2015 Travel News Archive – Page 19

Casa de Campo in La Romana may be leading the way again with this spring’s opening of a 26.3-hectare (65-acre) park in the northeastern section of the resort. The park is separated by the connecting street between the new Vista Lago development and Los Flamboyanes residential areas, as reported in Costasur/Casa de Campo News. The …

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The jilted British groom who made an online appeal to find a woman to join him on his would-be honeymoon trip to Punta Cana is happy about how the vacation turned out. After his fiancee called off the wedding, John Whitbread chose Kelly Wood to accompany him on the trip. Whitbread had already paid for …

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The Santo Domingo Food Festival organized by the Santo Domingo Hotels Association is set for 22 March 2015. The gastronomic event is set to begin at noon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the Malecon, Santo Domingo’s seafront boulevard. A jury of national and international culinary experts will choose the best dishes.

Playa Dorada’s Casa Colonial will be hosting the Caribbean Cigar Night 2015 on Friday, 20 March 2015. The Puerto Plata event, now in its seventh year, is a night that combines the best cigars with music, art, gastronomy and quality drinks. The evening event begins at 7:30pm with guests receiving a gift pack with premier …

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Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia, heading the Dominican delegation to the Berlin Tourism Fair (ITB) announced that Condor would be adding two more flights to Punta Cana, the DR’s busiest airport, one from Munich and another from Frankfurt. Lufthansa affiliate Eurowings is also launching a weekly flight to Punta Cana and two to La …

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Bookings are going well for the JW Marriott at the Blue Mall in Santo Domingo. The hotel group says that it is examining the option of adding another 220 rooms next year. The hotel opened in August 2014 with 150 rooms in centrally located Av. Winston Churchill. The president of Venezuela’s Grupo Velutini, Emilio Velutini …

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The Board of Directors of Central Romana recently appointed Rafael Torres as president of Casa de Campo. Torres is now responsible for operational management, coordination and integration of all business units and projects in the hotel area, as reported in Costasur & Casa de Campo News. Torres comes on board at a time when the …

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The annual carnival parade along Punta Cana Village’s 1st of November Boulevard is set for this Saturday, 7 March 2015. The cultural celebration, now in its eighth year, will showcase some of the top carnival troupes from provinces across the country, including La Vega, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Cotui, San Pedro de Macoris and San Juan …

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Cabarete will be hosting the North Coast Carnival on Saturday, 14 March 2015. Get to know the Taimascaros, the carnival kings of the north coast. Carnival troupes from San Francisco de Macoris, Constanza and Rio San Juan will be in Cabarete for the parade that is organized by the Sosua and Cabarete Hotels and Restaurants …

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The Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC) will take place from 14-17 January 2016 in La Romana at the famed Teeth of the Dog course at Casa de Campo. As 2016 is an Olympic year, the region’s best golfers are certain to come for the competition in preparation for the Rio de Janeiro games. This year’s …

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