2015 Travel News Archive – Page 15

Summer brings the Thursdays of jazz at Casa de Teatro in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. Now in its 16th year, the Santo Domingo Jazz Festival starts on Thursday 11 June and continues until 30 July. The opening is with the National Music Conservatory’s Big Band Jazz on 11 June. Other performers are: 18 June. Everfall, …

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Casa de Campo has named the new entry to the La Romana resort after His Majesty Juan Carlos I, Emeritus King of Spain. The King Juan Carlos I Avenue leads into the property providing direct access from the La Romana Casa de Campo International Airport. The King was in La Romana last week for the …

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Hilton Worldwide has announced its first Caribbean Homewood Suites by Hilton Santo Domingo on the former site of the La Chismosa bar-lounge on Gustavo Mejia Ricart Avenue, opposite the Blue Mall. The JW Marriott Hotel is located in the Blue Mall. Two blocks away, Intercontinental will open its own hotel in a high-rise building also …

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Karisma Hotels & Resorts has announced the construction of two hotels in Uvero Alto, at the northern end of the Bavaro-Punta Cana resort area. The announcement came at the time of the signing of US$51.9 million in financing from the Banco de Reservas. The total investment by the hotel group will be US$92 million. The …

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Consultants Kirsi Hyvaerinen and Bruno Walter of ITB Advisory of Messe Berlin recently visited Santo Domingo for preparatory talks for their recommendations for the construction of a fair and convention center in Santo Domingo. They were hosted by the marketing advisor of the Ministry of Tourism Magaly Toribio and the Ministry’s conventions and meetings director, …

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The Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Public Health, Dominican Medical Association (CMD) and the Hotels & Tourism Association (Asonahores) have signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement. The plan is to work together to draft a proposal with the legal framework for medical tourism in the Dominican Republic. The advocates of medical tourism believe it can contribute …

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During the Dominican Annual Travel Exchange (DATE) event in Punta Cana last week, the Ministry of Tourism announced that it has approved 33 permits for the construction of 3,000 new hotel rooms and complementary tourism companies for an investment of more than US$400 million. Speaking at the event held in Punta Cana from 24-26 April …

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Demetrius Canton, Market Management director for the Caribbean for Expedia, the online booking company, says that Punta Cana hotels are the most popular in the Caribbean with their clients. With the Dominican Republic being the top-producing Caribbean island for Expedia, business has been so good that the company has opened new offices in Punta Cana …

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Leading United Kingdom newspaper The Telegraph has included the Dominican Republic in its Top 10: Caribbean holidays for activity and adventure recently. Specifically, the country is rated No. 1 for its watersports and Cabarete tops the list. The Telegraph says: Watersports, Dominican Republic. Ideal wind conditions and reef-protected waters make laid-back and hip Cabarete, on …

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Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts of Mexico has announced a new hotel to be built in Punta Cana. The company already operates the adults-only Excellence Punta Cana in Uvero Alto, on the northern end of the east coast tourist area. The company says its second all-inclusive luxury property will be Excellence El Carmen with …

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