Travel – Page 294

Tortuga Bay in Punta Cana has made the Top 25 list of influential Trip Advisor’s Travellers’ Choice 2012 in the category of The Best Hotels in the Caribbean. Tortuga Bay was ranked third by reviewers in the categories of relaxation & spa, luxury and best service. Posters have reported 211 reviews on the hotel that …

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The trailer for the 22nd season of the MTV reality TV game show, The Challenge, opens with a “Welcome to the Dominican Republic” as gorgeous views of Dominican coastline unfold. The show, taking place in the contrasting settings of the Dominican Republic and Iceland, stars former cast members from MTV’s The Real World, Road Rules, …

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The Puerto Plata entertainment complex announces that its Bravissimo Show has been refreshed with new sets and international songs from the 1970s and 1980s, merengue, bachata, lambada and Mardi Gras performances. Admission is RD$999 per person, with unlimited drinks served during the show. Ocean World also announces an international fishing tournament at its marina this …

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Kristina Cruise’s Kristina Katarina is making its way through the Caribbean, with three 15-day trips planned with airfare from Helsinki, Finland to Bridgetown, Barbados as first and last gateway to the Caribbean. This is the first time a Finnish passenger ship has docked in the Dominican Republic. It will be docking in Santo Domingo at …

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The Clarion Santo Domingo has reverted to its former name of Hotel Plaza Naco. The city hotel first opened in 1988 is located midtown, next door to the Plaza Naco shopping mall in the Naco residential area. The hotel, which is operated by Hotelera Naco, caters primarily for business travelers.

This 17-19 April DATE, the leading Dominican Republic hotel and tour-booking event, will take place at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe resort in Punta Cana. The event is organized by the National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) and sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism. More than 100 tour operators from the DR’s main source markets, …

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Visit Puerto Plata and enjoy comedy performed by members of the local expatriate community. The North Coast Players Theatre Company presents British award-winning playwright Ray Cooney’s “Tom, Dick and Harry” farce on the evenings of 10 and 11 February 2012. Directed by theater professional Jane Waites and produced by Judith Hogg, the comedy is booked …

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Johanna Sambucci, born in the Dominican Republic to a Dominican mother and Italian father, is the new Miss New York. She will compete in the USA pageant for a chance to represent the country in the Miss Universe contest. On her own blog she explains she is a model but is also finishing up her …

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It’s time to head to Samana to watch the humpback whales as they migrate from the North Atlantic to the warm waters of the Dominican Republic’s northeastern coast to mate and give birth. Their most popular winter rendezvous is Silver Bank, the 3,000-square-kilometer reef system approximately 70 miles north east of Puerto Plata. Whale expert, …

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The Dominican Republic’s Club Med Punta Cana is first in the list of top 10 all-inclusive resorts of the website Family Vacation Critic, as reported in the Chicago Tribune. The Dominican hotel leads the Club Med Sandpiper in Florida, Mexico’s Grand Velas Resort, Michigan’s Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, New York’s Mohonk Mountain House, Pennsylvania’s …

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