2006 Travel News Archive – Page 18

Mexican investment in DR tourism

Mexican investors from the Cancun and Riviera Maya area continue to announce major investments in tourism ventures along the Dominican Republic’s eastern coast. Earlier this year, Xcaret investors expressed a strong interest in building a theme park. Now, Palace Resorts investors held the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of their first DR resort, a Moon …

More docks at Casa de Campo Marina

President Leonel Fernandez was in La Romana on Wednesday, 8 March for the formal opening of the second phase of the Casa de Campo Marina. The marina expansion area has 167 berths for yachts from 50 to 250 feet, and eight docks for sailboats and three for large catamarans. The marina features a new 1,200-meter …

Palma Real Shopping Center

The largest shopping center in the Punta Cana area is under way. The Palma Real Shopping Center offers 10,000 square meters of shopping space for 60 stores to the booming Punta Cana area. The promoters, the Spanish firms Sol Melia, Anta Empresas and Proinversion expect the mall to be open by the end of this …

Travel & Leisure on DR

Travel & Leisure’s has included the Dominican Republic’s two Small Luxury Hotels of the World group boutique hotels in its March 2006 magazine feature on the 12 new hot spots around the world where to find “pristine sand, local culture and picture-perfect sunsets.” The DR’s two Small Luxury Hotels, Casa Colonial in Puerto Plata and …

Chocolatera gets closer to becoming a reality

The Cluster of Puerto Plata, an association of stakeholders in the cultural community and tourism industry in Puerto Plata, has moved ahead with its plan to convert a disused chocolate factory into a major cultural center with the participation of French architect Leo Orellana in an event organized with the support of the Ministry of …

North Coast Management adds new properties

North Coast Management, the leading property management firm in the Cabrera, Playa Grande area, recently was selected by the new exclusive gated community, Sea Tree Estates for the management of its first property, Villa Cantamar. The company also recently added Villa Anacaona, another in a series of luxury villas now available in the Playa Grande …

Big names booked for Altos de Chavon

Altos de Chavon, the artists’ village overlooking Chavon River in La Romana, is hosting an impressive list of performers at its 5,000-person amphitheater this spring. Booked for the 25 March is the very popular Aventura bachata band, to be followed on Easter Saturday, 15 April by Marc Anthony, the Latin-pop singer who is married to …

More tourists arriving

Air arrivals of foreign tourists increased by 6.7% in January with a total of 19,820 passengers more than January 2005, when 296,832 tourists entered the country, according to statistics released by the Central Bank. This year the number was 316,652 in January. Add another 39,595 non-resident Dominicans, down from 39,914 last year, for an overall …

Venezuela hammered by DR team in Classic

The first-time all Major League player Dominican baseball team proved too much for Venezuela’s pitchers. The batting powerhouse of David Ortiz and Adrian Beltre, drove in the homeruns to the delight of Dominican fans. This was the DR’s most important game in Group D of the World Baseball Classic. The DR is to play Australia …

Punta Espada due for October inaugural

Cap Cana has announced that Punta Espada’s Jack Nicklaus signature course would be ready for play by 16 August with an October inauguration planned with Jack Nicklaus himself as the draw. Nicklaus has committed to building two more courses in the Cap Cana area, next door to the Punta Cana Resort & Club. Sam Logan, …

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