2011 Travel News Archive – Page 14

It’s summer and time to go sports fishing for the big catch. The Santo Domingo Yacht Club announces its annual White Marlin Fishing Tournament, in its 46th year, taking place at the club’s Cabeza de Toro branch in Punta Cana from 8-11 June with the participation of local and visiting anglers. Shortly after, the Club …

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The Dominican Professional Baseball League has announced that the Caribbean Baseball Series will take place in Santo Domingo from 2-7 February 2012. The games will be played at the Quisqueya Ball Park. This is the 53rd year of the tournament that brings together the best of Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Caribbean …

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The Ministry of Tourism is circulating the new Meeting & Incentive Planner 2011-2012 via Worth Custom Publishing, a division of Worth International Media. Some 40,000 copies will be distributed in the United States and Canada, and an additional 10,000 guides will be available at the DR?s tourism promotion offices abroad and at trade shows around …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new Memorial Museum of Dominican Resistance on Calle Arzobispo Nouel 210 in Santo Domingo?s Colonial City on Saturday, 28 May 2011. The Museum?s mission is to compile, organize, catalogue, preserve, research, disseminate and exhibit the tangible and intangible assets of national heritage related to the facts and consequences of the …

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Cabarete comes together to support local education and have a lot of fun at the same time next Saturday 4 June. DREAMin Live presents the 2010 ?Blues Guitarist of the Year? Eric Gales and Doug Wimbish from the group Living Colour. Two of Cabarete?s own, Van Avakian and JP Polsoni will accompany them on the …

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Deputy Minister of Tourism Magaly Toribio has highlighted the importance of the new JetBlue flight from New York’s JFK International into La Romana Casa de Campo International Airport starting 16 November. JetBlue is the largest carrier in the Dominican Republic and this is its latest announcement of a flight. The airline is offering one-way sale …

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Research teams from Indiana University and the Dominican Republic Ministries of Culture and Tourism attended the formal opening of La Romana’s Living Museum of the Sea on Monday, 23 May. The site showcases items from the 1699 Captain Kidd shipwreck found 70 feet off the coast of Catalina Island in the waters off La Romana. …

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While for years it has been said that Aguas Blancas in Constanza is the highest waterfall in the Caribbean, but researchers now say the claim should go to La Jalda, the waterfall originating from Magua River off Miches in eastern province of El Seibo. A report in Listin Diario say there are 11 different points …

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The 100,000-ton mega Grand Princess cruise ship was among the ships that docked in Santo Domingo this past cruise ship season. Other ships that called on the Don Diego and Sans Souci terminals were Aida Luna, Braemar, Club Med II, Sea Cloud II, Maasdam, Princess Danae, Saga Pearl II and Discovery. Visitors stopping off at …

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The Dominican Republic was included in Travelocity’s list of Top Ten Summer Family Destinations released on 13 May to coincide with Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer travel in the US. The website says the preference is for families to travel to beach destinations in the US and the Caribbean. The DR …

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