2006 Travel News Archive – Page 17

New Yorker magazine on Playa Grande

An article in the 20th March edition of New Yorker magazine focuses on the initial plans by the new owners of Playa Grande for the development of what many call the country’s most spectacular golf course and adjacent beach and cliffs surrounding properties. 40-year old Boykin Curry, who bought the property from the Central Bank …

Wireless Internet at airports

The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) and the Airport Department, two government bodies, have agreed to install free wireless Internet service at eight of the country’s airports. Jose Rafael Vargas signed the agreement for Indotel, and Andres Van der Horst for the Airport Department. The installation of free Internet access is planned for the Las …

US$5 million more for foreign promotion

Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez, who accompanied President Leonel Fernandez on his visit to London, announced that the President has allocated an additional US$5 million this year for international promotion of the Dominican Republic as a tourist destination. He said this would bring the budget for international promotion to US$27 million this year. According to the …

Laser Cup Las Terrenas 2006

Samana hosted the most important laser sailing event since the Pan American Games in 2003 at Las Terrenas beach last week. Twenty competitors from eight countries took part in the event organized by the Dominican Sailing Federation. Canadian Bernard Luttmer won in the laser standard category, followed by competitors Gustavo Lima from Portugal, Brad Funk …

Surinam air connection

Starting Tuesday, 4 April, Surinam Airways will provide an additional link from the Dominican Republic to the southern Caribbean and South America. The airline will begin direct flights to Curacao, the first stop in a flight that continues on to Port of Spain (POS) and Paramaribo (PBM), the capital of Surinam. Fares are US$180 round …

DATE works

DATE (Dominican Annual Travel Exchange), the leading travel booking event for the Dominican Republic, will be held this coming 5-7 April, this time in Punta Cana on the eastern coast. The brand new convention area at the Paradisus Palma Real, one of the new “six-star” hotels opening in the area, is home base for the …

Hotel Embajador celebrates 50th year

Ventura Serra, president of Occidental Hotels in the DR, and Gabriel Felip, global chairman of the Spanish-based hotel chain, were in Santo Domingo last week for the Embajador Hotel’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The hotel was built in 1955 by the Dominican government and inaugurated on 12 February 1956 as an InterContinental Hotel. It featured a …

Donatella Versace in Playa Dorada

Fashion jet setter Donatella Versace was a guest at Casa Colonial, Playa Dorada’s small luxury hotel. According to reports, she came with her two children, Allegra and Daniel. Casa Colonial was recently mentioned in Travel & Leisure’s March issue as one of 12 hot spots for sun-seeking travel today. See http://dr1.com/directories/hotels/demo_gran_casa_colonial_VH.shtml

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Fashion night in Santo Domingo

The Casandra awards evening is the Dominican equivalent of the Oscars awards ceremony, especially when it comes to fashion. Designer to the stars, Jorge Diep, Leonel Lirio (of Miss Universe fame) and Luis Menier are three designers who chose or are chosen by the showbiz celebrities to design the outfits that will be highlighted the …

Sting to perform in Chavon

It’s confirmed. Sting and his Broken Music Tour will perform at the 5,000 seat Altos de Chavon amphitheatre in La Romana this coming Wednesday, 26 April as part of his North American-Caribbean Tour that includes stopovers in Tobago, DR, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Las Vegas, Nevada. The Broken Music Tour consists of Sting on …

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