2011 Travel News Archive – Page 8

The Ministry of Tourism is predicting more arrivals from German-speaking countries this winter season. The Ministry of Tourism announced there would be 26 flights a week from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to La Romana, Puerto Plata and Punta Cana starting November. Condor is beginning a Vienna-Punta Cana flight on 2 November, and this seasonal flight …

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Work is advanced on the new Boulevard Turistico del Atlantico (BTA), linking Santo Domingo and Las Terrenas, where most of the hotels in Samana are located. The Ministry of Public Works says that once open, travelers will be able to get from Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas in 1:45 minutes, driving north along the new …

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The Ministry of Environment recently announced the completed remodeling of the visitors center at Valle Nuevo, the highest point accessible to vehicles visiting the Central Mountain Range national parks, including the country’s highest peak, Pico Duarte. The facilities now operating at the Piramides de Valle Nuevo (Constanza) in the Valle Nuevo National Park enable visitors …

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Miss Dominican Republic Eva Arias is competing in the 2011 Miss Universe contest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, set for Monday, 12 September. New this year at the contest is an option for followers around the world to cast a virtual vote. To vote for Miss Dominican Republic, see www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/468693

The Balaji Palace Playa Grande is Warwick International Hotels’ first affiliated resort in the Caribbean, as recently announced by G. Paul LeBlanc, Marketing & Sales vice president for Warwick International Hotels. This 13-suite hotel is located next to the Robert Trent Jones jewel of a golf course, the Playa Grande Golf Course, near the towns …

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TV host Luz Garcia announced the winners of the popular summer TV show contest, “The 7 hot summer bodies.” The winners, voted by 26,000 voters of the TV audience of Noche de Luz on Channel 7 were: The female winners were TV hosts Sharmin Diaz, Iamdra Fermin, Carmen Elena Manrique, model Eva Arias and singer …

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The Puntacana Resort & Club, which includes the Tortuga Bay hotel, is being singled out as an example to other luxury properties for their singular worm farm. Trendy guide to style and culture, Black Book Magazine journalist Victor Ozols reports back from a trip that this is a win-win proposition, where the worms that are …

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Tony Sachs of the Huffingtonpost.com revives the daiquiri, that simple lime, rum and ice drink, so much part of the Caribbean where it is easier to get it right. He includes Brugal among the rums to choose. “Brugal Blanco Especial (Dominican Republic; aged at least one year, 40% ABV, $20). This is a really nice …

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Frank Green and Mananaladie play the live music for dancing every Thursday evening at La Cantina de El Agave, across the street from Casa de Teatro. Merengue, son, fuson, salsa, danzon, guaracha, rumba, bolero, balads and more. Arzobispo Merino 115, Colonial City. No cover!