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2003 Travel News Archive

2003 Travel News ArchiveTravel

DR1 Travel News takes a very long break

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 29, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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DR1 Travel News will not be published this coming Tuesday, 6 January 2004, a holiday in the Dominican Republic. The weekly travel news service takes a break to commemorate Epiphany Day, which this year falls on a Tuesday. The travel updates will resume on Tuesday, 13 January. For any breaking news throughout this period, see …

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Moscow’s Hard Rock Cafe chooses Brugal

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 29, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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The Russians are switching from vodka to rum, it appears. Osvaldo Brugal Leon told Hoy newspaper that Brugal has been chosen as the house rum by the Hard Rock Cafe in Moscow. The rum is available at the popular establishment’s seven bars. “That this important franchise should choose Brugal is a testament to the quality …

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Year-end bash

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 29, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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New Year’s Eve tradition in the DR is to have dinner with the family. New Year’s Eve is also the time when the cities, beach sites and towns explode with merrymaking provided by fireworks, recently authorized by the government. While families will join friends for dinner at a hotel or club, the real reveling will …

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Year of long weekends

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 29, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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The year 2004 will bring a record number of long weekends for all to enjoy. Long weekends are peak times for domestic travel. The New Year begins with the first holiday of the year, which falls on Thursday, 1 January. Thousands of Dominicans will have already been on holiday since 30 December to be with …

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Tourism continues upward

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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The Central Bank reports that tourism is maintaining its upward climb for the year and breaking records in the process. According to the report, 2003 will close with an unprecedented number of visitors. The first 11 months of the year saw a 20.6% increased amount of vacationers over the same period from last year. Through …

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A new air link to southern USA

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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US Airways began non-stop service on 13 December between its Charlotte, North Carolina hub and the southeastern city of La Romana. The Saturday-only flight departs from Charlotte at 10:30am and arrives in La Romana at 2:45pm. Return flights depart La Romana at 4:05pm, arriving in Charlotte at 6:41pm. In a company press release, US Airways …

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Peter Morales Troncoso passes away

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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One of the pioneers of the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic, Peter Morales Troncoso, passed away last week. As director of tourism, he was one of the first to organize the tourism sector’s promotional trips to spread the word that the Dominican Republic was the new Caribbean hot spot. During the government of President …

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Personalized tour of the real DR

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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Steven Mark, a project analyst for The Seattle Times, had spent seven days of surfing and windsurfing in Cabarete when he decided to take a day off and do some sightseeing. Mark was so moved that he tells the story of his motoconcho tour today in the pages of The Seattle Times. Upon the suggestion …

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Christmas concerts

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 22, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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Wrapping up the Christmas season are the final performances of the Banco Popular’s traditional showing of the Christmas story “El Milagro de la Navidad” on Thursday, 25 December and Sunday, 28 December in the parking area of its John F. Kennedy Avenue headquarter building at 7:30pm. This year, Banco de Progreso presents its own Villa …

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Amelia Vega, the new Cover Girl

  • Dolores Vicioso
  • Posted onDec 15, 2003 at 8:00 PM
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Cover Girl Cosmetics recently announced that the current Miss Universe, Dominican Amelia Vega, has been chosen to appear in Cover Girl print and broadcast advertising in March 2004. Anne Martin, vice-president of global cosmetics and marketing for Procter & Gamble, said that this was the first time a Latina beauty would join the roster of …

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