Archive for February, 2010
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Dominican Republic wants Italians to again top tourist arrivals
Milan.- The Minister of Tourism signed agreements to bolster cooperation with major Italian tour operators and airlines, to strengthen and expand the diversity of the Dominican Republic destination in that European nation.
Francisco Javier Garcia signed agreements with Nardo Filipetti, president of Eden Viaggi; Franco Pecci, head of the Blue-Panorama charter airline; and executives of the [...]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Miches views Cisneros’ US$2.0B tourism project
MICHES, Dominican Republic.- Tropicalia, a sustainable, ecologically responsible, high luxury and low density tourism project of the Cisneros Organization in Dominican Republic, was presented to the community Miches in its first town hall meeting.
Present in the activity, with around 170 citizens interested in the project present and held in the Miches City Council were the [...]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Master of the Ocean 2010 in Cabarete
Cabarete.– The Olympics of the ocean, the ultimate watersports triathlon, comes once again to Cabarete (north), where the “Master of the Ocean” event bring the best all-around national and foreign athletes in kiteboarding, surfing and windsurfing.
Regarded as one of the most important and pioneering competitions of its type, “Master of the Ocean,” returns with more [...]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Southwest still yearns Dominican Republic’s lucrative tourism
BARAHONA. – The top priority for Dominican Republic’s Southwest is new jobs, for which Catholic Diocese Bishop monsignor Rafael Leonidas Felipe Núñez places hopes on the dam at Monte Grande and tourism development.
The prelate’s call has been echoed by other church and community leaders in the southwest for years, and even led to the construction [...]
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Sol Meliá Vacation Club Wins Gold Crown Award for its Resorts in the Dominican Republic
Palma de Mallorca (Feb. 18, 2010) — Sol Meliá Vacation Club has received the prestigious Gold Crown award from the RCI Group, the world’s leading timeshare company, representing all of the major hotel companies in the world. The award has gone to the Sol Meliá resorts in the Dominican Republic: Paradisus Palma Real, Paradisus Punta [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
New Viva Residence in Samana
The Viva hotel group is presenting its new hotel in Samana, the Viva Residence Bahia Estela (40 units) in Coson, Las Terrenas. This is the third residential vacation property offered by the Viva brand. Viva was first known for its all-inclusive hotels in Bayahibe/Dominicus before expanding to Puerto Plata, Samana, the Bahamas and Mexico. The [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Hotel Day Passes – Relaxing at the beach
Resorts throughout the DR offer Day Passes that allow anyone to experience the all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink philosophy of the all-inclusive.
A daily fee basically grants access to everything the resort has to offer, except a room. In Boca Chica and Juan Dolio there are some great options to enjoy the all inclusive lifestyle for a day.
Boca [...]
