Travel – Page 122

The 6th Annual Meeting for Tourism Development of Samaná is set for Thursday, 14 November 2019, at the Puerto Bahía Hotel, 3.5 km from Samana city. The annual event is organized by the Association of Hotels and Tourism Companies of Samaná (Ahetsa) and the Samaná Tourism Cluster with the backing of the National Hotel & …

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Two of the best merengue and bolero singers of all time, Sergio Vargas and Fernando Villalona will be performing on Friday, 29 November 2019 at the Hard Rock Live Santo Domingo at the Blue Mall on Av. Winston Churchill. This is a Ramses Peralta production. Tickets are for sale online at Uepa Tickets, and are …

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Puntacana Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary. CEO Frank Rainieri has been sharing insights recalling that the area geographically registered as Yauya or Punta Borrachón became Punta Cana in 1969. Rainieri had the vision of turning the lovely beach that was around a six-hour drive from the capital city of Santo Domingo into a world-acclaimed …

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It would seem that there will be less competition for fares from the Dominican Republic to Europe. The holding company International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced that Iberia and its competitor Air Europa will merge. Iberia is the single largest airline operating between Europe and Latin America. IAG has said that they are keeping the …

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Franklin de la Cruz, president of the Dominican Triathlon Federation, announced Santo Domingo will host the Triathlon World Championship this weekend. The event has the support and endorsement of the International Triathlon Union (ITU). The event offers US$60,000 in cash prizes. The winner gets US$7,500. The event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, 9-10 November …

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Universal Aviation Dominican Republic, a member of Universal Aviation, the worldwide ground handling division of Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc., has announced that it has expanded its Dominican operations to cover eight airports in the country. The company also announced it will be opening a centralized operations center at the La Isabela International Airport in …

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United Airlines has added a frequency from Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) in Santo Domingo to Newark International Airport (EWR) in the New Jersey-New York area. United now has three flights connecting New Jersey-New York area with Santo Domingo. The Santo Domingo departure times for the three-hour flight are 6:15am, 11:28am and 3:28pm. United is …

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According to a report in Listin Diario, citing Central Bank statistics, some 288,115 foreign tourists came to the country and did not stay in hotels. The Central Bank September tourism report revealed that 93.2% of foreign visitors stayed at hotels. The 6% of the tourists who chose to stay in different accommodations is a 10.6% …

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President Medina was in Cap Cana on Tuesday, 29 October 2019 for the ground-breaking ceremony for the Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana. The family-friendly resort will have 228 rooms and suites and is due to open in 2021. It will feature three swimming pools, a spa, a Parakeet’s Kids Club, seven restaurants and three bars, …

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Two deluxe resorts, the Hyatt Ziva and the Hyatt Zilara are opening this Friday, 1 November 2019 in the Cap Cana resort and residential area in southern Punta Cana. The side-by-side resorts are adding 750 oceanfront suites to the destination. The all-ages Hyatt Ziva features a full-scale water park, extensively themed a la carte restaurants …

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