2013 Travel News Archive – Page 5

US travelers continue to favor the six-room Peninsula House (Readers’ Choice rating: 97.8% satisfaction) in Samana and the 13-villa (30 room) Tortuga Bay (Readers Choice rating: 91.3% satisfaction) in Punta Cana, and both have made the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler Gold List 2013. Peninsula House in Samana is a Victorian-style wooden family-owned inn atop a …

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As part of the US$30 million effort to spruce up the historic downtown district of Santo Domingo, the Ministry of Tourism is organizing a series of cultural events in city areas. The Ministry is inviting the public to the Micro-Dance and Micro-Music event at the Museo de las Casas Reales at 11am on Thursday, 24 …

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Puerto Plata is celebrating its Discover Puerto Plata MarketPlace with tour operators, travel agents and press attending from 17 countries in the Americas and Europe. The event is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, USAID and the tourism sector in the province. It seeks to strengthen ties with traditional tour operators selling north coast vacations …

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Former superstar tennis players Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and Ashley Harkleroad are coming to Santo Domingo for the Encounter of Great Tennis Masters – General Insurance Cup. Top women’s tennis player Francesca Segarelli will be representing the DR. The exhibition matches will take place on 19 October at the Parque del Este tennis installations. The …

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The Dominican Republic has 26 golf courses in operation, and six of them have holes right on the coast. Of the coastal courses, Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog was the first to be right on the water. In Punta Cana, Corales and La Cana at Puntacana Resort & Club challenge golfers to get …

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Organized by the Dominican Republic Art Galleries Association, the next Night of the Art Galleries is coming up this Thursday, 17 October. That evening, the country’s leading art galleries in Santo Domingo are staying open until late with special activities for visitors. This is a wonderful way to get to know quality Dominican art. The …

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The DR is doing well in source travel markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela and Colombia. The government is now announcing it will be stepping up its promotional campaigns aimed at attracting more tourism from the region with TV commercials airing on the leading stations, including CNN en Espanol, ESPN, Fox and History Channel. The …

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The Ministry of Tourism has begun the second phase of the project to paint the facades of houses in the Colonial City. The program comes under the Program for Promoting Tourism in the Colonial City, with funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which provided a US$30 million loan for refurbishing the historic streets. Program …

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Baseball fans staying in La Romana and who want to see the passion Dominicans have for baseball will be delighted to hear that the city’s Francisco Micheli Stadium has been spruced up and is even better than before. As reported in El Caribe, the ballpark playing field was improved with new Bermuda grass and the …

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Enjoy the best of Dominican Fashion when Dominicana Moda kicks off on the runways set up at the Garden Tent of Santo Domingo’s Hotel Embajador for the eighth consecutive year. Organizers Mirka Morales, Socrates McKinney and Fidel Lopez announced that the event would be held from 21 to 26 October. There will be fashion shows …

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