2004 Travel News Archive – Page 5

Charter and regular flights even out

Central Bank August statistics show that charter flights and scheduled flights transported a similar number of passengers to the country from January to August. Scheduled flights transported 1,234,068 passengers, while charters flew in 1,234,068 travelers. Las Americas received the largest number of regular flight travelers, with 804,580 travelers of 828,712 air arrivals at that Santo …

New DR1 service to hotels

Since Hurricane Jeanne, DR1 has responded to thousands of requests for information regarding the status of resorts and hotels. To fill the void for timely information, DR1 has launched its new Centralized Information System where travel agents and tourists themselves can visit the page to find updated information on the status of the hotels and …

Features on Punta Cana win prizes

Two feature stories on Punta Cana won awards during the 2nd Annual Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards Contest sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. CTO announced the winners today during the 27th Caribbean Tourism Conference held in Aruba. Ron Cobb of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the ?Best Feature Article in a Consumer Publication? for his …

Traffic back over Chavon River

The construction of a provisional causeway over the Chavon River represents good news for drivers and signifies the return to normalcy in the eastern region of the country. The bridge that originally spanned the Chavon River crossing collapsed on 16 September due to the excess waters delivered by Hurricane Jeanne. Since that time the easterly …

Baseball starts 22 October

It’s baseball time in the Dominican Republic with the start of the Professional Baseball League Winter Championship on Friday, 22 October in Santo Domingo, San Francisco de Macoris and San Pedro de Macoris stadiums. The opening game for Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Ball Park has the Licey facing Escogido. In San Pedro de Macoris, it is …

Jazz Festival in Puerto Plata

The Dominican Republic Jazz Festival runs Friday, 22 October through 24 October in the towns of Puerto Plata, Cabarete and Sosua. Puerto Rican flautist Nestor Torres will be playing in Puerto Plata this year, as well as the US?s Steve Khan and Dominicans Guarionex Aquino, Sandy Gabriel, Felle Vega and Patricia Pereyra. The festival?s program …

DR1 Hotel Directory Pages

The importance of the DR1 Directory Pages became even more apparent in recent days, as tourists tried to contact hotels directly to check the status of their bookings following September?s Hurricane Jeanne. Likewise, the hotel directory pages are of the utmost use to those tourists who need to verify their reservations this fall. Readers do …

Dominicus is Blue Flag certified

La Laguna Beach (Dominicus) in Bayahibe, located in the province of La Altagracia, has been awarded the prestigious European Blue Flag International certification. Local hotels participating in the Blue Flag certification program are the Coral Canoa, Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus, Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and Palace, and Venta Club Gran Dominicus. The Blue Flag designation is …

Xiomara Desimone to promote Sosua & Cabarete

On 1 October Xiomara Desimone, well-known for her efforts to promote tourism along the North Coast, became the new director of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca). A 28-year-old Argentinean, she has studied business, strategic marketing and advertising. Prior to settling in the DR, she worked for three years in …

Luperon’s turn

President Leonel Fernandez was on hand for the Santo Domingo official launching of the Atlantica residential and touristic project at Luperon on the North Coast. Luperon is a beach and natural harbor area located 15 kilometers west of the city of Puerto Plata. Elena Viyella de Paliza, as the executive director of the project, made …

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