Travel – Page 603

The Asociación pro Desarrollo de Boca Chica, the principal tourist organization in that seaside town, which is about 20 minutes east of Santo Domingo, has been active organizing the beach so that locals and tourists can fully enjoy what it has to offer. Luís Felipe Aquino, executive director of the organization, said that the Defensa …

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Radhamés Martínez Aponte, commenting on new developments in the Juan Dolio beach area, a 40 minute drive east of Santo Domingo, said that the Capella Renaissance has plans to add an additional 229 rooms. Decameron Beach Resort is undergoing improvements to turn the rooms of the small apartments that make up the complex into more …

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President Joaquín Balaguer, just over 50 days before the end of his mandate, has approved the use of government monies for the promotion of the country’s tourist industry. For most of his time in office, he has been firmly opposed to using government funds for such promotion, using the argument that the private tourism sector, …

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Presidente Joaquín Balaguer, in a decree issued on Sunday, 22 June, has instructed the Department of Immigration to postpone charging British tourists the US$10 tourist card fee until 31 October. The decision comes in response to a request from the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants that explained the inconvenience tour operators would suffer as …

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Horwath Consulting in Santo Domingo is promoting “The Owner/Investor Guide” to the Development, Management and Marketing of Hotels, a special supplement to Hotels Magazine, designed to assist current and potential owners/investors in hotels and hotel projects in taking advantage of the latest development, management, and marketing techniques, plus accessing the available resources in every part …

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Last week, Martin Shugrue, president of Pan American World Airways and Rafael Trujillo Lovaton, president of Apa International, announced the signing of an agreement that will enable APA International to resume its flights to the United States and Puerto Rico. The airline had discontinued its flights after terminating an agreement with Fawcett of Peru. The …

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Alex Santana, general manager in the Dominican Republic and regional director of Continental Airlines, says that the company has made a protest against the proposal for a “shared code” by British Airways and American Airlines to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr Santana says that the losers will be the passengers, as it reduces the …

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The Caribbean Hotel Association outgoing president, Royston Hopkin, praised the CHA staff for putting together what he called the best program in years. “Our only problem was that there was not enough places in many of the workshops and seminars,” he noted. John Jefferies takes over as CHA president and says he will dedicate the …

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Ed Malone, of the Americana Aruba, was named “Hotelier of the Year” by the Caribbean Hotel Association. Mr Malone, general manager of the Americana Aruba Beach Resort & Casino since 1987, has been a five-term president of the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association and is president of the Board of Regents for the Caribbean Hospitality …

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Two Dominican hotels received “green hotel” awards from the Caribbean Hotel Association, under a scheme sponsored by American Express. The prize winner of the Green Infrastructure Award was Tomeu Alcina, Hotel Melia Bavaro, and The Green Stewardship Award went to Frank Rainieri, of the Punta Cana Beach Resort. The winners were chosen by environmental experts …

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