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DR1 Hotel Directory Pages

The importance of the DR1 Directory Pages became even more apparent in recent days, as tourists tried to contact hotels directly to check the status of their bookings following September?s Hurricane Jeanne. Likewise, the hotel directory pages are of the utmost use to those tourists who need to verify their reservations this fall. Readers do …

Dominicus is Blue Flag certified

La Laguna Beach (Dominicus) in Bayahibe, located in the province of La Altagracia, has been awarded the prestigious European Blue Flag International certification. Local hotels participating in the Blue Flag certification program are the Coral Canoa, Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus, Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and Palace, and Venta Club Gran Dominicus. The Blue Flag designation is …

Xiomara Desimone to promote Sosua & Cabarete

On 1 October Xiomara Desimone, well-known for her efforts to promote tourism along the North Coast, became the new director of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca). A 28-year-old Argentinean, she has studied business, strategic marketing and advertising. Prior to settling in the DR, she worked for three years in …

Luperon’s turn

President Leonel Fernandez was on hand for the Santo Domingo official launching of the Atlantica residential and touristic project at Luperon on the North Coast. Luperon is a beach and natural harbor area located 15 kilometers west of the city of Puerto Plata. Elena Viyella de Paliza, as the executive director of the project, made …

Go-ahead for Sans Souci/Malecon projects

President Leonel Fernandez granted a power of attorney to Public Works Minister Freddy Perez to discuss and approve the implementation of a mega-port tourism complex for the Sans Souci, the Eugenio Maria de Hostos park and the tourist terminal at Don Diego. The plans call for the construction of residential real estate, a marina, a …

More British tourists to come

While participating in a tour of ambassadors organized by the Association of Playa Dorada hotels over the weekend, British Ambassador Andy Ashcroft forecast that UK tourists to the DR should increase 15-20% this year, thereby exceeding 200,000 visitors. As reported in the Listin Diario, Ashcroft said that in 2003, some 170,000 tourists had visited the …

Gold for Secrets and Sunscape in DR

For the second consecutive year, Apple Vacations, a leading United States tour operator, recognized the Secrets Excellence Punta Cana and Sunscape Punta Cana Grand with its Golden Apple Award. Out of over 500 hotels that form part of the Apple Vacations program, these resorts are but a handful of quality properties that to earn this …

CBS highlights Casa de Campo as No. 1 Family Travel Spot

Laura Bagley, the editor of Travel & Leisure magazine, appeared on the CBS Morning Show on Saturday, 2 October to promote the publication?s new Fall edition of a Family Travel magazine. The magazine ranked their readers? favorite family destinations around the world and gave top honors to the Caribbean?s Casa de Campo in La Romana, …

CHA press conference

The Dominican Republic successfully participated in the Caribbean Tourism Organization and Caribbean Hotel Association press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to present the status of the Caribbean following the August and September tropical storms. Deputy Tourism Minister Luis Simo and marketing director for the National Hotel Association (Asonahores) represented the country. Asonahores distributed several …

Felix Jimenez in France

Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez was recently in France to participate in the Top Resa tourism trade show, where he met with several leading French tour operators and industry leaders to discuss the characteristics of the French traveler. Among those with whom he met were Jean Marc Siano, the director general of TUI France and Nouvelle …

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