2023 Travel News Archive – Page 2

Frank Rainieri Marranzini, the founder of the Grupo Puntacana, is now owner of 51% of the shares of the Diario Libre, TV news commentator Maria Elena Nuñez announced during the morning talk show, El Sol de la Mañana. Diario Libre nor Frank Rainieri himself have confirmed the news that is circulating in media around the …

Read more…

The Dominican Republic received 862,705 visitors by air and sea in April 2023. The forecasts are now for more than nine million visitors this 2023. Tourism Minister David Collado shared the stats on April arrivals during the usual monthly statistics presentation. He said the numbers once again set new tourism arrival records for the Dominican …

Read more…

The cruise industry paid tribute to Orfila Salazar last week, describing her as a champion of the cruise ship industry. Salazar was the director for cruise ship affairs at the Ministry of Tourism for around three decades. She unexpectedly passed away on 8 May 2023 after a brief hospitalization. Sea Trade describes her as “the …

Read more…

The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization is meeting in Punta Cana 16-18 May 2023 for its 118th session. This is the first time the World Tourism Organization’s Executive Council Meeting is held in the Dominican Republic. The WTO says the meeting “comes at an extraordinary moment for the Dominican tourism industry.” On the …

Read more…

President Luis Abinader was in La Romana to again support the tourism business development. “It is by creating more jobs that a country, at all levels, can truly have social and economic development,” said President Abinader, the Presidency reports. “It is a fact that we are supporting and will continue to support this type of …

Read more…

Hilton announced it will be adding a first all-inclusive to its Curio Collection – the Zemi Miches All-Inclusive Resort just north of Punta Cana. Miches is a new ecotouristic destination about 60 miles from Punta Cana International Airport. The resort is located on Esmeralda Beach. Hilton will be managing the 502-room resort that is owned …

Read more…

CAF-Development Bank of Latin America is operating a Tourism Agency in Santo Domingo to back tourism investments in the region. This new CAF department, which is already in operation, places special emphasis on environmental, social, cultural and economic sustainability, as well as innovation, regeneration and inclusion, CAF reported in a press release. CAF’s executive president, …

Read more…

TV personalty, decorator and cook, 81 year old Martha Stewart is the cover of the 2023 annual Sports Illustrated swim suit issue. The models were photographed on Cap Cana beach for the special edition of the sports magazine. The trend-setting American becomes the oldest person to pose in the swimsuit edition. She said she wants …

Read more…

The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) authorized that Arajet, the low cost carrier, operate seven new direct flights to South American destinations. Arajet is now authorized to add to its routes:Santo Domingo/Buenos Aires, Argentina;Santo Domingo/Santa Cruz, Bolivia;Santo Domingo/Asuncion, Paraguay;Santo Domingo/Montevideo, Uruguay;Santo Domingo/Chile;Santiago/Bogota, Colombia;Santiago/Medellin, Colombia. The JAC’s Air Transportation Department’s Statistics Division indicates that Arajet would make …

Read more…

The Civil Aeronautics Board (JAC) has cleared the operation of additional flights to Venezuela. The new direct routes are: Maracaibo/Santo Domingo and Barquisimeto/Santo Domingo. Rutas Aéreas (Rutaca) is cleared to operate two flights per week, on Mondays and Fridays to Maracaibo. And one flight per week every Saturday to Barquisimeto. The airline uses a B-737-300 …

Read more…