2003 – Page 19

Columbus Lighthouse lit up

Dominicans have all but forgotten about the projected beams of the Columbus Lighthouse, but this Tuesday, 5 December the 170 bright searchlights will be back on. To commemorate the 514th anniversary of the discovery of the island of Santo Domingo by the Spaniards, the lit-up image of the giant cross will again be seen from …

Christmas programming

The National Choir kicks off the Christmas spirit with a Tuesday 5 December concert at the Capilla de los Remedios in the Colonial City at 8pm. This coincides with the lighting up of the Columbus Lighthouse’s giant cross at 6:30pm. The National Choir continues its concert schedule with recitals scheduled for Thursday, 7 December at …

Kandela shows at Altos de Chavon

Altos de Chavon presents the Kandela shows — 50 dancers and two well known local singers bring what is described as an “inebriating Afro-Caribbean mix of music, sensuality and color”. Feel the rhythms in the majestic stage of the Altos de Chavon Amphitheater under a star-studden Caribbean sky. Shows scheduled for 18 and 25 December …

New Bahia Principe hotels in Samana

The Bahia Principe hotel chain has announced the opening of several hotels in the Samana area, in time for the new flights into Samana International Airport at El Catey. These are the 223-room Gran Bahia Principe Cayacoa, the 103-room Bahia Principe Samana near the city of Samana, and the 406-room Bahia Principe El Portillo in …

Winter airfare sales

For approximately US$500, travelers embarking at Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) can fly to Madrid and other European destinations, benefiting from winter season fare sales. Both Air Europa and Iberia are advertising considerable reductions. Air Caraibes is also offering similar fares to Paris, departing from Las Americas. In addition, American Airlines has announced …

Casa de Campo weddings

Maco Destinations magazine, a leading Caribbean travel publication, has published a 10-page feature on weddings at Casa de Campo in its most recent issue. Maco Destinations Magazine is a first-class quality, glossy magazine geared at the sophisticated traveler whose travel focus is within the countries of Central America and the Caribbean. The article, titled “Liz …

Passport required as of 23 January

The US Department of State has announced that as from 23 January 2007, all persons, including US citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air Nexus card or US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document. It …

US passport requirement postponed

US passports are no longer mandatory for travel from the Caribbean. The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requirement would have been effective 8 January 2007, but the US Department of Homeland Security had failed to publish it in the Federal Register as required by law, which means there will be a delay in the implementation of …

Master cooking classes

Jacques Le Divellec, the French chef whose name is synonymous with seafood will be in Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata from 26 to 29 November to give two master classes on seafood and fish cooking. The courses are sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and will be held at the PUCMM in Santo Domingo (Monday, …

9.38% increase in tourists so far

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that the DR is the Caribbean leader in number of arrivals from Europe. A press release from the department reports that 1,198,899 European tourists visited the country during the first 10 months of the year. There was a 15.4% increase in arrivals from the United Kingdom, 6.54% more from …

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