Travel – Page 488

Prime Minister Jean Chretien and family, and former US President Bill Clinton and family will be spending their Easter vacations in the Dominican Republic. Chretien joins hundreds of thousands of Canadians that have made the Dominican Republic their preferred Caribbean island. This is his first trip to the Dominican Republic.  Clinton, on the other hand, …

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The annual nationwide prevention program, coordinated by the Centro de Operaciones de Emergencias (COE), will begin this Monday, 14 April, and end on the evening of Sunday, 20 April. The plan is to minimize the number of accidents and fatalities during the prime vacation week for Dominicans, known as Semana Santa. Emphasis will be placed …

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Dominican Sim?n S?arez, president of the Caribbean Hotels Association, announced during DATE that the 2003 Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference would also be held at the Bavaro Convention Center 22-25 June. S?arez is vice president of Coral by Hilton hotels in the Dominican Republic.  He said that Sir Ian Prosser, Chairman of Six Continents PLC and …

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Puerto Plata has accepted the challenge to host DATE in April 2004. The event will take place at convention facilities that will be shared by the Iberostar Costa Dorada and the Coral by Hilton Marien resorts, a short distance from Playa Dorada. Upon making the announcement, Johnny Bernal, president of the Hotel Association (Asonahores) and …

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Discover the French and Dutch worlds of the neighboring island of St Martin/St Maarten, now only a 55-minute flight from Santo Domingo. Take advantage of the weekend to enjoy this neighboring cosmopolitan island.  Due to increasing demand for travel from Santo Domingo, Air Caraibes now flies direct three times a week ? Mondays, Wednesdays and …

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Can tourism and conservation co-exist in the Caribbean? The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business is convinced that they can, and is convening tourism industry leaders to devise the Caribbean Conservation Action Plan (CELB), a division of Conservation International. The mission is to gather key decision-makers who can influence Caribbean touristic development. The event will …

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Create your own food with the many fresh ingredients and plentiful condiments that are now part of a new phenomenon called ?show-cooking? at the 800-square-meter main Gran Caribe Buffet Restaurant of the Catalonia B?varo Resort. Meats, seafood, fish and vegetable dishes are cooked before your very eyes, in addition to an extensive variety of salads …

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Hilton Hotels now has two brands operating in the Dominican Republic: Coral by Hilton, which offers all-inclusive properties nationwide, and the newer Embassy Suites, with its newly-inaugurated first property in the DR in Juan Dolio, San Pedro de Macor?s. President Hip?lito Mej?a and First Lady Rosa G?mez toured the property of Embassy Suites, escorted by …

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The sudden appearance of a ‘new beach’ in Sosua Bay off the cliffs of the On the Waterfront Restaurant is not due to changes in sea level but the result of submarine geological shifts, reports El Caribe newspaper today. This is a common phenomenon in the Caribbean, according to geologist Osiris de Le?n, from the …

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Clocks along the US and Canadian Eastern Seaboard were set ahead an hour on Saturday night. Every year, Daylight Saving Time begins for this time zone at 2 am on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2 am on the last Sunday of October.  The change in time will facilitate …

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