2006 Travel News Archive – Page 10

More Delta flights to DR

Delta Air Lines announces it is expanding its service to the Dominican Republic. Delta is adding new nonstop flights between Atlanta and central city Santiago and a New York (JFK) connection to Punta Cana (PUJ) on the East Coast effective 9 December 2006. Bob Cortelyou, Delta’s vice president – Network Planning announced Delta is offering …

Republic of Baseball in NY

Today, 10% of all players in the US Baseball Major Leagues are Dominicans. The film “The Republic of Baseball” that tells the story of how Dominicans came to influence “America’s favorite pastime” will be shown on Dominican Night at the New York International Latino Film Festival this Thursday, 27 July at 8 pm at Florence …

Air conditioning at the Cathedral

Visitors to the first cathedral in the New World, that of Santo Domingo, will soon be able to enjoy climatized service. As of Wednesday, 16 August the Cathedral hopes to be offering mass in cool temperatures. The air conditioning system called for the installation of 20 units of 24,000 BTU, as reported in Diario Libre. …

Once a year opportunity

Expert tour guide Samuel Bisono is offering a once-a-year opportunity to participate in the religious pilgrimage of Higuey known as Los Toros de la Virgen. Share with the devotees that will walk dozens of kilometers to accompany the bulls that will be donated to Our Lady of Altagracia on occasion of the 14 August celebration …

Golfers play first Nicklaus course

Cap Cana opened the back nine holes of the Punta Espada golf course for play on Friday, 7 July, as part of the new Cap Cana tourist and real estate development on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. The back nine holes can be booked for play on weekends but advance reservations are necessary. …

DR goes prime time

The Dominican Republic’s luxury resort and residential tourism developments will be featured in an investment story scheduled to air at 7pm this Monday on NBC’s On the Money program. Correspondent Kerry Sanders toured several of the Dominican Republic’s leading luxury residential developments to produce the report. The NBC crew visited Puerto Plata (Velero in Cabarete), …

Caribbean Sun links San Juan

Caribbean Sun Airlines (codeshare with US Airways) will be connecting San Juan and Santo Domingo as of Wednesday, 19 July. The airline will offer four daily flights (8:30 am, 12:15 pm, 3 pm and 7 pm) from Las Americas International Airport (AILA) into the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The …

DR candidate included in hot picks

The Dominican Republic’s candidate for Miss Universe 2006 is ranked among the top 15 beauty contestants in two contest web sites as of Saturday, 15 July. In the missology.com site, Mia Taveras is ranked 8th in a list of the most likely to win contenders compiled by the web site. The leading contender is Desiree …

Government to invest in airports

The director of the government airport department, Andres Vanderhorst has said that the government has plans to invest US$2.5 million (approximately RD$120 million) in the construction or improvement of airports nationwide. This includes the construction of terminals in Constanza, Monte Cristi, Pedernales (Cabo Rojo), Dajabon, Jimani and Samana. He announced that Constanza’s airport will be …

German flights to Samana

German airline Condor has announced its scheduled El Catey, Samana (airport code AZS) flight from Frankfurt International Airport (FRA). The plan is to fly twice a week, with departures from Frankfurt on Wednesday and Sunday and return flights on Monday and Thursday. The flight would commence on 7 November 2006 and continue through 24 April …

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