Travel – Page 161

The Puerto Plata Amphitheater announces the presentation of merengue queens, Miriam Cruz and Milly Quezada in an evening long concert on Friday, 22 December 2017. The next day, Conjunto Quisqueya, Alex Matos, Mark B. Divas by Jiménez and Pochy Familia y la Coco Band bring more of the best of merengue. Tickets are for sale …

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The Dominican Travel Writers Association (Adompretur) celebrated its annual gran gala and Premio de Periodismo Turístico Epifanio Lantigua, this time at the Barcelo Santo Domingo on the evening of Thursday, 30 November 2017. This year, the grand award for travel writing went to Panky Corcino, of the El Dinero business news weekly for a feature …

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Senator Hotels & Resorts of Andalucía, Spain is the new player in the Puerto Plata north coast tourism destination. The new to market company operates 33 city and beach hotels in Spain (Madrid, Sevilla, Huelva, Cadiz, Malaga, Granada, Almeria, Murcia, and Valencia) and recently announced plans for a Cancún, Mexico resort. Senator Hotels & Resorts …

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Pullmantur Cruceros’s Zenith is docking at Sansouci Terminal of the Port in Santo Domingo, making it an attractive option for Spanish-speaking tourists both from the Dominican Republic as well as abroad. The ship has capacity for 1,800 passengers in 700 cabins and caters to the Latino market. The cruise is attractive for thousands of Latin …

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President Danilo Medina was in Uvero Alto, the northernmost beach area of Punta Cana, on Thursday, 23 November 2017, to preside over the groundbreaking for the Grupo H10’s Ocean El Faro. Josep Espelt, president of Grupo H10 also came for the groundbreaking ceremony. Antonio Hernandez, director general of the resort, had praise for the government’s …

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Miguel Fluxa, chief executive officer of Grupo Iberostar of Spain, in an interview with Arecoa, announced the construction of 3,000 more hotel rooms in two hotels in the Colonial City and Bavaro beach area of Punta Cana. Iberostar operates the Iberostar Punta Cana, Iberostar Bávaro Hotel Punta Cana and the Iberostar Bávaro Suites in Arena …

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The European Lopesan Hotel Group and IFA Hotels & Touristik AG began the construction of the 1,020-room Lopesan Costa Bávaro resort adjacent to the 650-room IFA Villas Bávaro resort that is centrally located in the Punta Cana beach area. To be built within an area of 100,000 square meters, the new Lopesan Costa Bávaro will …

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Victor Gomez Casanova, director of the Dominican Port Authority, announced the government is intent on restoring the Port of Puerto Plata for cruise ship visitations and cargo traffic. He made the announcement during the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Puerto Plata. Casanova reported that in 2016, Puerto Plata received 344,341 cruise ship visitors at …

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Milly Quezada, Miriam Cruz, El Conjunto Quisqueya, Alex Matos, Mark B, Divas by Jiménez, Pochy Familia con la Coco Band are booked for two 8:30pm December concerts at the Puerto Plata Amphitheater. Friday, 22 December 2017 will be an evening dedicated to merengue, with the performances of merengue greats Miriam Cruz and Milly Quezada, a …

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Blue Mall Punta Cana now has its own Hard Rock Café. The restaurant and bar is built on an area of almost 500 square meters within the new mall. Tom Perez, vice president operations for the Americas of Hard Rock International came for the opening of the new Hard Rock Café Punta Cana at the …

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