Archive for January, 2010
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Dominican Tourism Ministry sends condolences to Haiti
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and extensive earthquake damage to neighboring Haiti, tourism authorities said through a press release.
The Dominican government is providing relief effort staging areas at some of the international airports located on the island. The country experienced no damage from [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Martinair increases its flights
Into its 20th year flying to Santo Domingo, Martinair announced it would increase its flights to six a week. Martinair has transported half a million European tourists over the past 10 years, and more than 10 million kilograms of air cargo. Joris Wels, executive vice president of Martinair Holland announced that the airline is strengthened [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Punta Cana in Top 50 searched destinations
Punta Cana is included in the Top 50 Most Searched for Destinations from US airports.
In the Caribbean and the Bahamas, the most searched for destinations are Cancun, Mexico (11th), Nassau, Bahamas (30th) San Juan, Puerto Rico (33rd) and Punta Cana (38th). Also listed for the Caribbean are Montego Bay, Jamaica (42nd) and Havana, Cuba (49th).
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Bellydancing at Casa de Campo
The Festival Isis, a week of performances by expert belly dancers, daily shows and workshops is booked for Casa de Campo. The event brings some of the leading performers of the oriental art to Plaza Chavon to end with a concert at the amphitheater. The event is set for 15-21 March. The hotel has put [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
1st TCI Global Conference on Tourism Clusters
Tourism cluster practitioners and tourism professionals from all over the world will meet in Punta Cana this coming 7-10 April 2010 conference. The event is hosted by the National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic.
The 1st global thematic conference on tourism clusters will be held under the general theme “World Class Sustainable Competitive Tourism Clusters.
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