Travel – Page 500

The Dominican Republic has won the Denis Massien award for best booth at the Top Resa trade show, the leading travel fair for the French travel market. Some 20,000 travel executives cast a vote for the award. The event took place in Deauville, France 20-23 September with around 21,000 travel executives from all around the …

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El Siglo reports that a Puerto Plata Hotel Association is in the making. The association would group members from Playa Dorada, Sosua, Cabarete, Maimon, Cofresí, Costambar and Puerto Plata city. According to El Siglo, the rationale is to strengthen the area’s representation. The newspaper says that area hoteliers feel that the National Association of Hotels …

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General Trajano Moreta, director of Civil Aviation, said that the four-hour lighting system breakdown suffered at the Las Americas International Airport was caused by a high voltage. He said the high voltage of the underground electric network overheated the cables and caused the blackout. Power was suspended at the leading airport of the nation from …

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El Caribe reports that the uncertainty of a conflict is the main reason for the cancellation of travel plans. One Spaniard who cancelled his travel plans, Jorge Diaz, of Madrid, explains, “I am not scared that they would bomb Santo Domingo or anything like that. What I do not want is to be stuck. What …

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El Siglo reports that airline operations have almost returned to normal. The newspaper says that American Airlines employees said that the load was up to 80% of normal. American Airlines, US Airways, American Eagle, Continental, North American have resumed their flights. (25 September 2001)

The North Coast is readying itself for one of its most outstanding annual events, the Puerto Plata Jazz Festival. The event kicks off on Thursday, 4 October at the Playa Dorada and ends on Saturday, 6 in Cabarete. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, 4 October. Playa Dorada. Manny Oquendo (Cuba-USA), Rene Marie (USA) and …

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