Travel – Page 535

Chefs Juan Bautista of the Hotel Sol de Plata was the big winner during the Vth Gastronomical Festival of Sosua and Cabarete. Miguel Tapia of the Restaurante La Carreta won a special award for Best Dish, and Chef Leonel D’Orville of the Hotel Playa Escondida was all smiles for winning the Best Presentation award. Winners …

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The Dominican Republic’s Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE 2001) will be held at Casa de Campo Hotel & Resort in La Romana 29-31 March 2001. DATE 2001 provides the opportunity for decision-makers representing international wholesalers, tour operators, incentive buyers, airline and charter operators to meet with more than 150 Dominican suppliers to discuss tourism development partnerships. …

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Hoy newspaper carries an interview with Costa Rica Ambassador Mario Garnier and his wife Isabel Chavez. The couple says they feel at home in the DR. "We will be here on official duty until year 2002, when a new President of Costa Rica will be elected, and the cabinet changes," he told Hoy newspaper. But, …

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President Hipolito Mejia was present at the formal opening of the 50-room Hotel Las Caobas in the northcentral city of San Francisco de Macorís. A Rancho Steak House restaurant is on the premises. The hotel is located in the Urbanizacion Almanzar, Los Ciruelitos, San Francisco and is said to be San Francisco’s first full service …

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The Department of Customs announced this year it will replace the manual checking of incoming travelers at the main airports of the country with a more selective electronic system. Vicente Sanchez Baret told the audience at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday, as reported in Hoy newspaper, that the new equipment will operate …

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