Dominican Tourism

Santo Domingo.- American Airlines general manager in the Dominican Republic Rafael Sanchez said the airline won’t apply the $US25 fee on a second suitcase to flyers as other carriers announced.

Sanchez said the airline isn’t cutting its flights to the country, despite the high cost of operations resulting from an increase in the price of aircraft fuel.

The executive of the U.S.-based airline, which has operated in Dominican Republic for 34 years, said American will continue its policy of allowing two suitcases per passenger with a weight of 50 pounds each, charging a minimum fee when there’s overweight. (more…)

Santo Domingo.– The 3rd Cuban Traveling Book Fair begins on Monday in the city of Montecristi, Dominican Republic, and will tour other seven cities in the country before it ends on May 5th.

Eleven Cuban publishing houses with more than 300 titles of different genres are taking part in this event that on this occasion is dedicated to five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who remain imprisoned in the United States since 1998. (more…)

Santo Domingo.– Group Metro, the acclaimed real estate leader in the Dominican Republic, is pleased to announce their latest, exciting project, Costa Blanca by Metro. The residential golf & beach community will span across 270 acres of lush property including almost 3 miles of coastline overlooking the Caribbean Sea, which also includes a half mile of gorgeous beach front in the blue lagoon bay of the project.

Adorning the property will be an 18-hole signature Greg Norman Signatura Golf Course, international tennis center, beach club, 52 Founder’s Club villas, state-of-the-art condominium towers, a luxurious full-scale marina for over 100 yachts, and private golf club house featuring the Hole 19 Bar, fine dining restaurant, cigar lounge, pro shop, conference center, and more. With top-of-the-line activities and lavish sporting complexes alongside magnificent residences, owners at Costa Blanca will find not only a haven and retreat from the everyday, but also an outlet for recreation and enjoyment. (more…)

BANÍ, Dominican Republic. – Yesterday’s hearing against the mayor, five councilpersons and the City Council president, together with the company Ciramar executives charged in the case of the Bani Dunes, became a political rally, which forced the Instruction judge to transfer the trial to the San Cristóbal Appellate Court, which will evaluate the refusal of the original judge to hear the case and appoint a new one.

Since early morning Monday angry groups of opposition PRD party members and City Council employees occupied the Courthouse’s outers areas, hallways and the chambers where the case was to be heard, chanting support for the mayor Nelson Camilo, and against the government, leading the prosecution to seek a recess of the hearing on grounds of safety. (more…)

SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez and the first lady Margarita Cedeño last night headed the inaugural of the Barrio Chino (Chinatown), built by the Government at a cost of more than RD$46 million, in an event where hundreds of members of the Dominican Chinese community attended.

The keynote speech was delivered by Rosa Ng, president of the Flor para Todos Foundation, who said the Chinese district’s construction was important for that community, and thanked the authorities for their collaboration. (more…)

SANTO DOMINGO.- Tourism minister Felix Jimenez said the new airline Air Dominicana’s first flight will take off from Las Americas Airport on May 2, with president Leonel Fernandez in the inaugural flight, scheduled to cross part of the country’s territory.

“The airplane comes from Majorca, Spain and will arrive next week for test flights and will take off at 10 a.m. on the 2nd from Las Americas towards a nearby destination, so the President can go and return within two-and-a-half or three hours,” he said, and that to carry out this historical flight media directors and tourism industry leaders, among others have also been invited. (more…)

Punta Cana.– Fairmont will develop a hotel and residences within Roco Ki, a luxury residential and resort community in the Punta Cana region of the Dominican Republic. (more…)