Travel – Page 541

Jose Manuel Lovaton Franco is back. The former president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association has returned to Santo Domingo after nine years abroad. He is back as general manager of the Hotel V Centenario Inter-Continental. Lovatón was practically born into the hotel business as he is the son of "Don Mencho" Lovatón, who …

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A French non-governmental organization, Pact Arim has announced plans to build around 300 apartments, shelling colonial edifices, but keeping their façades, according to a report in El Siglo. The present occupants of the rundown buildings will be given first option on the purchase of the dwellings that will sell from RD$350,000 to RD$1 million. Pact …

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The Ministry of Public Works is building a 16-kilometer side avenue from Juan Carlos Bridge to the tollbooth of Las Americas Highway. The highway leads to Las Americas International Airport and East Coast travel destinations. This new construction would convert Las Americas Expressway into a true expressway. The new road will have two lanes for …

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President Hipólito Mejía authorized that CORDE, the state corporations enterprise, through the Banco de Reservas, begin negotiations to transfer Playa Los Corbanitos beach area in Bahía de las Calderas to the Fundación para el Desarrollo Banilejo, a southwestern development foundation. The promoters of the idea hope to convert the beach property into a southwestern option …

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Minister of Culture Tony Raful announced the tumbling down of the high wall that separates the Colonial City edifices from the Avenida del Puerto in the Port of Santo Domingo area. The wall was built in the 40s. Raful is in favor of its destruction that he says will result in a better view of …

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