2000 Travel News Archive – Page 57

The Fernández administration authorized the construction of the Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao by a private sector group. Santiago businessmen will be investing US$30 million in the airport that will go up in Licey al Medio, in the province of Santiago. A high tech industrial park will be built next to the new airport. Angel Rosario, …

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Alvaro L. Carta, who created together with Charles Bluhdorn and fellow Cuban Teobaldo Rosell the Casa de Campo/Central Romana tourism and agroindustrial Gulf & Western Americas projects of today passed away on Friday, 14 January in West Palm Beach. He was buried in Vero Beach, Florida where he lived after the Central Romana and Costa …

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Continental Airlines announced that it would resume its Newark-Puerto Plata route daily flight. The flight resumes in June, to coincide with the summer season, the peak season of travel to the DR. The Continental flights would depart from Newark International Airport in New Jersey. Alex Santana, regional manager of Continental for the Caribbean area, said …

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The National Theater will present the Ballet de Montecarlo, one of the oldest dance companies of Europe. The group will visit Santo Domingo as part of their 2000 tour of the Americas. The local performance is a benefit for Corazones Unidos. The Ballet de Montecarlo is made up by 52 dancers. They will stage "Romeo …

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The Civil Aviation Board rejected the American Airlines’ decision to reduce travel agents commissions in the DR. The organization ratified Resolution 96 of 1 June 1988 that fixes a 10% commission in favor of the travel agents. The president of the CAB, Armando Castillo Peña, said the CAB will be notifying all parties following taking …

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News reports indicate that work is well advanced along the Autovía del Este, the expressway that will connect Santo Domingo with San Pedro de Macorís. Engineer Miguel Logroño told national press that toured the construction that they expect the 56-kilometer expressway will be completed by April. The expressway has a cost of RD$1,200 million (including …

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Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez, in an interview with El Caribe newspaper, says that no tourist, Dominican or foreign, needs to take any kind of prophylaxis to prevent malaria when visiting the Bavaro zone in the East of the DR. In the Bavaro zone, 12 cases of malaria were reported in 1999. About one million …

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