Members of the association are: the hotels Dreams La Romana, Oasis Canoa, Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach, Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace, Catalonia Gran Dominicus, Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus, Casa de Campo, La Estancia Golf Resort, Bahia Principe Nueva Playa La Romana, Cadaques Caribe, and also the La Romana International Airport, the Casa de Campo Touristic Port, the Bayahibe Electricity Company, Dominicus Americanus Ltd. real estate developer, Restaurante Lagos and Tropical Tours.

On the agenda is the implementation of social corporate responsibility programs to reach out to the community, and the promotion of waste disposal, forestation and training programs.
On the new board of director for 2010-2012 are:
- President: Casa de Campo (Luis Emilio Rodriguez)
- Vice President: Oasis Canoa (Pablo Jaureguizar)
- Secretary: Viva Wyndham Resorts (Massimo Carugati)
- Treasurer: Catalonia Gran Dominicus (Ivan Cunillera)
- Member: Iberostar Dominicus Hacienda (Yves Colman)
- Representative of the Non-Hotel Sector: Compania Electrica de Bayahibe (Antonio Martorell)
- Representative for the La Romana Bayahibe Tourism Cluster: Tropical Tours (Daniel Flaquer)

Room amenities at the resort include large living areas and private terraces with views to the ocean and the mountains. The Cliffs Ocean Resort’s initial 102 rooms mark the first phase of development in which guests will enjoy the resort’s close proximity to great golf at the Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed Playa Grande Golf Course.

Built on 25 acres of ocean-side property, The Cliffs Ocean Resort will include a spa, two salt-water infinity pools overlooking the Caribbean Sea along with a Beach Club that offers the bar and cigar lounge. The club also consists of a food and beverage outlet and area for teenagers.

The resort has 24-hour room service, a fitness center, helipad, and commercial shopping area. There is also a golf practice facility, sports center with tennis courts, and equestrian center. The Cliffs Ocean Resort is only 40 miles from Puerto Plata International Airport which has daily international flights to and from the United States.

Sol Meliá Vacation Club is an exclusive international vacation club operated by Sol Meliá, the leading resort hotel company in the world, in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. The club offers members a lifetime of resort experiences through guaranteed stays for 50 years in accommodation in selected company hotels along with other travel services.

Sol Meliá Vacation Club was founded in 2004 to provide a flexible and guaranteed response to important changes in travel trends and now has more than 25,000 members. It has become a strategic business unit for the company and an important means of earning customer loyalty through a greater understanding of their vacation needs.

The timeshare industry is highly regulated, and the Sol Meliá Vacation Club is also supported by a major hotel chain with over 50 years experience in the hospitality business, the leading hotel chain in Spain and Latin America. Sol Meliá Vacation Club guarantees a safe long-term investment, a global presence, flexibility, important savings and, above all, quality vacations for customers, the most important credentials provided by Sol Meliá.

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 others are Viva Residence Las Terrenas (76 units under construction also at Playa Coson) and Viva Residence Playa Dorada, in operation in Puerto Plata.

Promoter Rafael Blanco Canto made the announcement last week, saying that Viva is betting on the future of Samana in the wake of the investments being made and the major infrastructure projects launched by the government. These include the construction of the aqueduct, a residual water treatment plant, the new highway to Las Galeras, and the new Atlantic-bordering boulevard that will eliminate the need to make the winding Las Terrenas mountain crossing from the southern side of the Samana peninsula.

 Blanco also mentioned the Samana international airport and new urban renewal initiatives in Las Terrenas.
Viva Residence Bahia Estela units have two rooms and 110 square meters right on the beachfront.

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 Chica

Hotetur Dominican Bay Resort
Calle Juan Bautista Vicina & 20 de Diciembre, 809.412.2001
Monday-Thursday: Adults: RD$900, Children (4-12): RD$450
Friday-Sunday: Adults: RD$1,100, Children: RD$550, from 10am-5pm

Don Juan Beach Resort
Calle Duarte, 809.523.4511
Everyday: Adults: RD$1,700, Children (4-12): RD$850, from 10am-5pm

Oasis Hamaca Resort
Calle Duarte & Caracol #1, 809.523.4611
Monday-Thursday: Adults: RD$1,750, Children (4-12): RD$875
Friday-Sunday: Adults: RD$1,925, Children: RD$960, from 10am-5pm

Juan Dolio

Coral Costa Caribe
Calle Principal, 809.526.2244
Everyday: Adults: RD1,812, Children (4-12): RD$906, from 10:30am-5:30pm

Barcelo Capella Beach Resort
Boulevard, 809.526.1080
Monday- Friday: Adults: RD$1,090, Children (2-12): RD$990
Saturday-Sunday: Adults: RD$1,290, Children: RD$1,090, from 10:30am-5:30am

Source: Dr1Guide

Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia said the decree regulates construction in Cabarete, where they’ll have to be built without jeopardizing the territory’s integrity, the characteristic urban landscape and natural resources and sports activities.

He said borders will be established in the regulatory Territorial Master Plan in each of that tourism zone’s environmental units, according to building suitability for vision and wind management criteria.

Garcia said the public hearings will begin at 2 p.m., in the hotel Viva Wyndham Tangerine Cabarete.

As to the Decree, the Tourism Minister also noted that president Leonel Fernandez approved the Territorial Tourism Master Plan (POTT) for the Cabarete Municipal District, elaborated by the Tourism Ministry, which establishes regulations such as the control of constructions based on their location and according the Plan’s guidelines.

He said the provisions also establish the division of the territory into environmental units which categorized in seven divisions, starting from the original parcels, existing models of implementation, natural coastal terrain features and the natural monument of the Cabarete and Goleta lagoons.

He said the Tourism Ministry’s Planning and Projects Department will be the agency which regulates the Plan’s controls and norms, which will have to be reviewed in a period of five years from the date of the Decree.

Source: DominicanToday.com

A key focus for the certification was the upgrading of chiller systems and guest room air-conditioning as well as the installation of an ultraviolet purifier in the resort’s water treatment plant. In addition, the resort’s corporate social responsibility initiatives, which were introduced to assist the local community’s school and students, also played an important role.

The new program encourages guests to donate notebooks, pencils and textbooks for the local community. The resort organizes day trips for the local school students, where the educational materials are presented and the resort’s facilities are open for the students and their families to enjoy.

“At Barcelo, we are always reaching for higher and more specific benchmarks, like that of Green Globe,” said Claudio Zboznovits, vice president of Barceló Hotels & Resorts sales and marketing in the U.S. and Canada. “Our guests appreciate our efforts, both to provide eco-friendly features but also to make a positive impact on the local community. This certification helps to further demonstrate our company-wide commitment in both areas.”

Green Globe CEO Guido Bauer said, “The Barceló Punta Cana Resort has truly excelled with the certification program, and through their efforts, the resort has achieved 85 percent of the certification criteria. For a resort to succeed in reaching this level in their first year of certification is outstanding.”

The resort is located on one of the Dominican Republic’s most beautiful nature settings, alongside the white sands of Arena Gorda Beach at Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana. It is a Premium Barcelo all-inclusive resort, which joined the Barcelo brand in 2006.

1. London, UK
2. New York City
3. Las Vegas, NV
4. Paris, France
5. Dublin, Ireland
6. Los Angeles, CA
7. Orlando, FL
8. Rome, Italy
9. Madrid, Spain
10. Miami, FL
11. Cancun, Mexico
12. Frankfurt, Germany
13. Honolulu, HI
14. San Francisco, CA
15. Amsterdam, Netherlands
16. San Jose, CA
17. Barcelona, Spain
18. Manchester, UK
19. Sydney, Australia
20. Johannesburg, South Africa
21. Bangkok, Thailand
22. Fort Lauderdale, FL
23. Lima, Peru
24. Buenos Aires, Argentina
25. Chicago, IL
26. Tel Aviv, Israel
27. Athens, Greece
28. Munich, Germany
29. Milan, Italy
30. Nassau, Bahamas
31. Vancouver, BC
32. Berlin, Germany
33. San Juan, PR
34. Tokyo, Japan
35. Seattle, WA
36. Washington DC
37. Auckland, New Zealand
38. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
39. Toronto, ON
40. Edinburgh, UK
41. Krakow, Poland
42. Montego Bay, Jamaica
43. Denver, CO
44. Mexico City
45. Melbourne, Australia
46. Copenhagen, Denmark
47. Fort Myers, FL
48. Glasgow, UK
49. Havana, Cuba
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Casa de Campo is as good as new as of Tuesday, 22 December. The hotel has reopened following a major renovation of its rooms and suites, and a fully remodeled lobby. Also unveiled was La Cana Restaurant & Lounge by Il Circo, a fine dining restaurant with both indoor and al fresco dining, managed by the Maccioni family of Le Cirque in New York.

This is the Maccioni family’s second venture at Casa de Campo, following the beautiful Beach Club by Le Cirque at the resort’s Minitas Beach. The fitness center has been refurbished and a new Montecristo Cigar Lounge has been added.
The new “elite” rooms feature a modern look, while maintaining the use of rich mahogany woods and Coralina stone.

The rooms are equipped with 42 Led flat screen TVs and Blu-ray players and cable. Other features are alarm clock radios with dual dock for iPods and iPhones and high-speed, wireless Internet.

The new main area with its grand open spaces makes the absolute most of the surrounding natural Caribbean beauty in a minimalist design.

The main pool area has been completely renovated to include trellised platforms for early morning and late afternoon yoga classes, and shaded seating areas in natural woods and white canopies and cushions.

“Casa de Campo set the benchmark for luxury travel in the Caribbean” said general manager Alberto Grau, “and we are very excited to continue this fine reputation into the future.”