2009 Travel News Archive – Page 14

New this year in the Cabarete Classic, the leading windsurfing event, is an additional long distance event and the Butterfly Effect. The event will last from 22 July to 26 July 2009. The 2009 Cabarete Classic will take place on Cabarete Beach in front of Vela Resort in the town center. The Cabarete Classic is …

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Santo Domingo boasts the best night life in the DR and summer is the time when Casa de Teatro welcomes leading jazz performers for its Annual Summer Jazz Festival, with performances every Thursday throughout June and July. Musicians are coming from Cuba, Argentina, the US, France, Spain and many of the best from the DR …

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Spanish hotel chain NH is opening its second hotel in the Punta Cana area. The NH Royal Beach, due to open in time for the winter season will have 373 rooms and its royal suites are targeting affluent tourists. The hotel seeks to attract weddings, honeymooners and family and friend reunions. The NH Royal Beach …

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Riu Hotels and the Ministry of Tourism are sponsoring the International Miss Ambar Beauty contest in Santo Domingo and Bavaro, Punta Cana on 12-27 July. It will be hosted at the Riu hotels in Punta Cana, the Club Atlantico Punta Cana and the Hotel Hispaniola in Santo Domingo. The beauty queens will visit several attractions, …

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From 2-12 June, the Sol y Sombra Restaurant at the Santo Domingo Hilton Hotel will be celebrating the Chilean Gastronomy Festival. For the event, Giancarlo Mazarrelli and Noe Chaparro are coming all the way from Chile to serve much of the best of their country to patrons. The event is sponsored by Copa Airlines, Prochile, …

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Ken Hassard, commercial director for Aerodom, the operator of the Las Americas International Airport, has confirmed that Southwest, the airline that transported the most passengers in the US last year, is seriously considering flying to Santo Domingo this year from Washington, D.C./Baltimore (BWI) Airport. This would allow people in Washington, Maryland and Virginia to fly …

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has honored Dominican baseball with a new permanent exhibit in Cooperstown, New York entitled ?Viva Baseball! The exhibit recognizes the Latin American impact on baseball through a celebration of Caribbean countries and players. The region has produced 29% of the players on Major League Baseball’s 2009 Opening …

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The Ministry of Tourism has launched a new strategic tourism development plan for the southwestern province of Barahona. The new plan, Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial Turistico Barahona 2015, will include the construction of a cable car, Santa Elena del Curro, and other projects that will help increase tourism and fight poverty in the region. The …

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One of the best ambiences in town happens at Casa de Teatro for the summer jazz festival the bohemian cultural center celebrates every year. From 18 June to 30 July, expects some of the best jazz in the Caribbean, right in the Colonial City at the Casa de Teatro. Eight jazz groups from the Americas …

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1.83 meter tall Miss Dominican Republic 2009, Ada Aimee de la Cruz placed among the 10 semi-finalists of the 2007 Miss World pageant held in China. The 23-year old will now represent the DR in the Miss Universe competition scheduled for Nassau, Bahamas on 23 August. Globalbeauties.com, a leading website covering international beauty pageants, calls …

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