2001 Travel News Archive – Page 34

The Dominican Republic stands to benefit from Apple Vacations efforts to launch USA 3000. The leading US tour operator is following the European model of integrating tour operator and air carrier. The company says this move would ensure they have sufficient air seats to meet the growing demand for seats, as reported in Travel Weekly. …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that the M/S Caribic Star will depart from Puerto Plata port twice a week starting 21 June. The cruise ship will also dock in Santiago (Cuba) and Montego Bay, Jamaica. (7 May 2001)

President Hipolito Mejia broke ground over the weekend to formally start construction of the 126-room Embassy Suites in Juan Dolio. The new hotel is going up on the premises of the Los Marlins golf course and the Metro Country Club. This would be the first franchise of the Hilton Hotels corporation in the DR. President …

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The Mejia government will invest RD$800 million to expand the Avenida George Washington (the Malecon) from Avenida Abraham Lincoln to Calle 19 de Marzo. Three express lanes will be added and the present sidewalk area turned into a central boulevard, engineer Oneximo Gonzalez, director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority told El Siglo newspaper. He said …

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The president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, Ramon Prieto, has repeated that the nation’s 52,000 hotel rooms are enough. He said the country should go two or three years without adding another hotel room.  Prieto says that income levels of the hotels declined 10-15% during the first trimester of the year, reflecting the …

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Tickets for the Festival Presidente will go on sale at all Banco Popular service centers on Monday, 7 May. Tickets are selling for RD$300 green area and RD$200 stands per night. The shows start at 6 pm, but the doors will open at 2 pm.  The Presidente Latin Music Festival, one of the most important …

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