2003 – Page 51

Time to push tourism up the global agenda

Geoffrey Lipman, the Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), said that tourism should be the leading issue for Caribbean states in trade and development strategies. Lipman was making a keynote address to the CMEx (Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism), an event that was organized by Counterpart International in …

Enrique E. de Marchena in CHA board

Dominican lawyer Enrique Eduardo de Marchena was elected as the regional vice-president of the Caribbean Hotel Association in the 16 June vote held during the Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC 2004) in Puerto Rico. De Marchena will work on the 2004-2006 board that is now headed by Berthia M. Parle of St. Lucia. Other members …

Caribbean recognizes Dominican journalist

Dominican investigative reporter Arelis Pena Brito of El Caribe newspaper captured a second regional award on 27 June during the Caribbean Media Exchange held in St. Lucia. Her award at the 6th CMEx was for journalistic excellence in her coverage of the struggles between commerce and the environment in the Dominican Republic. Just days earlier, …

4th July in Puerto Plata

Sea Horse Ranch, the Puerto Plata upscale residential community, announces they will be celebrating US Independence Day in Cabarete, Puerto Plata on day ahead, on Saturday, 3 July. For the event, a jazz concert with the best musicians from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, plus Mediterranean dinner with Chef Pasquale is scheduled. Jazz …

3rd in kiteboarding cup

Dominican Jose Luis Ciriaco, Puerto Plata-born and bred in Cabarete, placed third in the 14-20 June Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup event. Ciriaco thus became the first Dominican to be ranked in the world?s top three in the sport. His girlfriend, Cabarete resident Suzi Mai, another contender for one of the top three posts in the …

Why JetBlue came to the DR

JetBlue?s CEO, David Neeleman explained, in an interview with El Caribe newspaper, the reasons why the company chose the Dominican Republic as their first foreign destination. ?We are a New York-based company and there is a large Dominican community in New York. We were aware that we had to take that large Dominican public,? he …

More golf courses

A little more than 15 years ago, there were just a handful of golf courses in the Dominican Republic. Casa de Campo was the most famous, but Santiago, Bonao, Jarabacoa and Puerto Plata all had courses, as did Santo Domingo. Nowadays, courses are springing up all along the East Coast in order to serve the …

Travel to DR up

Central Bank statistics indicate that non-resident foreign air arrivals to the Dominican Republic have increased 8.2% from January to May 2004. This is 111,088 more travelers than last year for the same period. The Central Bank attributes the good year to the improvements in the US economy, and to the increased buying power of hard …

Package tour arrivals

Of the total 1,589,286 million arrivals to the Dominican Republic from January to May of this year, 947,324 came on board charter flights. This is 11.9% more than for the same January-May period in 2003. Indeed, Puerto Plata?s international airport primarily serviced charter airlines. Some 273,430 passengers arrived to that terminal on board charter flights, …

Sustainable tourism

The 6th Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) opens in from 24-28 June in Rodney Bay Village, St. Lucia. Counterpart International, a non-profit international human development organization, organizes the event annually to spread the message of travel and tourism?s importance to bettering the lives of millions. Journalists and editors from the Caribbean, South America, …

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