2014 Travel News Archive – Page 4

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that the Puerto Plata Merengue and Caribbean Beats Festival will be taking place this coming weekend, 27 and 28 September. The bands will be playing at La Puntilla on the western end of the Puerto Plata Malecon. Onstage this year will be Sexappeal, Miriam Cruz, Mozart La Para, Banda …

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Puerto Plata is celebrating its Third Annual Tourism Fair from Monday to Wednesday, 1-3 October 2014 at the Costa Dorada Iberostar. The event, organized by the Puerto Plata Tourism Cluster, is an opportunity to learn about what’s new in Puerto Plata, meet the tour operators and hotel accommodation suppliers in person, and take trips to …

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Now is the time to book for the Pro Cigar Festival that takes cigar fans on a journey to discover why the Dominican Republic is the world’s leading cigar exporter. The Festival is a time for participants to learn about what makes a good cigar, as well as taking part in a great variety of …

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Cunard Cruise Lines has included Amber Cove, the new cruise ship port under construction by Carnival Cruises in Maimon, Puerto Plata in their program for 2016. The port is the third port of call of the luxury Queen Mary 2 ship on its 120-day, 26-country cruise that takes travelers to 38 ports and makes eight …

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According to the vice president of the Barahona Tourist Cluster and board member of the Dominican Republic Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores), Polibio Schiffino, occupancy has improved in hotels in Barahona and the surrounding areas. He said that in response to the demand, 200 more hotel rooms would be available in the coming year with …

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During his formal presentation at the Embassy Suites last week, the new president of the National Hotel & Tourism Association, Simon Suarez told his tourism industry colleagues and the general public that he was accepting the challenge at the best of times for the Dominican tourism industry. He mentioned the record 9.7% growth in tourist …

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Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia says that the country has received 3,608,955 non-resident air arrivals between January and August 2014, which is 301,387 more visitors than in August 2013. Travel in August alone was 12.8% up on last year. Garcia said that for the first eight months of the year, travel was up by 9.1%, …

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The National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) Trade Exhibition opens at the Bavaro Convention and Exhibition Center on Wednesday, 10 September 2014. This is the country’s leading trade exhibition, which has been taking place in Punta Cana in recent years given that the highest concentration of hotel rooms is located in the east coast resort …

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Architect Mauricia Dominguez is responsible for choosing the new colors that will be added as 120 houses in the Colonial City are spruced up, part of the general facelift the 500-year old historic city center is currently undergoing. The addition of colors to the Colonial City may surprise many, but Columbia University architectural graduate Karla …

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The annual Cacao Festival will take place in San Francisco de Macoris, capital of the country’s main cacao-producing area, from 2 to 5 October 2014. The event has the sponsorship of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Environment and leading cacao businesses and is being organized by Producciones Mayo PG. This year several of …

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