Travel – Page 609

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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Club Med is planning to improve its Punta Cana hotel. There is talk of doubling the number of rooms to 688 and increasing their size by six feet with the addition of a terrace. Other possible additions are the provision of televisions, hair dryers, and telephones in the rooms. The changes are being considered because …

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President Joaquín Balaguer has appointed Dr Vitelio Mejía Ortíz, general director of the Civil Aviation Board. He replaces Brigadier General Hector Román Torres, who had been in the position for over five years. The change came a week after the press dedicated a large share of its front page headlines to the Civil Aviation Board. …

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The aviation advisor to President Balaguer, José Luis Abraham, in a statement explaining the government’s policies during the past 10 years, said that the nation, including the tourist industry and the new government have to choose from favoring “open skies” or protecting the development of airlines in which local investors participate. He said the nation …

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The Bill that seeks to provide a legal framework for an “open skies” policy will be modified so that all airlines authorized by the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, or by the similar European organizations, will be permitted to operate in the Dominican Republic, said the Bill’s presenter, Senator Miguel Andrés Berroa Reyes and the Vice …

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Prior to his removal from the post, the Civil Aviation Board president, Brigade General Hector Miguel Roman Torres, issued a statement on behalf of his department, explaining the reasons it had made the series of decisions that affected the carriers of German tourists, namely Taesa, Air Ambar and World Airways. In the statement, the CAB …

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The daily press offered extensive coverage last week to what is deemed as over-zealousness of the Civil Aviation Board, following flexibility of the old days when a series of so-called Dominican airlines were authorized to operate charters to Germany in order to fill the demand for the low cost air travel that has permitted large …

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At the week’s end, following the outcome of the aviation confusion, Minister of Tourism Frank Jorge Elias, who has endeavored to attract new airlines since his appointment, announced that two airlines, Sky-Jet and Rich Air are expected to begin flying to Europe in July. Jorge Elías announced that Sky-Jet expects to begin operations in July …

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