2005 Travel News Archive – Page 6

They are just friends now, Hoy newspaper reports on the relationship between Tourism Minister Felix (Felucho) Jimenez and TV?s prime investigative journalist, Nuria Piera. The newspaper highlights that the last time they were seen together as a couple was on 29 July at the Aventura concert at the Fortaleza Ozama. The newspaper reveals that Jimenez …

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The Sosua & Cabarete Hotel Association, in coordination with the Caribbean Hotel Association has prepared a workshop for small hotel managers, owners and operators. The workshop will provide owners, managers and operators of small hotels with new tools to improve management. Participants will receive a copy of the CHA Reference Manual for Small Hotels, a …

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The Altos de Chavon Art Gallery in Casa de Campo, La Romana will be exhibiting the works of US photographer Richard Sobol and Dominican painter Ricardo Toribio that have blended their mediums to create oil paintings of photographic images. Richard Sobol’s photographs of wildlife and the human experience have appeared in prominent newspapers and magazines …

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Travel & Leisure travelers answering the magazine’s online survey ranked Casa de Campo tops in the Caribbean in three of eight categories. Casa de Campo ranked first in golf in the Caribbean in the 2005 World’s Best Golf Resorts ranking of Travel & Leisure Magazine. Casa de Campo scored first above runner-ups Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall …

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Jazz pianist greats Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdez will be performing this year in the Puerto Plata Jazz Festival (20-23 October). The festival kicks off on Thursday, 20 October under the stars at the Parque Central in Puerto Plata city. Puerto Plata Jazz Ensemble (DR) opens followed by Latin Grammy award winner and eight-time Grammy …

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American Airlines hopes to reach the one-million-passengers-transported-in-one-year mark by the end of this year. The feat would coincide with the airline’s celebration of 30 years of operations in the DR. Eduardo del Pozo, general manager, highlights that the company this year will carry 53 million pounds of products manufactured in the DR. He also remarked …

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Canadian hotel and real estate entrepreneur Derek Elliott announces Emi Group’s Sun Village Resort & Spa in Cofresi, Puerto Plata will host an international film festival in November. Elliott is inspired by the DR’s 2003-2005 successes in attracting major films to be produced in the DR or the recent Dominican films box office hits. Elliott …

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From Wednesday, 12 October through Saturday, 15 October, performance art will lure visitors to the abandoned industrial site known as La Chocolatera in Puerto Plata and other cultural centers in the north coast. The III International Encounter of Performance Chocopop-Sonoro will bring together more than 20 Dominican artists together with invited artists from Austria, Polland, …

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The Ministry of Tourism announces that seven tour operators from Brazil have signed on to sell Dominican vacations in Brazil. The tourists will fly in via Panama on Copa Airlines. The Ministry sees this is a major step in increasing tourism from Brazil. The tour operators are Nascimento, Venturas/Aventuras, Sunchat, New Age, Marsans, Fed and …

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President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno attended the inaugural of the new installations of the Hotel Hilton Santo Domingo at the Malecon Center on the sea-bordering avenue. President Fernandez also attended the opening of the Majestic Casino adjacent to the Hilton. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez accompanied the guests of honor. The 21-floor Hilton …

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