2018 Travel News Archive – Page 18

The big Easter Week show in Puerto Plata calls for a night of Latin beats – merengue, salsa, urban music, fusion at the Puerto Plata Amphitheater. The show marks the first anniversary of the opening of the amphitheater. The stars of the evening are Toño Rosario, Tony Dize, Wason Brazoban, Eddy Herrera, Mozart La Para …

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The Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband, Michael Douglas went skiing in Canada and then warmed up spending spring break with their two children, Dylan, 17, and Carys, 14, in Punta Cana. The vacation went so well, the family shared their photos on Instagram on Sunday, 25 March 2018. The story was picked up by entertainment …

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35-year old Brice Garnett went from being 177th on the PGA Tour in 2016 to winning his first PGA Tour win in 2018 at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. There were 132 golfers competing in the PGA Tour at Corales Golf Course. Garnett had been a two-time winner on the Web.com Tour before …

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The technical explanation for the slow site and downtime affecting DR1 this past week: For the past few days you may have noticed DR1 a little slow or inaccessible at times. DR1 and its host has been under a sustained attack, by thousands of automated bots originating from Korean and Chinese spammers. The attack did …

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Vacation time starts Friday, 23 March 2018, in the Dominican Republic, as schools send children on their weeklong Easter vacations. Classes resume on 2 April. Easter Week is traditionally the most traveled domestic vacation. Families and friends book vacations at beach resorts, mountain vacation homes and head to the interior towns to visit family and …

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The PGA Tour is set for the Tom Fazio-designed Corales Golf Course in Puntacana Resort and Club from Thursday, 22 March to Sunday, 25 March 2018. This is a first for the Dominican Republic. “Hosting the very first PGA Tour tournament in the Dominican Republic is an honor both for Puntacana Resort and Club and …

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Based on advance travel bookings, AAA Travel’s survey on US travelers says the top five most likely international destinations for families in summer 2018 will be Cancun, Mexico; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Rome, Italy and Dublin, Ireland. AAA Travel’s survey says that more millennials are taking family vacations than their elders. The …

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The Dominican Republic for years has been a popular retirement destination for Canadians looking for warm climate places to spend the winter or live year-long. Among the most popular places in the country are the cities of Santo Domingo and Santiago and the north coast beach communities of Puerto Plata, Sosua, Cabrera and Samana. Also …

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Punta Cana will host the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA)’s Platinum Advisor Member Association Cruise (PAMAC) Conference this coming 6-9 June 2018. An estimated 200 executives will come for the event to be held in Punta Cana. Orfila Salazar, director of cruise ship tourism for the Ministry of Tourism, made the announcement during her participation …

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The Dominican Port Authority (APD) wants to renovate the present Port of Puerto Plata, in downtown Puerto Plata as a multi-purpose port. The port renovation would prepare the city to receive cruise ships. The site is walking distance from the leading attractions of the city. But the government also wants it to serve cargo vessels. …

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