2010 Travel News Archive – Page 4

Punta Cana International Airport celebrated the arrival of the first regular flight from Russia to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, 3 November. Aeroflot flight AFL337 flew in from Sheremetyevo (SVO) airport in Moscow. Aeroflot is flying Russian visitors to the DR on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline flies direct from Moscow using an Airbus A330 …

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If you were looking forward to the long holiday weekends, the news is not so good this year. The Christmas holidays fall on Saturday or Sunday, as do many other holidays, such as New Year’s Day (Saturday, 1 January), Independence Day (Sunday, 27 February), Our Lady of Mercedes (Saturday, 24 September), Constitution Day (Sunday, 6 …

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Travel agents worldwide have chosen Casa de Campo as the 2010 World’s Leading Golf Resort, 2010 Caribbean’s Leading Golf Resort, 2010 Dominican Republic’s Leading Golf Resort and 2010 Dominican Republic’s Leading Resort. The La Romana resort was recognized as part of the 17th World Travel Awards ceremony. The distinction follows the hotel’s extensive renovation in …

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The 11th Dominican Republic Jazz Festival 2010 will take place in Santiago and Cabarete Beach in Puerto Plata on 25, 26 and 27 November. The event opens on Thursday, 25 November at 4pm with a jazz workshop at the Centro Leon cultural center in Santiago. The formal opening is scheduled for 8:30pm at the Centro …

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The Hispaniola 360 Challenge Regatta is scheduled to start on 18 November. The regatta involves 16 days of sailing, with stops at the leading ports and marinas of the Dominican Republic. Tito Borrell, president of CLM Yacht Service is the organizer of the event. The event will sail off from the Santo Domingo Yacht Club …

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A new website inviting domestic and international tourists to discover rural tourism in the Dominican Republic was recently launched. Created by Miguelina Butron, a former Viva Dominicus sales executive, the site features a selection of companies that offer alternatives to sun and sand tourism. First options offered are gastronomic tourism, agri-tourism, adventure and ecotourism packages. …

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Flash sales are becoming mainstream for travel today. The YPartnership bulletin reports that a growing percentage of American leisure travelers are taking last minute vacations. The reason: the frenetic pace of contemporary life. “Simply coordinating schedules to get time away from work represents a greater obstacle than the actual cost of the trip for many …

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The Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship is ongoing at six ballparks nationwide: the Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo, the Francisco Micheli Stadium in La Romana, the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris, both in the southeast, the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris in the northeast, and the Cibao Stadium in …

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Storms in October and November are unusual in the Caribbean, but they happen. The DR1 Weather Forum is one of the best places to go for updates on how the storms could affect travel plans in the Dominican Republic. See the updates on Tomas as it makes its way south of the DR and is …

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The Ministry of Tourism has invited the 33 rescued Chilean miners to vacation in the DR. The miners who were rescued after spending 69 days trapped in a mine some 700 meters below ground in the Atacama desert have been invited with all expenses paid. Dominican ambassador in Chile, Pablo Marinez made the announcement on …

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