2000 Travel News Archive – Page 38

Operations of the Herrera International Airport, Santo Domingo’s domestic traffic terminal, will be transferred to the Nuevo Isabela International Airport in June, the director of the Airport Department, Radhamés Jiménez told El Siglo. The Nuevo Isabela airport is located in Higuero, near Villa Mella, north of Santo Domingo. Jiménez says that construction is well advanced. …

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Travelers stranded holding tickets of the bankrupt Tower Air are getting a break from Continental Airlines. The airline that flies out of Newark International Airport to Santo Domingo announced it will be waiving advance purchase restrictions on its route to Santo Domingo until May 16. "As New York’s hometown airline, we can best assist New …

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The executive vice president of Asonahores, Arturo Villanueva criticized the excess of vendor permits issued by the Ministry of Tourism. He criticized this has led to a proliferation of vendors, selling even bathing suits, on East Coast beaches. He says the vendors are generating a large amount of garbage, without there being municipal authorities that …

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The government and the World Bank came to an agreement for the implementation of an ambitious project for the construction of potable water, sewage and garbage collection systems and infrastructure in resort areas nationwide. The project has a price tag of US$120 million of which most would be funded by the multilateral organization. A first …

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Arturo Villanueva, executive vice president of the National Association of Hotels & Restaurants, protested what he considered the excessive zealousness of the prevention operation implemented by the Civil Defense over the Easter holiday. The operation sought to bring order to resort areas when thousands of Dominicans traditionally throng the beaches. As a result, the authorities …

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An item in El Siglo newspaper says that there is no time for the Fernández Government to conclude the tunnel under Las Americas Expressway. The tunnel is part of the RD$580 million expansion of the Las Americas Highway, calling for the adding of four lanes from the new Duarte Bridge to San Vicente de Paúl …

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The Ministry of Tourism announced the contracting of the US firm, Freeman Group to assist with the classifying of Dominican hotels. The Instituto de Calidad from Seville, Spain carries out the project. In a first phase, 132 hotels of more than 70 rooms will be classified. The government says it is working closely with Asonahores, …

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