2011 Travel News Archive – Page 6

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana announces that on 6 November Robert Waterman’s Knockout Entertainment and Florida based Warriors Boxing and MMA athletes provided by Dave O’Donnell’s UCMMA will present “Lets Get Ready to Rock!” a mix of professional boxing and mixed martial arts at the Punta Cana resort. The boxing main event will …

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Some 100,000 Russian tourists are forecast to visit the DR this year, up from 76,000 in 2010. Indeed, travel from Russia is up 71% this year. Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia announced that this year through July, Punta Cana had received 230 flights from Russia, as reported in Listin Diario. Participating in the XVII …

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Getting to La Romana to play golf and enjoy the beach has now become easier. As of November, there will be twice-weekly flights to LRM International Airport by American Airlines/American Eagle from San Juan, Puerto Rico. JetBlue is beginning its twice-weekly service from New York’s JFK Airport to the La Romana International Casa de Campo …

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Fishing Lodge Cap Cana, with 298 villas, is opening this 12 October 2011 at Cap Cana, the southernmost real estate development in the Punta Cana area. The Fishing Lodge Cap Cana is part of the Salamander Hotels & Resorts new Grand Resorts at Cap Cana Collection that also features the 176-suite oceanfront Sanctuary resort. A …

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There will be action in Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Francisco de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris and La Romana. The Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship opens 14 October with games at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo, the Santiago Cibao Ball Park and at the Francisco Micheli Ball Park in La Romana. The La …

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The Cirque du Soleil will perform one of their shows in Santo Domingo for the first time ever. Their Dralion show, on tour in the United States and Puerto Rico this summer, is described as the fusion of the 3,000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the Cirque du Soleil’s multidisciplinary approach, drawing its …

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The Coral Expressway that will link La Romana to the Punta Cana Airport is almost 65% complete. The Santo Domingo-Punta Cana route is 227 kilometers, of which a final stretch of 70 kilometers was entrusted to the Brazilian firm of Odebrecht by the Ministry of Public Works. Tecnoamerica is responsible for technical supervision, led by …

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Speaking in Paris, the executive director of the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce, Henry Hebrard, said that the Dominican Republic needed to begin to design new products for tourists in order to attract tourists seeking something other than sun and sand. Hoy newspaper reports economist Hebrard as saying that tourists will spend more money in the …

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Grupo Puntacana, through its Punta Cana Ecological Foundation, Cap Cana, Fishing Lodge and the Fishing and Aquiculture Council (Codopesca) have signed an agreement to train and organize fishermen on the east coast of the Dominican Republic and create alternatives to fishing integrated with sustainable tourism. The agreement seeks to implement a Fishery Resources Conservation Plan …

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During the recent 25th Asonahores Trade Show, the leading hotel organization recognized general managers who have made important contributions to the industry. Susana Villanueva, president of the Asonahores Ladies Committee, gave the keynote speech during the ceremony and stressed that the organization was proud to recognize the members who have made the industry good. The …

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