Travel – Page 266

The annual Santo Domingo International Book Fair is underway at Plaza de la Cultura. While books are the main focus, there is also an extensive all-day program of cultural events, complementing the book presentations and author readings. An estimated 700 foreign writers have been invited, including US film director and writer Shelton Jackson Lee, known …

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Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced that its soon-to-launch new ship, Quantum of the Seas is including Samana, Dominican Republic in its Eastern Caribbean itinerary. The ship will be stopping in Labadee (Haiti), Samana prior to San Juan, Puerto Rico on an 11-night cruise from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey. The 167,800-ton, 4,180-passenger ship is …

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The Constanza Ecotourism Cluster is hosting the Constanza Spring Fair this weekend, 26-29 April. The event, hosted at the Club Japones, is sponsored by USAID through its Sustainable Tourism Empowerment Program. The Ministry of Tourism, the La Vega Senator’s Office and the municipalities of Constanza are participating. The festival will serve as a meeting point …

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Casa de Campo is hosting the 18th annual Caribbean Golf Classic, an event organized by Fedogolf (the Dominican golf organization) and conducted by the Caribbean Golf Association this 17-21 April. The tournament, regarded as one of the top golf events in the Caribbean, will be played on Casa de Campo’s three most famous Pete Dye …

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The Larimar Surfing Championship is set to take place at the Playa Los Patos in Barahona on 31 May and 1 June. Competitions start at 7am. The categories are surfing, bodyboard, SUP (tentative) and longboard. The event, organized by the Dominican Surfing Federation (Fedosurf) is included in the National Surfing Circuit 2013. Prize money is …

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The Dominican Golf Federation announces the celebration of the Fourth Dominican Open, part of the PGA Latin American Tour, for the second time. The tournament will take place at the Cana Bay course at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana. The president of the PGA Tour Latin America, Jack Warfield was in Santo …

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Labor Day in the Dominican Republic, 1 May, falls on a Wednesday this year. This means it will be celebrated on Monday, 29 April, converting the weekend of Friday, 26 April to Monday, 29 April into a long weekend. With the peak foreign holiday season over, local hotels are offering a range of packages in …

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According to information circulating on the Internet, a new airline, Gol Dominicana will start operations in June 2013 with two planes of seven planned for the Dominican subsidiary of the low-cost Brazilian airline. The new routes will have Santo Domingo’s Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) as the point of origin and will serve Cancun (CUN), …

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Fans can watch some of the best ping-pong players in Latin America competing in the III Latin American ITTF Cup at the Parque del Este Table Tennis Pavilion in eastern Santo Domingo. The event, which takes place from 18-20 April, is dedicated to Julio Cross. Competitions begin on Friday, 19 April at 9am. The three-day …

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The Barcelo Bavaro Convention Center will host this year’s Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) on 23-25 April. DATE is organized by the National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores), the Dominican Republic’s leading private travel association. The marketplace gives international wholesalers, tour operators, incentive group planners, airlines and charter operators the opportunity to meet with leading …

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