1996 Travel News Archive – Page 3

According to a report in the Listin Diario by Tulio Navarette, the ambassador for Japan, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, says that the government is heavily promoting the D.R. in his country, and thousands of Japanese tourists could be expected to visit the D.R. for its beaches and colonial heritage. He also mentioned traditional Dominican hospitality. More than …

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The Caribbean Hotel Association is sponsoring “Greening Your Hotel” environmental seminars. These are held in conjunction with American Express and American Airlines/American Eagle and seek to bring about an expansion of the environmental awareness program already in place. The seminars, to be given by an environmental specialist, are to be conducted during week-long visits to …

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Carmen Carvajal, reporting for the Listín Diario from Miami, said that the vice president of Casa de Campo, the president of Barceló Bávaro and the president of Riu Hotels, three hotel chains operating in this country, spoke at a seminar about investment in the Dominican Republic. They confirmed that their companies are continuing to increase …

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Christopher Pollock, former manager of the Renaissance Pine Isle Resort in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., is the new general manager of the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino. Mr. Pollock replaces Alvaro Soto, recently promoted and transferred to Brazil. The new manager was born in London, and grew up in Toronto, and then later in the Bahamas, …

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The Listín Diario has reported that technicians from the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States (FAA) have begun a preliminary inspection in Santo Domingo, one of the steps that may lead to the lifting of the ban on Dominican registered aircraft flying to the United States. Two specialists from the FAA arrived last week …

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The S.S Aida is expected to begin berthing at the port of Santo Domingo from 8 October, bringing approximately 1,400 tourists to the first city in the Americas every week. The ship will use the port as its Caribbean base. It is expected to inaugurate the new facilities of the Port of Santo Domingo, renovated …

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Pan American, the revived U.S. flag carrying airline and one of the world’s best known carriers before it went into liquidation in 1991, is back in the air, with its inaugural flight on Thursday, 26 September. Pan Am became insolvent some five years ago, but the former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Coral Gables businessman Chuck …

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The Minister of Tourism, Felix Jiménez, told the press last week that a financial and legal audit of the construction of the international airport at Arroyo Barril in Samana showed irregularities have taken place. He said that the airport does not have an approved construction plan and there is no budget earmarked for the project …

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According to a report on hotel operations produced by Asonahores, Puerto Plata (Puerto Plata, Playa Dorada, Sosua, Cabarete) continues to be the province with the most hotel rooms, with 11,216, in 176 hotels. Maria Trinidad Sanchez province (Playa Grande, Laguna GriGri beach areas), also on the North Coast, is listed with some 1,120 rooms in …

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In his last speech as president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, Frank Rainieri praised the presence of President Leonel Fernandez at the hotel convention as a sign of a change in the government’s attitude towards a more supportive and active involvement in the development of the tourist industry. While the Leonel Fernández government …

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