Archive for March, 2010
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Tourism clusters to be discussed at Bavaro Conference
Dominican Republic will host the 1st global thematic conference on Tourism Clusters of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI), which is being organized by National Competitiveness Council (CNC) and will be held from the 7th to 10th of April at the Barcelo Convention Center, in Bavaro.
Under the subject “Tourism Clusters of Sustainable and Competitive World Class”, [...]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Desires Hotels Announces Dominican Republic Development
Miami-based Desires Hotels announced the latest international addition to its boutique collection, The Cliffs Ocean Resort, which is situated between Puerto Plata and Samana along the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The project is the first in the Dominican Republic to be LEED certified and is set to open in summer 2011.
Room amenities at [...]
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Samana whale watching season kicks off with more species and tourists
Around 15,000 foreign tourists and new species have visited the Marine Mammal Sanctuary in Samaná (Dominican northeast) since January 15, in the current humpback whale watching season, the Environment Ministry said today.
The figure is 30 percent higher than the first weeks of the 2009 season, and sets a record in attendance, said Whale Observation Program [...]
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Century Grand Constanza in Dominican Republic
The ambitious Century Grand Constanza project of development and environmental protection will be built at a cost of US$10 million, and its promoters call a sustainable tourism model which will benefit the municipality.
Maximo Brito, director of the office in Puerto Rico responsible for the construction of the project in Constanza (center), said it will be [...]
