Travel – Page 557

Minister of Sports Cesar Cedeño confirmed that the Dominican government is in the process of making the US$25 million deposit-guarantee for the hosting of the Pan Am Games in 2003. If Santo Domingo declines the site, the country would be penalized with this amount. Puerto Rican journalist Ray Garriga told the Listín Diario that the …

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Museo del Larimar opened at Isabel la Católica No. 54. Entrepreneur Jorge Caridad, who also successfully operates the Museo del Ambar since 1998 in Santo Domingo, developed this new museum. Caridad owns one of the leading gift shop/jewelry stores in the area. The museums give shoppers a perspective on what they are buying. (29 September …

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Ventura Serra, chief executive of Occidental Hoteles in the Dominican Republic, said that the pool area and adjacent gardens of the Embajador Hotel hotel are definitely not off limits to visitors to the hotel. He said that the use of the pool and tennis facilities is restricted to those that are not guests or members …

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El Siglo newspaper said that President Hipólito Mejía traveled to Guatemala yesterday at 4:30 pm by private jet. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Tolentino Dipp, Minister of Industry and Commerce Angel Lockward, and former governor of the Central Bank Eduardo Fernández accompanied him. The newspaper says that the latter is President Mejía’s choice to be …

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Hoy newspaper reports that to tell from the bookings already made on airlines flying the New York-Santo Domingo route, this year will set a new record in December arrivals. Hoy newspaper says that AA and TWA has almost all their seats taken. Ditto could be said for Continental Airlines. Holiday season tickets to the DR …

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The Hotel V Centenario Inter-Continental Santo Domingo is inviting all to taste dishes prepared by Chef Hu, who is "the official chef of the government of the Peoples Republic of China." Chef Hu will be in town to prepare dishes for the Chinese food event that has the following schedule: The inaugural dinner is set …

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