Travel – Page 162

The 123-room Hampton by Hilton Santo Domingo Airport Hotel will be opening in early 2018. Located in eastern Santo Domingo, the new hotel is being built 4 km from the Las Americas International Airport. The hotel is also close to the Punta Caucedo Multimodal Port, Las Americas Free Zone and the Institute of Technology of …

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The Dominican Republic and Haiti have signed a preliminary aviation agreement after 19 years of disruption. The president of the Civil Aviation Board (JAC) Luis Ernesto Camilo for the Dominican Republic and the director general of Civil Aviation in Haiti, Olivier Jean, signed the memorandum of understanding for aviation services that will establish the legal …

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From January to October 2017, some 10,107,257 passengers arrived or departed on regular flights and another 1,427,096 on charter flights from Dominican international airports. The total arrivals and departures were 11,534,353, according to data from the Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC). An IDAC press release reports that from January to October 2017, there were 72,670 …

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The annual Coconut Festival of Nagua is being held from 15 to 19 November 2017 in northeastern Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez province. There are stands for exhibition and sale of coconut-based products, food made with coconut ingredients, coconut arts and crafts, live cooking shows. Also on the program are beach activities, conferences, student contests, arts …

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The Ministry of Public Wors has announced it has finished Rancho Español-Batey Hormiga-El Majagual-Samaná city road in Samana. This will benefit farm, cattle ranching and tourism activities in Samana. The two-lane 8.6 km internal peninsular road has been fitted with retroreflective safety devices (cat’s eye) to facilitate evening driving. The road connects the communities of …

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The low-cost long-haul airline Eurowings has begun direct flights from Dusseldorf International Airport (DUS) in Germany to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ). Promotional fares of EUR199 one way are being offered to kick start the long haul flight. The flight departs Dusseldorf at 1:40pm and arrives in Punta Cana at 4:25pm; the return flight departs …

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The Santo Domingo Hotels Association is hosting the fifth edition of its annual international event to promote the capital city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán as a tourism destination. The Santo Domingo: Destino Capital event opens Tuesday, 14 November and ends on Friday, 17 November 2017. It is taking place at the Embajador Hotel. More …

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The Spanish hotel company, Grupo Piñero is using its Bahia Principe Bávaro Resort in Punta Cana as the showcase for the implementation of an environmentally friendly internal transport program for hotels. The company proudly announced this November 2017 the switch to electrical cars of all its internal transport at the Punta Cana resort. A fleet …

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Cardiologist Douglas Bournigal became the first aviator to arrive on a direct flight from North Carolina to Montecristi. He did so on a Stemme AG sport glider aircraft from North Carolina to Montecristi. The Montecristi airfield was made international for the event. Bournigal was accompanied on the flight by his 85-year old uncle, Lionel Bournigal. …

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Southwest Airlines has begun flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), opening up Punta Cana resort vacations for those seeking carefree weekends. The airline is a low cost option for travelers seeking to connect through Fort Lauderdale to the extensive Southwest United States domestic network. The airline also provides for …

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