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Sivory makes Conde Nast list

The Punta Cana area newcomer, the 55-suite Sivory boutique hotel has just made Conde Nast Traveler’s 2006 Hot List for the top 130 new hotels on the market starting 2006. Only three hotels in the Caribbean were chosen. Others were in Grand Cayman and St. Barts. Conde Nast writes that “the hotel stands out among …

Champion tennis player – made in Sosua

Sosua-based 15-year old Francesca Segarelli came to the DR with her parents when she was not yet two years old. Little did they know that 14 years later she would become the DR’s star tennis player. She became a Dominican citizen in 2003 in order to represent the country. She qualified, together with teammate Diana …

La Chocolatera gets on its way

Efforts to ensure that the large abandoned that use to house a major chocolate factory last century is not torn down or privatized, and may instead be converted into a cultural center moved forward last week. The Ministry of Culture received the transfer of the industrial plant, thanks to the efforts of cultural promoter Oscar …

It’s Sting!

Sting arrived on Tuesday for a good night’s sleep prior to his first concert in the Dominican Republic. The British rock star will perform at the 5,000-seater Altos de Chavon amphitheatre in La Romana as part of the North American-Caribbean leg of his “Broken Music” Tour, which includes stopovers in Tobago, the DR, Puerto Rico …

A good year for DR tourism

First quarter travel figures for the Dominican Republic saw record arrivals in the first quarter of 2006 nationwide, and the country is looking to further improve on these numbers this year. Foreign air arrivals to the Dominican Republic totaled 987,599 passengers for an 8.8% increase over last year’s first quarter figure of 907,683, according to …

DR popular in Trip Advisor

The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean country that receives the most inquiries on the Trip Advisor popular travel forums, the leading US-based destination review site for the American market. As of 19 April, there have been 148,448 posts and 24,472 topics covered on the forums related to the Dominican Republic. Next in reader interest was …

New golf project in La Romana

La Estancia Golf Resort is a brand new golf and tourism project in El Limon, La Romana. Cignal Corp of Maryland will be in charge of promoting the project to the US market. Coming for the announcement of the project were developers Armando Cignarale and Augusto Avanzini. The promoters announced that P.B. Dye would be …

Sting at Altos de Chavon

Tickets to the 26 April Sting presentation have been very hard to get since they went on sale on 27 March. They seem to have been all pre-sold for the presentation at the Altos de Chavon 5,000-sitting auditorium. Sting (Gordon Sumner), the legendary British rock singer of recent “Sacred Love” (2004) fame, will come with …

The Lost City in US theaters

Andy Garcia’s “The Lost City” premiered Monday, 17 April at the Cinerama Dome theater in Los Angeles. Most scenes were shot in the Dominican Republic, chosen as a look-alike to Havana. The DR’s first Miss Universe, Amelia Vega and musicians Isidro Bobadilla, Chocolate and Guarionex Aquino, and Dominican-based cigar businessman Carlos Fuentes Jr. have moments …

Another Small Luxury Hotel

Minister Felix Jimenez head celebrations to formally inaugurate the boutique hotel, Sivory Punta Cana in the northern end of La Altagracia province. Sivory joins Tortuga Bay in Punta Cana and Casa Colonial in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata in its promise of privacy and personalized service. A 55-suite beachfront hotel, Sivory is the second Dominican hotel …

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