2010 Travel News Archive – Page 22

Punta Cana is included in the Top 50 Most Searched for Destinations from US airports. In the Caribbean and the Bahamas, the most searched for destinations are Cancun, Mexico (11th), Nassau, Bahamas (30th) San Juan, Puerto Rico (33rd) and Punta Cana (38th). Also listed for the Caribbean are Montego Bay, Jamaica (42nd) and Havana, Cuba …

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1st TCI Global Conference on Tourism Clusters “World Class Sustainable Competitive Tourism Clusters” Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 7-10 April 2010 Tourism cluster practitioners and tourism professionals from all over the world will meet in Punta Cana this coming 7-10 April 2010 conference. The event is hosted by the National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic. …

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Construction is set for the Nagua to Cruce Rincon-Molenillo highway in 2010 now that its financing has been arranged. Four multilateral organizations will be providing US$149.5 million in financing for the highway. The donors involved are the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), European Investment Bank (EIB), the French Agency for Economic Cooperation (Proparco) and the Andean …

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President Leonel Fernandez attended the inauguration of the remodeled installations at Casa de Campo on Monday, 28 December. President Fernandez cut the symbolic ribbon and toured the new area with the executives. Attending were leading Central Romana executives Alfy Fanjul, Jose Fanjul, Eduardo Martinez Lima and Ramon Menendez, as well as Tourism Minister Francisco Javier …

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More than 30 competitors from all around the world are expected to take part in the 8th Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta 15 to 17 January in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. Registrations have been received from Japan, Sweden, Holland, the US, Canada, Spain and the DR. The event is organized by the Laser Training Center of Cabarete …

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These are the final days of the Dominican professional winter baseball championship. The Gigantes lead the league, followed by the Escogido, the Toros and the Licey. The Gigantes (San Francisco de Macoris) and the Toros (La Romana) are battling Santo Domingo city teams ? Escogido and Licey. The remaining games of the round robin are: …

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