1996 Travel News ArchiveTravel

An important venture in the D.R’s civil aviation

Caribbean Business, Puerto Rico’s business newspaper has featured the recently announced agreement between Pan American World Airways with APA International of the Dominican Republic. John Collins reports in the 18 July edition that Jorge Rodríguez, APA’s executive vice president, says that Santo Domingo could emerge as the Latin American hub for the revived Pan American …
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Government pays part of the World Tourism Organization debt

The Dominican government has assigned US$50,000 to the Ministry of Tourism for a first payment against the debt the Ministry has incurred with the World Tourism Organization, the principal body that groups the tourism departments of the governments of the world. The total balance owed is said to be three times that amount. The payment …
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Working to improve D.R. rating for aviation

The Listín Diario reported that the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States and the Dominican Civil Aviation Board began negotiations in Miami to lift the ban on Dominican aircraft flying to U.S. territory. Manuel Enrique Tavares, advisor to the director of the Civil Aviation Board, is leading the Dominican delegation. A pilot himself, businessman …
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New association promises to liven up Colonial City

Two foreign residents of the Colonial city, a Spaniard, Antonio Corellano, and an Austrian, Alexander Minibaeck, have organized businesses of the Colonial City into an Asociación de Bares, Restaurantes y Afines de la Zona Colonial (Abrizco). The association hopes to be a vehicle for solving problems and act as a developer of original activities to …