2020 Travel News Archive – Page 4

Puerto Rico travel agents want to see a return to business with the Dominican Republic. As reported in Weekly Journal, an affiliate with El Vocero, the Puerto Rican daily, reports that “this year’s summer business was all but lost”. From a usual 60,000 Puerto Ricans booking vacations at Punta Cana hotels, this has dropped to …

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With few Dominicans traveling abroad these days, adventure fever has taken off and many are booking stays at small ecolodges all around the country. Domestic tourism is taking off and doing well. Once hotels were authorized to open on 1 July 2020, many people gradually spread the word that the Dominican Republic is one heck …

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David Collado announced several key members of his new team at the Ministry of Tourism. The new minister of tourism announced that Kai Schoenhals will be the director of the Council for Tourism Development (Confotur). The department reviews tourism projects applying for incentives under Law 158-01. Shaney Peña is named as the director of the …

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Named Tourism Minister David Collado was in Spain where he met with the top executives of the Iberostar and Grupo Piñero hotel chains. At Iberostar, he met with vice-chairman and CEO of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts Sabina Fluxa. Iberostar operates six hotels with more than 3,000 rooms in the country. On his trip to Spain, …

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The Ministry of Public Health says it has tested an Israeli breathalyzer and certified its accuracy is 95% of the PCR reliability tests. The difference in price is around RD$800 for the breathalyzer vs. RD$4,000 for the PCR test. The biggest advantages, nevertheless, are in a shorter time to have results and the ease of …

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David Collado, the tourism minister-designate for the Abinader administration that starts on 16 August, traveled to Spain to meet with top executives of the leading Spanish hotel chains. N Digital reports on one meeting at Grupo Meliá with Gabriel Escarrer. As reported, President-elect Luis Abinader joined via Internet. As reported, the meeting focused on developing …

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Foreign arrivals were down 88.5% and Dominican non-resident arrivals 33% in July 2020 compared to July 2019. Dominican airports received 135,163 non-resident travelers in the first month of opening. In July 2020, the number of arrivals included 81,058 non-resident Dominicans and 54,105 non-resident foreigners. Of these 46,207 or 85.4% came from the United States in …

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In their final week in government, President Danilo Medina and Vice President Margarita Cedeño were in Bayaguana, Monte Plata for the inaugural of the Sanctuary of the Christ of the Miracles. This is a Roman Catholic church with a capacity for 2,000 parishioners. The Bayaguana temple is some 76 km from Santo Domingo. The temple …

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The man appointed to be the Tourism Minister in the Abinader administration, David Collado, was in Philadelphia yesterday to meet with Alex Zozaya, chairman of Apple Leisure Group, the company that has the largest local chain of hotels and sends the most tourists from the United States. Apple Leisure Group operates 11 resorts (5,145 rooms) …

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Monika Infante, director of Vinci airports in the Dominican Republic, confirmed that the Mexican airline Aeromexico will now have direct flights connecting Santo Domingo with Mexico on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. The Mexico to Santo Domingo flights are on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays. Aeromexico was one of the first airlines to resume its flights to …

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