2015 Travel News Archive – Page 8

Enjoy a great beach and a great run for a great cause by running in the third Bayahibe 10K race set for this Sunday, 27 September 2015 departing at 7am from Bayahibe town in La Romana. The RD$600 registration fee can be paid at SportLine stores, Nike Factory, Uepa Tickets, Jumbo and Supermercados Nacional stores …

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The leading mountain bike event of the year, the Eighth International Cycling Champions Mountain Bike Classic 2015 (VIII Clasico de Campeones Bicicentro) is being held in Puerto Plata on 3-4 October 2015. The event, with prizes worth more than RD$1 million, has the backing of UCI. It is a class 1 UCI event that means …

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Non-resident air arrivals to the Dominican Republic are now up 7.9% from January to August 2015, which promises to be a bumper year for tourism in the Dominican Republic. After a record 10.4% in arrivals in July, August turned in another strong month with 9.7%, according to statistics compiled by the Central Bank. In August …

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Foreign Relations Minister Andres Navarro recently held a meeting with representatives of the Santo Domingo Hotels Association and the Tourism Cluster of Santo Domingo to outline details of the main international events scheduled for 2016. The calendar for 2016 includes the EU-LAC Foreign Relations Ministers Summit in March, to be followed in July by participants …

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Dominican ballplayer David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox joined the prestigious 500 home run club on Saturday, 12 September 2015. He is only the fourth player in Boston Red Sox history and the 27th in Major League Baseball history to reach this milestone. The announcement coincides with Ortiz’s invitation to all his friends to …

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Golfers came to play golf and learn more about the golf industry when they attended the Dominican Republic Golf Travel Exchange in La Romana and Punta Cana last week. The event included rounds of golf and discussions on the industry. It was revealed that in the Dominican Republic, golfers contributed more than US$200 million to …

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Speaking at the Asonahores Trade Show held in Punta Cana last week, Dominican Republic Hotel & Tourism Association president Simon Suarez announced that the tourism industry planned to purchase an estimated RD$22.4 billion worth of produce from Dominican farms in 2015. This is up 6% compared to last year, taking into account the projected 9% …

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Legendary Spanish singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat returns to the Dominican Republic to perform his greatest hits “Gira antologia desordenada” concert at the Nuryn Sanlley amphitheater in the Parque Iberoamericano in Santo Domingo on 30 September 2015. The concert is part of a world tour in celebration of his 50-year musical career. Dominican singer Bobby Delgado …

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The 2015 Visual Arts Biennial, which is being celebrated for the 28th time, is open at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo. This year it is dedicated to painter Fernando Pena Defillo. Pena Defillo’s work can be seen at the Museo Fernando Pena Defillo that is located in a colonial era house near …

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The Dominican Republic’s Golf Travel Exchange is taking place in La Romana and Punta Cana from 5-10 September 2015. The event opens at Dye Fore Golf in Casa de Campo. Game play is also scheduled for the Cocotal Golf Course, part of the Melia hotel chain, and the Punta Espada Golf Course in Cap Cana, …

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