2007 Travel News Archive – Page 6

Dominican composer Manuel Jimenez is coordinating the Santo Domingo Folklore Festival with the participation of government and university folklore groups, and folklore troupes from Curacao, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The event will take place 12-14 October at the Megacentro mall in the Zona Oriental, the eastern side of the Province of Santo Domingo.

Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog golf course is the only golf course in the Caribbean to be ranked among the top 100 by Golf Magazine. In its Sept 2007 issue, Teeth of the Dog is ranked 43rd. In the previous Top 100 Courses in the World ranking, Casa de Campo had made the …

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Golf Magazine interviewed Donald Trump at Cap Cana and asked him questions related to his investing in golf and how he has been able to marry such beautiful women for the September 2007 Golf Magazine. This is the same issue sought out by golfers for the publication of the top 100 courses in the US …

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Town & Country magazine dedicates 7 pages in its Fall/Winter supplement “Town & Country Weddings” to a wedding at Casa de Campo in La Romana. International socialites Adriana Gonzalez-Bunster married Philippe Chryssicopoulous of Greece. The bride’s father is the leading electricity entrepreneur in the DR. The couple had met at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. …

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POP is getting ready to merengue. The long-awaited Merengue Festival hits Puerto Plata this coming 28, 29 and 30 September. This series of free merengue concerts will bring the biggest and best exponents of the most famous Dominican musical genre to the “Pearl of the Atlantic” for three days of fun. A stage will be …

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Children will have star roles in the Dominican International Film Festival this year, with a chance to star as the directors of the future. Elliott Foundation has contracted Director’s Cut Plan for its first children’s film workshop that will take place during the Third Annual Dominican International Film Festival staged for the Sun Village Resort …

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Ritz Carlton is the fourth international luxury brand to claim the eastern coastline of the DR, on the footsteps of the Westin Roco Ki, Trump Farallon Estates and Four Seasons Casa de Campo. Global powerhouse The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company announced a two-fold partnership with Cap Cana on Monday, 17 September. The 220-room Ritz Carlton Cap …

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Dominican contemporary singer/composer Juan Luis Guerra will perform at the New York Soho Apple Store on 2 October on the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month. He was chosen together with Pepe Aguilar, Xtreme and Jeremias to perform at Apple stores in five US cities as part of the Latin heritage celebrations. The series begins on …

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With the approval and publication of Law 171-07 on Foreign Retirees, the Dominican Republic has become a paradise for people planning to retire to an idyllic setting. Fast-tracked residency paperwork (45 days), duty-free household goods, reductions on motor vehicle taxes, exemption on transfer taxes for the first purchase of real estate, 50% reduction on taxes …

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The long-awaited Merengue Festival hits Puerto Plata this coming 28, 29 and 30 September. This series of free merengue concerts will bring the biggest and best exponents of the most famous Dominican musical genre to the “Pearl of the Atlantic” for three days of fun. As usual for this type of event, the performers’ names …

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