2010 Travel News Archive – Page 20

It’s Carnival time in the DR. This means that carnival processions are celebrated every Sunday afternoon. Dominican carnival is a colorful experience in which the festive spirit of the country’s people comes to the fore as carnival characters take to the streets in search of fun. While originally a Spanish custom, throughout the centuries carnival …

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The cultural value of Barahona, Montecristi and Puerto Plata will be highlighted during the celebration of a 4-day workshop, Pre-Sirchal-Icomos starting at 7pm today, 2 February at the headquarters of the College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (Codia) on Calle Padre Billini, in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. The workshop, “Alternative Policies for Evaluating Cultural Heritage …

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67 works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero will be on display at the Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio de Bellas Artes) starting Thursday, 4 February. The traveling exhibition has already been seen in Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Mexico, Brazil and Spain. It will be in Santo Domingo until April. The exhibition focuses predominantly on the …

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La Romana is preparing to host the Farr 40 World Championship 2010 at Casa de Campo Marina from 21-24 April. The event is sponsored by Rolex. In this event, skippers need to be the owners of their boats. This is the first time that the event is being held in the Caribbean. Coming are athletes …

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The Playa Dorada beach Blue Flag certification has been ratified for the second consecutive year. The beach faces the Grand Paradise Playa Dorada hotel, operated by Amhsa Marina Hotels & Resorts. The Institute of Environmental Law in the DR (IDARD) issued the certificate to the beach for 2010-2011. There are seven Blue Flag beaches in …

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Roberto Henriquez, general manager of the Santo Domingo Melia Hotel, will continue to head the Santo Domingo Hotel Association. During the ceremony marking his second consecutive term, Henriquez said he would continue to work to position Santo Domingo in the country’s main international markets and locally as a destination for visitors seeking more than sun …

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Travel to the Dominican Republic in 2009 leveled off, with a slight increase of 0.32%. The increase comes despite the World Tourism Organization forecast of a general drop of 5% in travel to the Caribbean. Overall, according to Central Bank statistics, a total of 4,414,756 tourists traveled to the DR by air in 2009, for …

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Construction work was begun at the Dream Project with the groundbreaking of the new facilities for the Dream Education Center on Wednesday 20 January in the community of Colonia Nueva in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. The guest of honor was Dominican actress and honorary Dream chairperson Celines Toribio, who was joined by local officials, press and …

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Participants in the 8th Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta held 15 to 17 January in Cabarete donated RD$50,000 for Haiti. Sailors approached the organizing committee and asked to cancel the prize giving Bar B Q and instead donate the funds to the efforts to reconstruct Haiti. Thirty-seven competitors came from Mexico, Japan, Sweden, Holland, the US, …

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With hundreds of foreign aid consultants coming to assist in the organizing and coordination of aid to Haiti, Santo Domingo hotels are experiencing peak occupancy for this period of the year. A report in Hoy indicates that over the weekend, of 12 hotels in the city most were 70-100% full. The DR has become a …

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