Travel – Page 599

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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A Dominican Gastronomic Festival will be held 25 January to 4 February of this year at the Mayfair Inter-Continental Hotel of London. In addition to the presentation of Dominican gourmet dishes made with local ingredients, there will be cigar-rolling, merengue dancing and arts and crafts sales. The Ministry of Tourism coordinates the event.(3 January 2000)

Mikhail Baryshnikov announced he will start construction of a RD$15 million villa in Punta Cana in the Los Corales project. The project is a Julio Iglesias and Oscar de la Renta development, in coordination with the Punta Cana Group. The Punta Cana Group has sponsored the Punta Cana Beach Resort, Punta Cana Marina, Punta Cana …

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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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Carlos Chevalier, president of Air Atlantic, a new Dominican airline that seeks to fly to the United States, Central America and Europe from Santo Domingo, said the final details are being ironed out in order that operations may begin this year. Recently, the airline handed flight certifications to the staff that will be working for …

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The Dominican Republic has been holding talks with the Spanish authorities to agree that Air Europe may begin daily flights to Madrid and other Spanish cities from the Dominican Republic. Regular flights to Spain by Air Europe would bring competition to the route. The Madrid-Santo Domingo sector is at presently only served by Iberia.

Some 10 Dominican companies have already confirmed they will be participating with the Ministry of Tourism in the World Travel Fair ’96 to be held in Japan, from 6-8 December. Magaly Toribi, director of Promotion at the Ministry of Tourism, said the country seeks to attract many of the 15 million Japanese that travel every …

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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 …

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The Minister of Tourism, Felix Jiménez, has announced that he will travel to Germany this week. He will be accompanied by Magaly Toribio, director of promotion for the Ministry. He said they will meet with tour operators and explore the possibility of increasing the number of visitors coming for ecotourism holidays.