Travel – Page 511

President Hipolito Mejia and Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas signed an agreement yesterday with American Express for the Official Card Program. Jon Linen, vice president of the board of directors of American Express, and Pedro Castillo, president of the Banco del Progreso Dominicano (which represents Amex in the DR), signed the agreement. In October …

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President of the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games, neurosurgeon Jose Joaquin Puello, has announced that the recently-elected president of the International Olympic Committtee, Jacques Rogge of Belgium, will visit the DR on 15 August. Rogge is a surgeon, former Olympic competitor in yachting, and until recently was president of the European Olympic Committee. …

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The first flight of Golden Beach Group and Falcon Air promoted by the Playa Dorada Hotel Association arrived at Gregorio Luperon Airport with 150 tourists from Miami on Thursday, 19 July. The Boeing 727 was received by Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas. The weekly flights are scheduled to run from 19 July to 9 …

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The Listin Diario newspaper features statistics from the National Hotel & Restaurant Association that show a nationwide decline of 3.4% in hotel occupancy and a miniscule .04% drop in tourist arrivals. The decline in travel is primarily due to the decline in European travel and is affecting the entire Caribbean. Asonahores statistics show drops in …

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