Travel – Page 618

Barceló, the Spanish company that spearheaded the re-conquest of Dominican shores by Spanish hotel companies on the island’s eastern beaches, celebrated its 10th anniversary last week. The owners of the Bavaro hotels gathered at the Bavaro Casino resort for a gala dinner honoring employees and business generating travel agencies. Mr. Nicolas Pérez, director general of …

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A report in Hoy by Soila Paniagua indicates that the Ministry of Tourism received only 10 % of the budget it was allotted in the National Budget for 1995. The report says that of the RD$115 million assigned to the Ministry, it only received RD$14 million, and that was barely enough to pay for salaries …

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Newspaper reports indicate Miguel Bruguera , vice minister of tourism for Cuba seeks to intensively promote Cuba as a family and couples holiday island, to get away from an image of prostitution and sex tourism. Miguel Bruguera recently explained that tourism to Cuba has grown at an average rate of 17 percent per year since …

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American Eagle is announcing that as of 15 January it will offer two direct flights each day from Monday to Friday to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The direct flights will depart at 8:30 am and at 5:45 pm from Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo. They will return from Mayaguez at 7:05 and 4:20 pm. …

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