2005 Travel News Archive – Page 12

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced that the “World Baseball Classic,” a 16-nation tournament featuring the world’s best players competing for their home countries, will be played 3-20 March 2006, spring training time. The event has generated much interest with the small island-nation of the Dominican Republic appearing to …

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The La Romana & Bayahibe Hotel Association and the Ministry of Environment will be working together this year to build the Ecotourism Center of Padre Nuestro, in the National Park of the East. The center promises to become one of the better ecotourism attractions of the country. A visitor center will be created, as well …

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The Ministry of Tourism announces the celebration of the country?s leading culinary competition this coming Tuesday, 21 June and Wednesday, 22 June at the Salon Las Carabelas of the Hotel V Centenario Inter-Continental. The Gastronomy Festival is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, the National Hotel & Restaurants Association and its Ladies Committee, the Association …

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The Ministry of Tourism has arranged for the showing of four-minute long documentary films on the Dominican Republic on board several airlines flying to the DR. These include Air Canada and Air Transat from Canada; Lan Chile and Copa Airlines from Latin American destinations; Continental and United Airlines from the United States. From Europe, Air …

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The National Hotel & Restaurant Association is launching its 2005 Vacation Planner this coming Wednesday, 15 June at the Santo Domingo Melia Hotel at 7 pm. The Vacation Planner is the leading tourism-related brochure on the Dominican Republic. Some 120,000 copies have been printed ? 90,000 in English, 15,000 in Spanish and 15,000 in French. …

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Air Canada announced that it plans to introduce non-stop service to Santo Domingo via Toronto beginning 3 November. Duncan Dee, senior vice president responsible for Air Canada?s corporate affairs, made the announcement in the presence of President Leonel Fernandez who was in Montreal last week for the International Economic Forum conference. President Fernandez commented that …

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The DR is the 6th preferred Canadian outbound destination with 526 thousand overnight visits in 2004. After the United States, the United Kingdom leads in overnight visits with 753 thousand, followed by Mexico, France and Cuba, according to Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada, in with the 2004 results, indicates that last year 13% more Canadians traveled …

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The Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, the Municipality of Santo Domingo (AND) and the Santo Domingo Hotels Association announced the creation of the Santo Domingo City Council. The council?s role is to promote and undertake development policies and tourism promotion for the City of Santo Domingo. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, city Mayor Roberto …

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Twenty-seven embassies have joined the ministries of Foreign Relations, Culture and Tourism for the hosting in Puerto Plata of ExpoMundo Cultural 2005, to be held in Puerto Plata city and Playa Dorada from 6 to 11 June. Clara Ines Chaves, event coordinator, describes the event as positioning Puerto Plata as the cultural capital of the …

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Miss Dominican Republic, six-footer and 22 year old Renata Sone was the second runner up in the Miss Universe pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand and televised to audiences in the Western Hemisphere on the evening of 30 May. She came in third place, behind Miss Puerto Rico and the winner, Miss Canada, Natalie Glebova. Renata …

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