Travel – Page 358

The international hospitality investment community will be meeting at the 2009 Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) to weigh in on what is – and what will be – happening in the region’s industry. Participants at the 13th annual CHTIC, to be held from 14-16 April at the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda, will listen …

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Portillo Airport (EPS) in the Samana peninsula has a new control tower. The airport receives around 40,000 travelers a year, most on domestic flights from Santo Domingo and Punta Cana airports. For the inauguration of the new control tower, a 10-plane fly-in by the Club Caribbean Flying Adventure of Puerto Rico arrived. The terminal offers …

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The Dominican Republic will open the World Baseball Classic against The Netherlands in Group D at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the World Baseball Classic this coming Saturday, 7 March at 11am. The Panama vs. Puerto Rico game follows. Six games will be played by the Pool D teams in …

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Luis Molina, director of the Port of Sans Souci, has told the press the port expects to receive around 70 cruise ships this year, which is 34 more than last year. Over 100,000 tourists are expected this year, and this is set to increase to 125,000 in 2010. Molina says that 70% of the tourists …

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This week Puerto Plata gets its own mega store, La Sirena and its in-house supermarket Supermercado Pola, which are opening on Wednesday, 4 March on the city’s Malecon seafront avenue. La Sirena is like a Dominican Walmart. Owners Grupo Ramos say they have invested RD$300 million in the new store.

Xavier Tudela, president of the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals, is optimistic that this March Santo Domingo will be declared American Capital of Culture 2010. The Ministry of Culture officially submitted the city’s application last week, after months of preparation by the Center of European Studies of the PUCMM that had the initiative and has …

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Haydee Kuret de Rainieri, president of the National Association of Hotels & Restaurants (Asonahores), urged the Caribbean to come together as one destination, when speaking during the tourism panel at the Casa de Campo Feria de Andalucia Business Forum. Asking the question, “Why don’t we grow,” she pointed to the fact that the Caribbean only …

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Some of the most famous Spanish chefs will be in the DR from 5-7 March for the celebration of the Club Gastronomico Espanol Millesime gastronomic event at Cap Cana on the East Coast. Millesime is a gastronomic club that organizes high level gastronomy events around the world. Coming for Cap Cana Millesime are chefs Ferran …

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Santo Domingo Classical Music Festival is to be held this 4-14 March 2009. The sixth edition of the Santo Domingo Music Festival, already a tradition in the country, takes place in the main hall of the National Theater. On this occasion, the artistic director of the event, Maestro Philippe Entremont and Fundacion Sinfonia are again …

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Santo Domingo seeks to be named the American Cultural Capital of the World. The Center of European Studies of the PUCMM had the initiative and is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, the City of Santo Domingo, the Ministry of Tourism and the Santo Domingo Tourism Cluster, among other local institutions to apply …

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