Travel – Page 198

The Hard Rock Cafe at Blue Mall is announcing Latin music for dancing on Tuesday evenings. Merengue, salsa, bachata and son performers will be booked for live performances on the Tuesday Latin Dance Nights. Dancing from 8pm. Admission is free.

Santo Domingo’s Sambil Mall has booked three of the best Latin music singers of all time for a November concert. Merengue star Johnny Ventura, and salsa singers Andy Montalez and Charlie Aponte (El Gran Combo) from Puerto Rico will take the stage together for the Three Legends Concert at the Sambil Mall hall of events …

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Ocean World in Puerto Plata is advertising its RD$1,499 per head dinner + show for residents of the Dominican Republic. The Bravissimo Show features 30 dancers on stage in 120 outstanding costumes. The admission price includes a champagne toast, lobster dinner, musical show and partying afterwards at the Ocean World Terrace. The offer is valid …

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The arrival of the Carnival Victory cruise ship marks the opening of the Amber Cove Cruise Center in the Bay of Maimon near Puerto Plata, the newest cruise ship port in the Caribbean. The ship is scheduled to be in port from 8am to 4pm on Tuesday, 6 October 2015. The second ship to arrive …

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The Merengue Music Festival is headed to Puerto Plata this coming weekend, Friday 25 -Saturday 26 September 2015. Friday 25 September 2015: Hector Acosta, Chiquito Team Band and La Nueva Escuela (urban music). Saturday 26 September 2015: Merengue Big Band with Dioni Fernandez, Aramis Camilo, Benny Sadel, Rasputin, Feny Ortiz, Diomedes, Tito Gavy “Los Kenton,” …

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Enjoy a Power Night Run with an After Run Glow Party at Playa Juanillo in Cap Cana this Saturday, 26 September 2015. Organized by Power Fit Studio, pre-event day tickets cost RD$1,500 and are available from PowerFit Studio in Cap Cana, Punta Cana. Meet at 6pm for the run, which starts at 8pm and continues …

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Enjoy a great beach and a great run for a great cause by running in the third Bayahibe 10K race set for this Sunday, 27 September 2015 departing at 7am from Bayahibe town in La Romana. The RD$600 registration fee can be paid at SportLine stores, Nike Factory, Uepa Tickets, Jumbo and Supermercados Nacional stores …

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The leading mountain bike event of the year, the Eighth International Cycling Champions Mountain Bike Classic 2015 (VIII Clasico de Campeones Bicicentro) is being held in Puerto Plata on 3-4 October 2015. The event, with prizes worth more than RD$1 million, has the backing of UCI. It is a class 1 UCI event that means …

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Non-resident air arrivals to the Dominican Republic are now up 7.9% from January to August 2015, which promises to be a bumper year for tourism in the Dominican Republic. After a record 10.4% in arrivals in July, August turned in another strong month with 9.7%, according to statistics compiled by the Central Bank. In August …

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Foreign Relations Minister Andres Navarro recently held a meeting with representatives of the Santo Domingo Hotels Association and the Tourism Cluster of Santo Domingo to outline details of the main international events scheduled for 2016. The calendar for 2016 includes the EU-LAC Foreign Relations Ministers Summit in March, to be followed in July by participants …

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