2003 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Learn about the ecology and vacation

Frank Rainieri, president of the Punta Cana Group, announced that the Punta Cana Resort & Golf Club and the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation at Columbia University will be offering a one-week executive program in winter 2004. The Executive Certificate in Environmental Conservation, Economics and Policy combines instruction from recognized environmental scientists and policy …
2003 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Educating to sell the DR

Magda de la Torre, North American director for the Ministry of Tourism, says that 2,065 US- and Canada-based travel agents successfully completed the first Dominican Republic Travel Experts seminars-in-print program. The program to certify travel agents on selling the Dominican Republic was carried in publications in Recommend, Travel Agent and Travel Weekly magazines. The participants …