2011 Travel News Archive – Page 5

Pro Cigar Festival in February

Registration is open for cigar aficionados. Now in its fifth year, the ProCigar Festival will be held from 19 to 24 February and takes participants on a weeklong tour of the cigar-producing factories in Santiago and La Romana. Seven leading cigar-producing companies have joined forces as ProCigar and participate in the festival activities. In Santiago …

DR Jazz Festival in November

The program has been published for the 2011 DR Jazz Festival in Sosua and Cabarete in the province of Puerto Plata. This year’s performers are: – Wednesday, 9 November, Parque Mirador Sosua at 8pm: Puerto Varas Jazz Sextet (Chile), Sabrina Estepan (DR). – Thursday, 10 November, Tes-a-T (DR) and Ismael Miranda (Puerto Rico-USA) at 8:30pm …

Carolina Herrera at Blue Mall

Venezuelan high fashion designer Carolina Herrera has opened a CH Carolina Herrera boutique at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo. Upon making the announcement of the new store, she said she was working on the project with her daughter, Carolina. Collections for women, men and children are for sale, as well as accessories. Blue Mall …

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Oscar de la Renta duty-paid store in Punta Cana

Fashion brand Oscar de la Renta is set to open a duty-paid store in Punta Cana. This will be an evolution of its existing retail format targeted at a travel, destination lifestyle. The 100m2 (1,076sq ft) shop will have a “soft” opening at the five-star Tortuga Bay resort on 1 November. As reported, the strategy …

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Non-stop from Lansing, Michigan to Punta Cana

Lansing, Michigan residents will now be able to take a non-stop flight to Punta Cana. The flights depart from Capital Regional International Airport and are coordinated by Apple Vacations on Sun Country Airlines. The flights are being added for this winter season along with non-stops to Cancun, Mexico, and Montego Bay, Jamaica. “Lansing worked hard …

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Chicago Tribune recommends Cabarete

A feature in the travel section of The Chicago Tribune advises travelers to avoid the most popular Caribbean destinations and have a Plan B. The writer mentions the DR is known for “its bounty of inexpensive all-inclusive resorts,” but then encourages travelers to head to Cabarete, calling it “excellent value in lodging found in an …

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Samana boulevard opens 25 October

It will now take less than two hours to go from Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas. The builders of the Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico (BTA) in Samana are ready for the 25 October opening of the new panoramic toll road connecting El Catey airport on the west side of the peninsula with the beaches of …

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Oktoberfest at Ocean World

Ocean World, the leading marine world entertainment center in Puerto Plata, is holding an Oktoberfest celebration at its venue in Cofresi, Puerto Plata. This 14, 15, 16 October, come to enjoy German food, live music, and take part in the beer drinking contest fun and much more. The three-day celebration lasts from noon until 10pm …

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Spaniards around the world

Spanish TV has filmed a 50-minute episode of the Espanoles por el Mundo (Spaniards around the world) program interviewing Spaniards who live in the DR, many of whom have stayed after marrying a Dominican, and shows off life in the DR and where they have stayed. The Radio Television Espanola crew tours Santo Domingo, Bayahibe, …

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Travel Agent Central bullish on Samana

Leading travel agency trade website Travel Central has picked Samana, together with Culebra in Puerto Rico and Tulum in Mexico as three emerging Caribbean destinations to watch. It reports that JetBlue is expected to operate the first direct flights from JFK in New York by the end of the year. Meanwhile, a new toll road …

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2011 Travel News Archive – Page 5

Pro Cigar Festival in February

DR Jazz Festival in November

Carolina Herrera at Blue Mall

Oscar de la Renta duty-paid store in Punta Cana

Non-stop from Lansing, Michigan to Punta Cana

Chicago Tribune recommends Cabarete

Samana boulevard opens 25 October

Oktoberfest at Ocean World

Spaniards around the world

Travel Agent Central bullish on Samana