2005 Travel News Archive – Page 5

Playa Naco Resort & Spa in Playa Dorada announces new renovations at the hotel will be completed in time for the December season. The hotel will be closed 6 October through the last week in November. The management explains that the renovations seek to upgrade the hotel quality standards.

President Leonel Fernandez was present to hear the plans for the Las Terrenas Country Club presented last night at the Occidental Hotel Embajador. The project is going up in northeastern Samana Province at a cost of US$120 million, according to the promotors. Construction will happen in two phases on a 1,200 hectare-plot of land, according …

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The Aquarius hotel in Bonao is celebrating its first anniversary. To celebrate, the hotel will host a bash with Servio Vargas, one of the leading merengue bands. And on 28 October, a Ghost Night has been planned, with music by Top 40 and prizes for the best disguise. See http://www.dr1.com/directories/hotels/aquarius.shtml

The organizing committee of the 7th Dominican Republic Jazz Festival is announcing some changes in the program for the 20-22 October event. The Thursday, 20 October opening will now take place indoors at the Cibao Theater in Santiago de los Caballeros, about half an hour’s drive from Puerto Plata. Scheduled to appear for the opening …

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Continental Airlines begin a twice-weekly service between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on 16 December, pending government approval. The new route will complement Continental’s existing service to Punta Cana from Newark Liberty International Airport. The new flight will depart from Houston at 1:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, arriving …

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There is a significant change in the way consumers are booking travel, according to a VisitUSA in-flight survey of travelers to the US, just released by the US Department of Commerce. The survey predicts that the Internet will overtake agents and operators for booking travel in as little as two or three years time. A …

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The secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace set the tone for the new positioning of the region at the Agro-Tourism Workshop held in St. Kitts from 3-5 October. He urged the region to stop head-counting as a measure of success, and instead adopt new ways that truly reflect whether progress is being …

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Ena Harvey called for more integration between the farming sector and tourism. “Tourism is the only market that pays to come to us,” she said at the opening of the Agri Tourism Conference in St. Kitts. She highlighted that a recent World Travel Market survey of British tourists showed that 62% of travelers shunned glamorous …

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Friday, 30 September is a big day for Barahona as it marks the resuming of regular scheduled flights into the Maria Montez International Airport. Caribair small planes will be commuting from Santo Domingo on Monday, Friday and Sunday, departing at 8:30 am and returning at 5 pm. There will also be regular flights on weekends …

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Miss Universe 2003, Amelia Vega from the Dominican Republic will host a fashion show-benefit for the St. Jude Foundation that assists children with cancer in the Dominican Republic. 15 beauty queens from Latin America and the Caribbean will come for the event. Co-hosts of the event are other former winners of the Miss Dominican Republic …

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