2000 Travel News Archive – Page 33

American Eagle, the Caribbean’s leading commuter airline, announced it has plans to start charter flights to the Maria Montez International Airport in Barahona from San Juan, Puerto Rico starting this July. This would mark the start of scheduled flights into that southwestern airport. Galo Beltran, sales director for the Caribbean, Jose Machado, vice president and …

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Administración de Hoteles, S.A. and Casa Marina Hotels and Resorts have merged to form Amhsa-Marina, creating one of the leading hotel companies in the Caribbean. Oscar Peña will be the president of the new organization. The group now has 12 hotels, and 3,058 hotel rooms located in Puerto Plata, Samana, and San Pedro de Macorís …

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American Eagle, the commuter airline subsidiary of American Airlines, announced it has plans to fly to the Maria Montez International Airport in Barahona from San Juan, Puerto Rico starting this July. This would mark the start of regular flights to that southwestern airport. Galo Beltran, sales director for the Caribbean, Jose Machado, vice president and …

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It is not such a bad idea to lease colonial monuments for the installation of bars and restaurants, souvenir shops and other businesses offering services to tourists. El Siglo reports that sectors that had opposed the leasing no longer oppose this. The Ministry of Tourism had favored the leasing of the monuments to bring new …

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The Listín Diario reports that a technical mission from the United States Federal Aviation Agency will visit the DR 19-25 June to ascertain what advances made that would enable DR registry airplanes to fly again to the United States. Dominican airlines are banned from flying to the US because of the US Federal Aviation Agency …

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Hoy newspaper reports on the destruction of 1,200 tareas in Punta de los Nidos, Bavaro. The fire that took place last Thursday and Friday destroyed a natural habitat of more than 30 water-based species and birds. Punta de los Nidos is located south of Punta Cana, and is one of the few areas in the …

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