the coming years. The Association has contracted a public relations company, Contac & Creation, to counter the …

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The mayor of the Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, exonerated the Dominican Republic and its government from responsibility for the Boeing 757 accident in which 189 died, mostly German tourists. “The Dominican Republic and its government have no responsibility” for the accident, said the mayor. “We know that your country and your government did not have any …

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More 1995 year-end stopover visitor arrivals for individual Caribbean countries are now available. The best performances so far reported are Puerto Rico, Martinique, the Turks & Caicos, Dominica, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands and St. Lucia. Declines are recorded by Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and largely reflect the effects of hurricanes …

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At the end of February, The Economist Poll of Forecasters projected a real growth in GDP for 1996 of under 3% in all Caribbean major tourism source markets. Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain and the United States are forecast to increase output between 2.1% and 2.6% with Spain at the high end, while France …

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Club on the Green in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata, a Caribbean Village hotel, has been recognized by the RCI Vacation Club for “outstanding service and personnel cooperation” for 1995. Club on the Green, under the management of Mario Mattana, has been named a “RCI International tourism complex of distinction” for “excellence in facilities and service.” …

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Alberto del Pino, president of Caribbean Villages Club and Resort Dominicana has announced the appointment of Hans Dannenberg Castellanos as Marketing and Corporate Public Relations Director based in their Santo Domingo offices at 33 Avenida Tiradentes. As part of his responsibilities, Mr Dannenberg will be in charge of creating a public image for the company …

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Tourist arrivals from the United States to the Caribbean until October 1995 grew by just over 5% when compared to the same period in 1994. The performance of the market was slightly better in the summer months than in the winter period, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s statistical report in January, 1996. Of the …

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According to the CTO, tourist arrivals from Canada decreased by 3% over the ten month period. Decreases were also recorded in every month of the year except August when there was an increase of 2.3%. Despite this overall performance, Aruba (up 16.7%), Bonaire (up 14.9%), Curacao (up 66.1%) and St Vincent and the Grenadines (up …

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