2014 Travel News Archive – Page 3

The Dominican Winter Baseball League has announced that the 2014-2015 Professional Winter Baseball Championship will start this Thursday, 16 October 2014. The opening game is between the Estrellas Orientales and the Toros del Este at the Francisco Micheli Ball Park in La Romana. This year the tournament is dedicated to the memory of Carlos Manuel …

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JetBlue Airways, the largest carrier to the Dominican Republic, has announced the start of seasonal non-stop winter flights to Puerto Plata from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). The flights are to Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperon International Airport (POP) and will commence on 1 November 2014 operating once weekly on Saturdays. The flight departs Boston at …

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Mexican stars Marco Antonio Solis and Ana Gabriel will be together in concert at the Filmore Hall of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana on 29 November 2014. Ana Gabriel is best known for her songs like “El cigarillo,” “Tu lo decidiste,” “Quien como tu” and “Cosas del amor”. Marco Antonio Solis is …

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The new terminal under construction at the Punta Cana International Airport, a US$100 million investment, is scheduled to go into operation in time for the winter season traffic. The Punta Cana International Airport mainly serves tourists headed to the over 40,000 hotel rooms located in the 75 km Punta Cana beach stretch. The new terminal …

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Listen to the beats of Martinique this Saturday, 11 October 2014 when the Caribbean jazz ensemble BwaKore of Martinique takes the stage at the Parque Mirador in Sosua, Puerto Plata at 7:30pm. The event is presented by the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival’s Foundation (Fedujazz), Sosua City Council, the French Embassy in the Dominican Republic, the …

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As travel gets easier for residents of the Houston, Texas area, the Punta Cana International Airport is included in the list of new destinations to be served by flights from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport this year. The airport reported a record with 8.9 million passengers flying through Bush on international flights. Airport officials are …

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The Sustainable Sosua Association (ADS Sosua) organizing committee is organizing an 8-kilometer run on Sunday, 12 October. People of all ages can compete in a range of categories, including a race for fit athletes, the ‘Open Elite’. The race route begins and ends at Pedro Clisante Street in El Batey.

Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia has announced that the Dominican Republic will be hosting the Miss France 2015 beauty contestants from 18 to 25 November 2014. The beauty queens will be staying at the Club Heliades Bavaro Princess in Punta Cana. During their stay, the contestants will take day trips to local attractions and …

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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced plans to encourage countries and airports to install US customs and immigration facilities in the next decade. The Dominican Republic had completed almost all the paperwork for pre-clearance 10 years ago, a requirement that JetBlue encouraged at the time in order to expedite flight turn around, when …

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Deadlocked, Air France pilots union (SNPL) announced the end to a 14-day strike that included cancellations of Air France flights to the Dominican Republic and cost the airline an estimated US$25 million a day. The pilots were protesting company support for Transavia, a low-cost carrier that is operating via regional hubs around Europe. The airline …

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