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Casa de Campo announces it reopens for business on day one of the official restart of the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic. The La Romana golf mecca is unfolding a program named “Casa Cares.” Andrés Pichardo, president of Casa de Campo Resort & Villas, says the company has invested in new materials and equipment, …

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2020 had already started slow. Central Bank statistics for air arrivals for January and February 2020 were 1,122,410, 6.7% less than for the same period in 2019. Travelers feared Covid-19 could disrupt their trip and many canceled early on. The Dominican Republic was still recovering from the fake news media storm that wrongly blamed Dominican …

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has created a Global Covid-19 Airport Status platform that is updated through the Notam service. The Notam service is how airports and civil aviation entities report on flight operations and airport status. Several airports around the world have scheduled opening as of 1 July, including international airports in the …

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Apple Leisure Group’s executive chairman Alex Zozaya gave an overview of the challenges ahead in an interview with Miguel Calzada for CTN TV last week. He spoke from the perspective of the largest tourism company in the Dominican Republic. Under the ALG umbrella, AMResorts is the largest hotel operator in the country and its affiliate …

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Editor’s thoughts… With nothing certain about Covid-19, the world’s a lab in progress. As the tourism industry has gotten clearance to reopen in the Dominican Republic on 3 July (subject to change), there is time to learn from what is happening abroad. People come to the DR for beaches, right? The global experiment of beaches …

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Pending government approval and the green light to airports to reopen, Iberia Airlines is accepting bookings for flights in July to the Dominican Republic. The first commercial scheduled flight is for 4 July from Barajas International Airport in Madrid to Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo. The outbound flights will be Saturday and Monday, …

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What’s the government waiting for? The Medina administration has published 1 July as the restart date for hotel and airport operations. Yet, the government has yet to issue the official clearance for airports and airlines to resume commercial operations. In a conversation with tourism industry writers in the Dominican Republic, Frank Rainieri, president of Puntacana …

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Rapid response blood tests carried out to passengers of flight Air Europa special repatriation flight UX389 resulted in the detection of 14 passengers arriving with Covid-19. The passengers flew from Madrid to Santo Domingo on 25 May 2020. Upon arrival to Las Americas International, they were subject to the tests before being admitted to the …

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The Dominican Republic, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica and St. Lucia are Caribbean destinations included in a 45-country wish list for quarantine-free travel to places chosen for popularity and economic importance.The Daily Mail, the English daily, reports that the countries are included in the index requested by the UK government amid mounting fury over ‘unenforceable’ …

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Puntacana Resort will be opening together on 1 July. Punta Cana Resort includes the Four Points by Sheraton, Westin Punta Cana and the Tortuga Bay. The Puntacana Group that owns the hotels says they are putting technology to work for the comfort and safety of all. Whatsapp and a company mobile application will replace people …

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