2000 Travel News Archive

President Hipolito Mejía formally inaugurated the La Romana International Airport. The southeastern airport went up at a cost of RD$421 million. It is the most modern and technologically advanced in the DR. It replaces the Punta Aguila landing field within Casa de Campo. Tourists heading to Dominicus/Bayahibe, Juan Dolio, La Romana hotels, and residents in …

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In an interview for the Listín Diario, Ramón Prieto, president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association (Asonahores) wants the government to put a halt on permits for hotel construction in the DR. He said that the present hotel inventory would permit a 50% increase in the number of arrivals. He said that the new …

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The Ministry of Tourism presented the new directors of tourism offices in the United States and Canada. These are Mercedes Perelló, New York Tomás Otaño, Miami Leandro Reynoso, Chicago Amalia Morillo, Puerto Rico Diana Cruz, Montreal Rejane Cedeño, Toronto Linda Camarena, US Danny Dávila, North America, tourism counsel (14 December 2000)

Jose Manuel Lovaton Franco is back. The former president of the National Hotel & Restaurant Association has returned to Santo Domingo after nine years abroad. He is back as general manager of the Hotel V Centenario Inter-Continental. Lovatón was practically born into the hotel business as he is the son of "Don Mencho" Lovatón, who …

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A French non-governmental organization, Pact Arim has announced plans to build around 300 apartments, shelling colonial edifices, but keeping their façades, according to a report in El Siglo. The present occupants of the rundown buildings will be given first option on the purchase of the dwellings that will sell from RD$350,000 to RD$1 million. Pact …

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