2004 Travel News Archive – Page 10

Dustin Hoffman expected in August

Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman will be in Santo Domingo to take part in Andy Garcia?s new movie, The Lost City. Filming began at the Fuentes tobacco plantation in Santiago, to where it has shifted to the Presidential Palace and Colonial City in Santo Domingo. Hoffman is scheduled to arrive 12 August to film his role …

Rossellini coming in October

Italian film star Isabela Rossellini is expected in Santo Domingo this October for the filming of ?The Feast of the Goat?, based on Mario Vargas Llosa?s bestselling novel of 2002 and events during the Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dictatorship (1930-1961). The English-language movie is being filmed in Spain and Santo Domingo and is an Andres Vicente …

Suarez to speak for Bayahibe

Simon Suarez, the executive vice-president of Coral by Hilton Hotels, is the newly-appointed president of the Bayahibe-La Romana Hoteliers? Association. Suarez is additionally a past president of the Caribbean Hotel Association, and continues to be a member of the board of the regional body. His new function as the head of the Bayahibe association coincides …

Repositioning Sosua and Cabarete

Luis Abinader, president of the recently elected board of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca) says the association will be taking a more active role in the promotion and marketing of the north coast hotels. He wants the association to be more proactive. He said one of their goals is …

Ocean World sale for residents

Ocean World Adventure Park in Cofresi, Puerto Plata is luring Dominican-based vacationers to Puerto Plata with a reduced admission fee this summer. Those who have a Dominican cedula (regardless of being a foreigner or a Dominican) for the sales period will only pay US$28 (down from US$55) admission fee. Accompanying children pay a reduced fee …

Half year travel airport stats

Central Bank tourist statistics for the first half of the year continue to show that Punta Cana is the most used airport in the Dominican Republic. From January to June, 718,331 passengers arrived by that terminal, with a peak number of arrivals in February ? 136,864. Punta Cana caters to leisure tourists that fly in …

Travel up 7.5% first half year

131,919 more air arrivals traveled to the Dominican Republic during the first half of the year, according to Central Bank statistics. This is 7.5% more than last year. Of the total, 80% are foreign arrivals, evidence of continuing strong demand for Dominican holidays. Non-resident Dominicans traveled to the DR in good numbers, for a 8.3% …

Where tourists are coming from

For the first half of the year, tourists from the United States and Canada continued to dominate. US travelers accounted for 31.9% of the total non-resident foreign arrivals, and Canadians were 20% of the total. Some 482,148 tourists came from the United States, up 8.9% over the previous year. From Canada, some 302,159 visited, up …

Playa Grande sold to Kohler?

The Central Bank is reporting the sale of the Playa Grande touristic complex to Playa Grande Holding for US$43 million. No details were given as to who the principals of Playa Grande Holding are, however. In April of this year, the Central Bank had stated it had sold Playa Grande to the Kohler Co. for …

Cultural landmark for Puerto Plata

The Ministry of Culture is now in charge of La Chocolatera, the early 20th century chocolate factory of Puerto Plata. The large structure of the former factory is slated to become a cultural center for the city. The regional director of the Ministry of Culture in Puerto Plata, Oscar Hungria, said the decision was based …

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