Travel – Page 559

President Hipólito Mejía created a board that will be in charge of the administration, control, management, maintenance, and security of the Puerto Plata skylift. Decree 810-00 establishes that the board members are: The Minister of Tourism, a representative of the Asociación de Hoteles de Playa Dorada, a representative of the Asociación de Hoteles de Sosua …

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Ambassador David Ward attributed to a lack of advertising the decline in the number of British travelers to the DR. British travel peaked in 1998 at 200,000, dropping to 100,000 in 1999. He said the outlook for this year is 110,000 to 115,000 visitors from the UK. Speaking on Channel 9’s Aeromundo television show, the …

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If you are visiting the Hotel Embajador to meet with a guest or to attend one of the social events held there, take note. The pool area is off limits to anyone who is not staying at the hotel. This is contrary to the practice at other city hotels that only ask non-guests to leave …

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Occidental Hoteles announced that it is relocating its corporate offices from the Hotel Embajador to the Av. Tiradentes 33, Ensanche Naco offices of Allegro Resorts. Occidental Hoteles recently completed the purchase of Allegro Resorts. Their new corporate telephone number is 809 563-5565 (22 September 2000)

American Airlines announced it is celebrating its 25th anniversary of flying to the DR. A special supplement in the Listin Diario newspaper tellls that the airline began flying its first New York-Santo Domingo flight on 8 September 1975. Today, AA is the leading carrier to the DR. (22 September 2000)