Travel – Page 349

Enrique Eduardo De Marchena, president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), is inviting to the 2009 Small Hotels Retreat that this year will be held in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. He describes the event as “a crucial conference.” De Marchena says: “Next year is anticipated to bring some relief for the tourism …

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Operators of the Santo Domingo Port are expecting visitation on board cruiseships to the capital city port this year to double that arriving in the 2008-2009 season. For the 2009-2010 cruise season arrivals of around 150,000 passengers are expected. Luis Molina, executive director of the Sans Souci Ports company that operates the port, said that …

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The 9-floor 141-room Holiday Inn, strategically located on Abraham Lincoln in the Piantini neighborhood, smack in the middle of the prime commercial and residential area of Santo Domingo, will be opening 2 September. Kenia Munoz, sales director for the hotel, says the soft opening will be on the 2nd, but a full opening is set …

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The Golden Bear Lodge & Spa of Cap Cana, inspired on the life of golfer Jack Nicklaus, will be the first of the Zoetry Collection of luxury hotels managed by the US hotel chain AmResorts. The boutique resort, located in the Cap Cana tourism and residential development, is scheduled for a 1 November 2009 opening. …

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The Ministry of Tourism presented three new advertising campaigns targeting domestic and international travel markets to the tourism industry executives and the press at the Hotel Embajador in Santo Domingo last week. The campaigns are: “This is the Best country in the World” for the domestic market, “The Republic of Colors” for the US market …

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Emely Tours, a local tour-organizing company based in Santo Domingo, is promoting vacations combining Thailand and Malaysia, both options not regularly offered in the DR. Emely Tours has put together attractively priced packages to the Thai capital Bangkok, highlighting historic monuments and museums, beaches and the Thai culture of natural health and wellbeing. The second …

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Residents of Cincinnati and environs will soon be able to fly to Punta Cana on board Delta Airlines. The airline announced it is adding a direct flight (CVG-PUJ) as of 19 December 2009. The flight will continue through 13 March 2010. Flight times for the new Delta 432 flight are departure PUJ at 3:05 arriving …

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RockResorts International has announced that it will manage operations for a resort in the Dominican Republic that is scheduled to open later this year. RockResorts, a subsidiary of Broomfield-based Vail Resorts, Inc., also will offer technical advisory services and provide marketing licensing services to assist in residence sales for Balcones Del Atlantico, a RockResort. The …

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The Dominican Republic is looking to attract small, private aircraft to its territory by hosting “Fly-ins” that take tourists to small airfields around the country. Promoters say this could mean a boost in income from high-value tourists, as well as exposure to an elite audience overseas. With this in mind, the director of the Dominican …

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Cabarete is hosting the Cabarete Classic, this year’s leading windsurfing event, that features a new long distance event and the Butterfly Effect. The event will last from 22 July to 26 July 2009. The 2009 Cabarete Classic will take place on Cabarete Beach in front of Vela Resorts in the center of town. The Cabarete …

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