2000 Travel News Archive – Page 48

The deputy director of the Civil Aviation Board Jesusita Hernández told El Siglo that the government is taking important steps so that the US government may lift the Category 3 restriction that impedes national airlines from flying to the US. The Category 3 impediment has resulted in the demise of several airline start-ups, as well …

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Arturo Villanueva, executive vice president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, said that the Municipality of Santo Domingo is wrong when it attempts to collect an additional 10% tax to hotels catering to tourists. He said that hotels already pay 23% in taxes. He said that by law the 10% tax is to be …

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There’s carnival fever all over the Dominican Republic. Clubs, cafés, discos, you name it are celebrating carnival events. The Ministry of Tourism and the Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (Presidente Beer) have also joined efforts to present Carnival Millennium 2000. Highlights of the Carnival this year are: La Vega: Every Sunday in February. Av. Los Framboyanes. 3 …

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There’s carnival fever all over the Dominican Republic. Clubs, cafés, discos, you name it are celebrating carnival events. The Ministry of Tourism and the Cervecería Nacional Dominicana (Presidente Beer) have also joined efforts to present Carnival Millennium 2000. Highlights of the Carnival this year are: La Vega: Every Sunday in February. Av. Los Framboyanes. 3 …

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Frank Rainieri, president of the Punta Cana Group, the pioneer of Punta Cana-Bavaro tourism development, in a luncheon conference at the American Chamber of Commerce, highlighted what he feels should be the industry’s priorities. In his speech he also stressed the importance of the industry for the Dominican economy. He mentioned that today the DR …

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