2000 Travel News Archive – Page 9

Trans World Airlines announced it is adding new seasonal flights to the Dominican Republic as part of a general expansion in the Caribbean of the airline. "As we have grown, our Caribbean network becoming the second-largest U.S. airline in the region, we have found that a profitable way to enhance our schedule is through cooperative …

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Sociologist Dagoberto Tejada explains that the "sancocho" originated with the Spanish colonizers. It’s peculiar taste and ingredients are the result of preparing a Spanish stew with locally found ingredients. The limelight will be on the "sancocho", the so-called national dish starting 17 November. The different types of sancocho will be judged. These include: sancocho prieto …

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Johnathan Jaime Sanchez, president of Visa International for Latin America, told the Listín Diario that almost half of the all-inclusive holiday packages purchased abroad are paid for using visa credit cards. These amount to about US$1,200 million. In the DR, tourists use their Visa credit cards to make about 20% of their purchases, injecting US$250 …

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For only the third time in Big League history, a Dominican has been chosen "Rookie of the Year." Rafael Furcal, shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, beat out eight other nominees, gaining 144 of the 288 votes cast. The runner-up, the Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel, got 87 votes. Furcal, 19 years old, comes from Navarrete, in the …

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