2013 Travel News Archive – Page 18

On Saturday, 30 March, as part of the Easter Week celebrations, the Altos de Chavon amphitheater in Casa de Campo, La Romana presents the Mega Fest Mega Chavon. The stars of the evening are Fernando Villalona and Sergio Vargas, two living legends of Dominican merengue music. Also starring that evening are urban balladist Wason Brazoban, …

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Leading Canadian tour operator Sunwing has announced it will invest US$40 million to expand and improve the former Grand Paradise Ahmsa Marina properties in Punta Cana. Lawrence R. Elliot of the Sunwing Travel Group says that Sunwing will promote the 1,048 rooms as the Royalton Punta Cana and Royalton Splash (marketed to the family). He …

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President Danilo Medina visited Playa Grande on the north coast yesterday, Monday 11 March for the official groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction of the 6-star Playa Grande Aman Resort and Golf Course, which covers an area of 600,000 square meters. Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia, Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo, the …

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Aerodom announces that the Airports Council International has received an award in the Best Improvement category: Latin America-Caribbean award in its Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards 2012. Las Americas, the main airport of entry for Santo Domingo, won the 2012 award for best improvement. ASQ Awards are presented in four categories that include: Best Airport …

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Casa Maguey makes it easy to camp by the largest lake in the Caribbean and fully experience what the area has to offer in a Friday to Sunday weekend outing. The company offers packages with or without interacting with the American crocodile in the Enriquillo Lake. Tourists stay in Coleman type tents with airbeds. A …

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Playa Dorada, the hotel and residential complex in Puerto Plata, presents its Caribbean Cigar Night 2013 on Friday, 22 March. Opening at Victoria Resort Golf Terraza at 7:30pm. Music with Bolero Blue by Miguel Andres Tejada. Performance by Adolfo Faringthon. An evening dedicated to the epicurean art of cigars with tastings of cigars by some …

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The National Botanical Garden of Santo Domingo, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, is one of the city’s leading tourist attractions. This month’s annual orchids contest makes the timing even better for a visit. The Dominican Orchidology Society presents its 41st exhibition “Orchids in the Enchanted Forest” and the 31st National Orchids Contest …

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Generating enough power to keep a million light bulbs alight, or to illuminate 100,000 households, the 40 giant turbines at the Parque Eolico Los Cocos have become the latest tourism attraction in the southwest. The park is open for organized visits, where guides provide an explanation about the operation of the wind farm in a …

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For Good Friday, 29 March, Alexis and Fido from Puerto Rico, better known as Los Reyes del Perreo, will make their Dominican debut with urban music performer Arcangel “La Maravilla” in a concert at Playa Punta Poppy in Las Terrenas, Samana starting at 10pm. On the east coast, DJs Victor Calderone and Fong will be …

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Hundreds of people enjoyed the weekend of “Adventurate 2013,” the first sustainable tourism fair held in the Dominican Republic, on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 March. The event was organized by the Dominican Tourist Competitiveness Consortium (CDCT) as a way of providing a space for small and medium-sized Dominican tourism companies to show off what …

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