2001 Travel News Archive – Page 42

The Ministry of Agriculture is now requiring passengers arriving from South America and Europe to disinfect their shoes upon leaving the airplanes. The measure is part of others in place to prevent the entrance of the foot & mouth disease that affects cattle. Other measures include fumigating luggage and cargo and the confiscation of all …

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Aerodom has invested US$46 million in improvements in the Las Americas and Puerto Plata airports in its first year of operation. Seventy percent of the investment has been made in the Santo Domingo Las Americas International Airport. According to press reports, the money has been invested to improve the infrastructure of the airports, install new …

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The Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, DATE 2001, opened on Thursday at the Casa de Campo convention center in La Romana. The event will last through Saturday. The aim of the marketplace is to make it easier for Dominican hotels and US travel package buyers to do business.

The Central Bank confirmed the sale of the Hotel Hispaniola to Palmeras Dominicanas for US$18 million. US$1.5 million of that was paid to the Corporación Hotelera to release the 25 years pending on its contract to operate the hotel. The Bank said the sale of the hotel was a process dating back to 1998 and …

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The Chamber of Deputies authorized an addendum to the Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom) airport management contract.  Under the addendum, the company will complete the construction of and manage the Higuero Airport in northern Santo Domingo and the El Catey airport to go up in northeastern Samana. Aerodom already is responsible for the Las Americas …

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The president of the Barceló hotel and tourism group in the Dominican Republic, Felix Felipe, announced that the Barcelo Convention Center should be operational by May 2001. He said the Spanish company has invested US$16 million into the center and that it will be the largest in the Caribbean. The center has capacity for meetings …

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Air France is offering round trip fares from Santo Domingo to: Paris 580 USD London 640 USD Madrid/Barcelona 650 USD Milan/Rome 675 USD Frankfurt 700 USD Zurich 700 USD Amsterdam 700 USD Hong Kong 1130 USD Beijing/Shanghai 1130 USD Singapore 1130 USD Bangkok 1130 USD Taxes are not included in these fares, advance purchase is …

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