Travel – Page 492

Puerto Plata?s very own carnival will take place this Saturday, 8 March. The highlight of the carnival?s parade along the Malecon of Puerto Plata will be the participation of carnival groups from the very successful carnivals of La Vega, Santiago and Santo Domingo held previously. The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture, in …

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Both press and travel surveys stress the prevalence of the Internet as a leading source of information for the trade and consumers as well. Following in the footsteps of the very popular DR1 Daily News, DR1 Travel News launches today, Tuesday, 4 March. The newsletter will be initially published on Tuesdays and Fridays (minus Dominican …

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Cueva de las Maravillas opened to the general public this weekend. The cave is the first of several that are being conditioned by the Ministry of Environment to protect and showcase the country?s underground heritage.  The Ministry of Environment painstakingly prepared a third of the cave for viewing by people of all ages, including those …

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150 original Maria Montez (1912-1951) posters deck the walls of Caf? Montez in the Colonial City. These are treasures that restaurant owner Geoffrey Needler and his Barahona-born wife Belkis today readily share with their customers. Probably the newest restaurant and bar in the Colonial City, the Caf? Montez (Calle Sanchez #261, almost at the corner …

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Casa de Campo announces that the official name of its fourth golf course is Dye Fore. The fourth course designed by Pete Dye in the La Romana resort is said to be the most eclectic and probably the most challenging and even ?dyebolic?. Dye feels that it will challenge his first masterpiece, Teeth of the …

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Bookings to participate are fast coming in for the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE 2003), the leading Dominican travel industry marketplace event. DATE will be held 10-12 April 2003 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The event provides a business environment where international buyers can meet Dominican tourism sellers to discuss and contract for future business. …

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Myrna Scher, a travel agent with Travel Unlimited of New Jersey (see http://www.travelunlimited.com), and a specialist in Aruba and Dominican Republic travel says that travel had just begun to pick up after the 11 September terrorist attack but the AA587 crash has brought fear back into the equation. “Usually it takes 3-6 months after a …

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American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus 300 (dating back to 1988), went down at approximately 9:17 am in Queens, New York, shortly after takeoff. The flight was headed to Santo Domingo from JF Kennedy Airport. It crashed approximately seven miles from the airport, near the intersection of Beach and 122nd Streets in the Rockaway district. …

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