Travel – Page 617

The National Senate is inviting the general public to sessions to hear various opinions on a bill that would establish a national open sky aviation policy. The Senate is proposing a bill that would allow all airlines to fly to the Dominican Republic under the understanding that the increase in seats would bring an increase …

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The Minister of Tourism left on Tuesday for Madrid to participate in the FITUR tourism industry trade show. The Minister, Frank Jorge Elías, is heading the Dominican delegation to the important Spanish tourism fair that opens the season of European trade shows. The private sector’s delegation is headed by the president of the Tourism Promotion …

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The Listin Diario’s Tulio Navarrete reported from Madrid that His Highness, Don Felipe Bourbon, congratulated the Dominican Republic on its success in recent years during his visit to its stand at the FITUR Spanish tourist industry show. The prince was received by the Minister of Tourism, Frank Jorge Elias, and the Dominican Republic’s ambassador to …

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Horwath Hospitality Consulting with the co-sponsorship of the International Hotel Association and Smith Travel Research recently published their Horwath United States Hotel Industry Study 1995. The participation of these three organizations has permitted an unprecedented analysis of worldwide hotel industry data of interest to developers, financiers, investors, bankers, government agencies, the press and the public …

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Frank R. Rainieri, president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association, was honored as Marketing Executive of the Year 1995 by the Association of Marketing Executives of Santo Domingo, last week. In his acceptance speech, the president of the Punta Cana Group, pointed out that the tourist companies in the Dominican Republic understand the concept …

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During a seminar on competitiveness in the 21st century, focusing on total quality in tourism services, hotels and restaurants held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra last week, Cynthia Herrera, an executive for the Sabre Travel Information Network, the computerized reservations system of American Airlines, spoke of how the concept of total quality …

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The Dominican Republic has all necessary conditions to promote and develop ecotourism, said the director of the Peace Corps of the United States, Michael Hirsch. He was speaking during a workshop on ecotourism held last week in the central mountain resort area of Jarabacoa. He pointed out that ecotourism is only successful in those countries …

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The Listin Diario’s Geraldino González reported last Thursday, 25 Jan. that the Department of Forestry and the “errant” company, Central Romana, had reached an agreement to replant the area affected by the levelling of 1.5 kilometers of mangroves at the mouth of the Rio Chavon. Colonel Julio Bienvenido Grullon, director of the Department Forestry, said …

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Several of the big name Dominican players will be playing in the Caribbean Series Professional Baseball Championship that is set to open in Santo Domingo 3 Feb. The Dominican Dream Team could include Samuel Sosa, Raul Mondesí, Stanley Javier, Moisés Alou, Luis Polonia, Tony Peña, Julio César Franco, Felix Fermín, Carlos Pérez, Robinson Pérez, Pedro …

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Representatives from 15 nations of the Western Hemisphere met in Santo Domingo last week to participate in the Permanent Forum of Legislators of Transport Commissions and the XII International Meeting of the Interamerican Commission of Jurists and Experts in Aviation Law. The caucus seeks to establish a consensus on aviation policies for Latin America into …

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