2007 Travel News Archive – Page 13

The Dominican Republic will be in the limelight of the world’s golf community when the PGA Tour’s Champions Tour 2008 takes place at Cap Cana in the east of the country next 31 March-6 April. Cap Cana’s Board of Directors president Ricardo Hazoury and Champions Tour senior vice president Mike Stevens signed the agreement last …

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Sun Village Resort & Spa in Cofresi Beach announces new special packages and travel deals for summer and fall, including two romance and wedding packages and two family-fun package. The Wedding Summer & Fall Special Package for US$1,250 includes: Standard Wedding Package (includes bridal bouquet, groom’s boutonniere, bottle of champagne, wedding cake for 8-10 people, …

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In just four hours, the Donald Trump-sponsored project at Cap Cana sold US$300 million worth of property, about 95% of the total lots available. The Trump Farallon at Cap Cana offers lots of between 6,000 and 24,000 square meters on a bluff overlooking the Caribbean. Investors from Europe, the United States and Latin America, including …

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JetBlue, which resumes flights into Las Americas International (SDQ) from John F Kennedy International on Thursday, 24 May, has opened a City Ticket Office at Plaza Las Americas II on Winston Churchill Avenue. The new office is on the shopping center’s second level. Another low cost carrier, Spirit Airlines, is located in the same building.

Portillo Airport near Las Terrenas has a new terminal as the Samana peninsula prepares for larger-scale tourism. The new terminal has comfortable seating in its waiting area, and is mainly served by domestic traffic and small commuter carriers Aerodomca, Vol-Air, SapExpress and Air Century. The new terminal also features an air-conditioned VIP lounge. The old …

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Flamboyant real estate mogul and television personality Donald Trump arrives in the DR on Friday to begin sales of his US$2 billion project in Cap Cana, Trump Farallon Estates. Cap Cana’s developers signed a partnership agreement with Trump last February to build a golf course, a hotel-condominium complex, a beach club, golf villas and apartments. …

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Construction has accelerated on the arches of Avenida Duarte that mark the limits of Santo Domingo’s own Chinatown, slated to be a new tourist attraction of the capital city. The traditional shopping district is the site of several traditional Chinese stores and restaurants, and the project is part of a major move to strengthen Santo …

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Public Works Minister Manuel de Jesus Perez said that the Santo Domingo-Samana expressway could be finished by December. Only heavy rains could keep the road from completion, he said. The road will cut travel time by half to Samana, one of the booming new tourist destinations in the country. Once the new highway is open, …

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Financiers are expressing optimism about tourism to the Caribbean. Speaking at the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference held in Curacao, KPMG partner Simon Townend indicated that US economic stability and US market demographics are factors in this positive regional outlook. He explained that airlift to the region has been and continues to be strong, …

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Punta Cana’s Tortuga Bay boutique hotel has made the Conde Nast 2007 Hotlist. Tortuga Bay is located within the Puntacana Resort & Club complex and features 50 guest suites contained within 15 villas decorated by Oscar de la Renta, who owns a home nearby. The guest suites are spacious, starting at 1,127 square feet. The …

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