2021 Travel News Archive – Page 6

Iberia Airlines is celebrating its 75th anniversary of flying to Latin America adding more frequencies to its flights to the Dominican Republic, a destination served since 1967. Víctor Moneo, Iberia’s Latin American Sales and Institutional Agreements director, told Aviacionline that the Dominican Republic is the first destination in Latin America to offer more Iberia frequencies …

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The Dominican Republic will take a leading role in FITUR 2022 as a partner country for the Spanish international tourism fair. Fitur is the first of travel promotional events scheduled for 2022, the year of tourism recovery. The Dominican Republic got a head start betting on a fast recovery of its industry since airports reopened …

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The Ministry of Tourism is investing RD$51 million to provide new public access to Esmeralda Beach in Miches, El Seibo province. The project is funded and carried out by the Ministry of Tourism’s Executing Committee for Infrastructure in Tourist Zones (Ceiztur). Miches is north of the Punta Cana area and there is easy road access. …

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Vinci Airports’s Aerodom announced it now has available new space on the third level of the Las Americas International Airport for security and migration services for departing passengers. Las Americas is second in traffic in the country, only behind Punta Cana International Airport. The new area becomes available as part of the expansion project of …

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President Luis Abinader was in Samaná province on Monday, 18 October 2021 where he announced the start of new infrastructures. The President announced the start of construction of a dock for fisher boats in Sánchez and a plaza for the fishermen and restaurants in coordination with the Samana municipality. RD$500 million is being made available …

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The Ministry of Tourism announced it is spending RD$53 million to improve the access road and parking facilities for 104 vehicles, and build an area for motorcycles and busses in Macao Beach in northern Punta Cana. Tourism Minister David Collado said the works will have an impact on the economy of the small merchants in …

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Four Russian airlines serve nine cities in Russia and bring tourists on direct flights to Dominican beach destinations. One recent flight even set a global first. The Nordwind Airlines flight N4-1541 flew 14 hours and 40 minutes direct from Krasnoyarsk International Airport in northern Siberia to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ). Ambassador Hans Dannenberg Castellanos …

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The National Association of Hotels & Tourism (Asonahores) is concerned that the Abinader administration may reduce tax exemptions and other advantages that have made the Dominican sector one of the most competitive globally. The tax cuts could come as part of the tax reform package the government has under study as it seeks more revenues. …

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Juan Luis Guerra is announcing he will hold four concerts in Punta Cana in early 2022. After two years of keeping a virtual presence, the singer-composer says his 4×40 band will be on a live stage at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana in February 2022 in northern Punta Cana. Every Saturday in …

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American rapper Cardi B (Belcalis Almanzar) celebrated receiving a 8,000 square meter, six-bedroom villa in northeastern beach destination, Las Terrenas, Samana for her birthday. The villa would have cost US$1.5 million. Cardi B (nickednamed for Bacardi rum) is the New York-born daughter of a Trinidadian mother and a Dominican father. She grew up in New …

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