Dominican News
Study: Tropicalia project stresses environment protection, community integration
Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:14:00 GMTMICHES, Dominican Republic.- The Tropicalia tourism project, which the Gustavo Cisneros Organization affirms is ecologically responsible, luxurious, low density and sustainable, hosted a gathering in the Miches City council, to evaluate its environmental impact.
Desalia 2010 brings La Oreja de Van Gogh to Punta Cana
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:39:00 GMTPunta Cana.- Spanish pop band La Oreja de Van Gogh will be the main attraction of Desalia 2010, the mega party that Barcelo Rum celebrates every year at Cabeza de Toro beach in Punta Cana.Desalia, which is considered to be the most important party of the
American Airlines to resume service to Haiti, adds new Dominican routes
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:02:00 GMTFORT WORTH, Texas.- American Airlines will resume service into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, beginning Friday, Feb. 19. The first flight will depart from American's hub at Miami International Airport at 6:40 a.m. EST, arriving at Port-au-Prince at 8:35 a.m. EST. This flight marks the first commercial passenger aircraft into Haiti since the earthquake that devastated the country on Jan. 12.
Dominican town views Cisneros' US$2.0B tourism project
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:41:00 GMTMICHES, 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.
Elliot companies file US$120M countersuit in Florida
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:07:00 GMTKuret says wretched roads hobble Dominican tourism industry
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:38:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO. - The hotels and restaurants grouped in Asonahores decry the wretched condition of the country's highways, which they affirm considerably harms the tourism industry.
Hoteliers, restaurateurs again warn of the Malecon's perils
Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:55:00 GMTSanto Domingo.- The hoteliers and restaurateurs grouped in Asonahores and the Santo Domingo Hotels Association reiterated their concern with what they call lack of security and poor lighting in the capital's seaside boulevard Malecon.
Seminar births more formulas to jumpstart the South's lagging tourism
Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:25:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO.- A mere 2% of the tourists choose to visit the country's South region, according to tour operator Linnette Arbaje, who stressed the need to diversify the tourism offer and use the virtually virgin zone to spearhead that policy.
Constanza's Valle Nuevo National Park has a visitor center
Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:17:00 GMTConstanza, Dominican Republic.- Environment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal and Valle Nuevo National Park director Rosa Bonetti de Santana inaugurated the park Visitors' Center, located in La Piramide, Constanza.
Dominican Republic's whale watching season kicks off with more species
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:26:00 GMTSANTO DOMINGO.- 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.
Worldwide tourism contributes to global agenda
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:00 GMTJohannesburg / Madrid.- Global challenges such as the recent economic crisis and the climate imperatives can only be addressed in a global cooperative manner such as the UN or the G-20, said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai in his opening remarks at the Tourism Ministers Meeting (T20) on Travel and tourism: stimuli for the global economy.
Dominican Republic wants Italians to again top tourist arrivals
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:05:00 GMTMilan.- 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.
Master of the Ocean 2010 starts Tuesday in Cabarete
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:05:00 GMTCabarete.- The Olympics of the ocean, the ultimate watersports triathlon, comes
