Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
New Dominican airline gets first plane
SANTO DOMINGO.-The new carrier Air Dominicana will begin operations May 2, with its fleet’s first airplane ready; a 737-A, already identified with the Dominican flag’s colors, red, white and blue. Newspaper Diario Libre reports that the Dominican State’s share in the new airline of US$10 million initial capital is 40 percent, and the Spanish capital [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Dominican Republic’s tourism industry grew 5.9% in March
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s tourism industry grew 5.9 percent in March compared with the same month last year, and 1.1 million visitors arrived in the first quarter. Tourism minister Felix Jiménez said last month’s arrival of Canadian and U.S. tourists grew 9 and 7.4 percent respectively, whereas flow from England, Belgium and Spain also posted [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
American won’t charge flyers $US25 for extra luggage, Dominican manager says
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 [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Cuban traveling book fair to visit eight cities in Dominican Republic
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 [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Group Metro to develop 1 billion dollar project in Dominican Republic
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 [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Hearing in the case of protected Dunes scandal turns into political rally
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 [...]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Dominican capital has its Chinatown
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 [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
New Dominican airline’s inaugural flight set for May 2
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 [...]
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Fairmont joins Roco Ki community in Dominican Republic
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.
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Sun-and-beach tourism a thing of the past, Dominican expert warns
SANTO DOMINGO.- Sun and beach tourism on its own is untenable as today’s traveler seeks more variety, and because it has lagged behind in developing communities, causing social exclusion, it doesn’t have a future in the Dominican Republic, said a senior adviser of the National Competitiveness Council.
