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New lighting for colonial city

The Association of Commercial Banks of the Dominican Republic has donated 351 lamps and necessary equipment to restore full lighting to the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The banks issued a RD$1.5 million check to the Pro Turismo Cultural movement coordinated by architect manuel del Monte Urraca. President of the ABA, Jose Manuel Lopez Valdes …

Spirit to the DR?

Spirit could join Jet Blue in the offering of low cost travel into the Dominican Republic. The airline recently announced it would increase its service from South Florida to the Caribbean. While unconfirmed, a Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International flight to the DR could be in the future plans for Spirit. The DR is riding an …

United to fly to Punta Cana

United will link the United States? Midwest to the Dominican Republic when it begins flying to Punta Cana as of December. United thus becomes the first US airline to offer a direct regular flight to the DR from the important Chicago O?Hare hub. The flight to Punta Cana will leave Chicago?s O?Hare (ORD) at 8:30am …

Lovewrecked filmed on North Coast beaches

A family-oriented movie to be released in spring or summer 2005 is being filmed along the North Coast at the beaches of Cofresi (Puerto Plata) and La Entrada (Maria Trinidad Sanchez). Starring Amanda Bynes, who plays Jenny, and co-starring Chris Carmack as Jason, the romantic comedy is being directed by Randal Kleiser of ?Grease? and …

Dustin Hoffman expected in August

Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman will be in Santo Domingo to take part in Andy Garcia?s new movie, The Lost City. Filming began at the Fuentes tobacco plantation in Santiago, to where it has shifted to the Presidential Palace and Colonial City in Santo Domingo. Hoffman is scheduled to arrive 12 August to film his role …

Rossellini coming in October

Italian film star Isabela Rossellini is expected in Santo Domingo this October for the filming of ?The Feast of the Goat?, based on Mario Vargas Llosa?s bestselling novel of 2002 and events during the Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dictatorship (1930-1961). The English-language movie is being filmed in Spain and Santo Domingo and is an Andres Vicente …

Suarez to speak for Bayahibe

Simon Suarez, the executive vice-president of Coral by Hilton Hotels, is the newly-appointed president of the Bayahibe-La Romana Hoteliers? Association. Suarez is additionally a past president of the Caribbean Hotel Association, and continues to be a member of the board of the regional body. His new function as the head of the Bayahibe association coincides …

Repositioning Sosua and Cabarete

Luis Abinader, president of the recently elected board of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca) says the association will be taking a more active role in the promotion and marketing of the north coast hotels. He wants the association to be more proactive. He said one of their goals is …

Ocean World sale for residents

Ocean World Adventure Park in Cofresi, Puerto Plata is luring Dominican-based vacationers to Puerto Plata with a reduced admission fee this summer. Those who have a Dominican cedula (regardless of being a foreigner or a Dominican) for the sales period will only pay US$28 (down from US$55) admission fee. Accompanying children pay a reduced fee …

Half year travel airport stats

Central Bank tourist statistics for the first half of the year continue to show that Punta Cana is the most used airport in the Dominican Republic. From January to June, 718,331 passengers arrived by that terminal, with a peak number of arrivals in February ? 136,864. Punta Cana caters to leisure tourists that fly in …

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