Travel – Page 489

It?s good news for the Dominican Republic: Lan Dominicana, the LanChile affiliate, has received clearance from the Department of Transportation (DOT) of the United States to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of passengers, property and mail cargo between Santo Domingo and Punta Cana, DR, and Miami and New York. The airline was also cleared …

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Travel to Paris is being offered from Santo Domingo for US$580, or to Amsterdam for US$650 on board Martinair. The airline also offers US$700-fares to Brussels, Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Milan, Rome, Zurich and Geneva. Taxes and airport charges apply. Martinair has a reputation as one of the most secure airline companies in the world and …

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Sammy Sosa has been featured consistently in Dominican tourism promotions abroad. After becoming last Friday, 4 April the first Latin American player to join the 500 home runs club of Major League Baseball, he may be again asked to go to bat to lure more US baseball fans to visit the land he loves best. …

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Dominican merengue superstar, Chichi Peralta takes the grand stage at the Altos de Chavon amphitheater for the Saturday, 19 April Holy Week performance. Chichi Peralta is best known for his Amor Narcotico, Me Enamore, La Ciguapa, or Baila, Venga, Chichi, among many other favorites. Three other favorites of the young generations, Los Ilegales, Sergio Vargas …

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National Car Rental and Alamo Rent a Car in the Dominican Republic formally opened their new offices at Av. De los Pr?ceres No. 41, Arroyo Hondo on Thursday. The opening of the new offices coincides with the 30th anniversary of the car rental franchise umbrella company. The new offices are located just southeast of the …

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Air Canada declared bankruptcy protection in Toronto in order to start a major restructuring plan. Canada?s largest airline made the announcement after failing to reach an agreement with its workers. The airline was already hurting from the lull in the US economy when 9/11, wars in the Middle East and now the SARS virus scare …

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American Airlines (AA), the biggest airline in the US, has been on the brink of bankruptcy for weeks now. The airline announced reaching important agreements with its pilot, flight attendant and mechanics unions to achieve US$1.8 billion in employee cost savings, a major step to avert an otherwise imminent filing with the bankruptcy court this …

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Francisco Perez, marketing director for Catalonia Bavaro Resort, and Manuel Serrano, marketing director for the Dominican Republic for Iberostar both concur the end of the season could hardly have worked out better for hotels in Punta Cana. Perez says that through the end of the month bookings are averaging 84% at Catalonia. And Serrano says …

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The spotlight of the US sports press is on Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs again as he goes to bat for his 500th homerun. He begins the season with a 499 mark. With one more homer, Sosa will become the 18th member of the 500-homer club and the first Hispanic player. Around 80 Dominicans …

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The National Speed Racing Championship starts this Sunday, 6 April at the tracks of the Las Americas Autodrome on Las Americas Expressway. Miller International Racing is sponsoring the championship this year. Organizers also announced that this year a GT Dominican-Puerto Rican Car Racing Championship will take place with the best drivers from both countries competing …

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