2003 Travel News Archive – Page 14

Juan Luis Guerra, one of Latin America?s most outstanding contemporary singers and songwriters, will be the top-billing Dominican artist to participate in the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am Games. The Pan Am Games open in Santo Domingo at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Stadium on Friday, 1 August and close on Thursday, 17 August. …

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Hotel Hacienda Tropical in Cofres?, Puerto Plata is now under the operation of Ramada International Hotels & Resorts, a Marriott International company, which also operates the Renaissance brand in Santo Domingo. This is the only Ramada International hotel in the Dominican Republic. In a company press release of the announcement, Reas Kondraschow explains that the …

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Cabarete has announced that the 2003 Kiteboarding World Cup will be held from 24-30 June, for the fourth consecutive year in the North Coast town famous for its surf. The 2002 event was so successful that the Kite Riders Federation chose Cabarete as the No. 1 kitesurfing destination in the world ? even ranking it …

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LanDominicana announces start of regular flights between Santo Domingo and Miami for Monday, 16 June. The company had been flying two times a week between Punta Cana and Miami since March. LanDominicana uses Boeing 767-300s. Company president, Julio Heinsen Morales said that the new airline would initially operate three flights a week on the Miami-Santo …

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DR1 readers are invited to visit the Fundaci?n Global Democracia y Desarrollo at http://www.funglode.org web site and to log into the e-conference scheduled for today, 3 June at 7:30 pm. On Wednesday, 4 June, a second e-conference focusing on developments in tourism can be followed by accessing the foundation?s web site from 9 to 5 …

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Throughout last week, the town of Cabrera on the North Coast was once again in the limelight as the scenic backdrop for a tropical photo shoot led by a famous American swimwear photographer, Brian B. Hayes (www.brianbhayes.com) of Orlando, FL. Exotica Swimwear, of Minneapolis, MN, hosted the shoot at Villa Castellamonte, an exclusive luxury vacation …

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With exchange houses buying the US dollar at RD$28-29, visiting tourists are finding the DR to be a great bargain. While certain items for sale in the Dominican Republic have been pegged to the US currency for years, most have not and those with US dollars or euros can benefit.  That is, while the record …

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Did Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias wed his girlfriend, Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova, in a ceremony in the Dominican Republic? The London Sun newspaper has speculated that the couple has wed or plans to do so soon in the Dominican Republic. Iglesias got to know Kournikova while filming the video for his single ?Escape?. Kournikova, …

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Miss Dominican Republic 2002, Amelia Vega, has been listed among the top 15 finalists by the website www.globalbeauties.com. Vega is the daughter of Patricia Polanco, who as Miss Dominican Republic 1981 participated in that year?s Miss World competition in London. At a height of six feet, Miss DR is a stunning brunette in her own …

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Sunday, 1 June marked the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which includes the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Service and the Dominican National Meteorological Office concur with the US weather forecasters on the possible formation of up to 12 named storms, of which 8 might well become hurricanes. Of these 8 possible hurricanes, three …

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