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American Ballet Theater in Santo Domingo

A select troupe from The American Ballet Theater has scheduled presentations on the 14th and 15th of January at the National Theater and the Gran Teatro del Cibao in a benefit for the state cancer institute, the Instituto Oncológico. Irina Dvorenko, Carmen Corella, Marcelo Gómez, Maxim Belotserkovsky, Giuseppe Picone Yan Chen and Angel Corella have …
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Samana project to restart

Promoter Juan Francisco Bancalari Brugal said that the largest tourism development ever to be underway in the northeastern province of Samana will recommence construction this month. The RD$4,000 million project was suspended when constructors were accused of causing environmental damage. The project calls for the construction of 1,500 hotel rooms, a marina, a dock, an …
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United Airlines applies for permission to fly to Santo Domingo

Last week, the travel journalist Santiago Gómez, writing for the newspaper Hoy, reported that United Airlines of the United States has requested permission to fly the route Miami-Santo Domingo-Curaçao. He said that United was authorized by the U.S. Department of Transportation to fly to the Dominican Republic two years ago. The airline’s request will be …
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Promotion via the “Gold Book”

The National Hotel & Restaurant Association and the Tourism Promotion Council have announced the publication of an insertion about the country, “The Dominican Republic Vacation Planner”, in the Gold Book winter directory. The Gold Book publishers say that it has the endorsement of the Caribbean Hotel Association and is distributed to some 33,000 travel agents …