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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The white sand beaches, world-class golf courses, all-inclusive resorts and sparkling waters of Punta Cana have long drawn vacationers to the Dominican Republic. But now ...
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Santo Domingo.- The Ikea department store will open its doors to Dominican shoppers tomorrow Wednesday with an attractive catalogue featuring furniture and some major appliances.
Since 2008 the Swedish multinational company began construction with president Leonel Fernandez heading the groundbreaking near the Americana department store, on ...
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Punta Cana.– JetBlue will begin offering daily nonstop flights, year round, between Punta Cana and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, making golf vacations that much more convenient.
On May 8, the company will begin offering nonstop, Saturday flights between Punta Cana and Boston’s Logan International Airport.
To ...
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Punta Cana.– The British newspaper The Mirror in its online edition has named the greatest escapes for tourist in 2010, among which is Punta Cana as one of the most captivating places in the Caribbean.
According to the Web site, British Airways has launched a twice-weekly scheduled service to Punta Cana´s glorious beaches, with an ...
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Santo Domingo.– The group NH Hotels and Resorts inaugurated its second property, the NH Royal Beach Hotel, in the Dominican Republic.
The company entered the Dominican market in early 2008, when it opened the NH Real Arena Hotel. The two establishments are located in Punta Cana, some 15 kilometers from the Punta Cana International Airport. ...
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Santo Domingo.– The Punta Cana International Airport announced a 5% increase in seat capacity on flights for 2010 and will add 363 new flights, tourism industry sources revealed. The airport, which has the greatest volume of traffic in the country and is served by the largest number of airlines for a single airport in the Caribbean, ...
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PRESS RELEASESanto Domingo.- IFC, a member of theWorld Bank Group, will provide $20 million to Corporación Aeroportuaria del Este, SA to expand the Punta Cana International Airport and support the Dominican Republic's tourism sector.
CAE, which owns and operates the airport, will build a new runway and taxiway suitable for larger ...
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ORLANDO, Fla., PRNewswire.- Hard Rock International and Palace Resorts today announced an agreement to bring the world's first "ultimate all-inclusive" Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Slated to be re-branded in Spring 2010, the 1800-room Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana will combine the ...
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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- The Banco Popular Dominicano on Friday inaugurated a modern office in Punta Cana, Altagracia province (east), with which it expands its initiatives to develop the tourism industry in this region of the country. In the activity held in the Popular’s new facilities, attended the president Manuel A. ...
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Friday, 28 August 2009 08:11 Ray Clancy Caribbean - Caribbean Property News
google_protectAndRun(''render_ads.js::google_render_ad'', google_handleError, google_render_ad);The real estate Idustry in the Caribbean has welcomed the start of new airline services from London to several islands as a much needed boost to the region's ...
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Press Release
JetBlue Airways Announces Plans to Serve Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
12.16.09, 11:08 AM ET NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) has applied for authority from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide new international service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from New ...
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Punta Cana.– The Dominican Republic, still a virgin market when it comes to the rental and sales of luxury yachts, with multiple maritime locations, great beauty and excellent natural conditions, has caught the interest of Yacht Cana International for the offering of their services, which will intensify the country’s tourism potential ...
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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. – The Puntacana Resort & Club headed the community clean up operative ‘Clean City’, as part of the environmental education program conducted through his Ecological Foundation.
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Frank, Fernando Rainieri.Santo Domingo.- The Puntacana Foundation and the Puntacana Ecological Foundation will collaborate with the organization Save the Children Dominicana, to jointly promote sustainable socio-cultural development in the communities Verón, Punta Cana and Bavaro (east).Save the Children Dominicana president Fernando ...
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Abraham Hazoury, President Fernandez head the ribbon-cutting.Higuey, Dominican Republic. – The Universidad Latino Americana (UNIBE) inaugurated its Cap Cana campus in the town Punta Cana, in a ceremony headed by president Leonel Fernandez.Present in the activity were Ligia Amada Melo, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology ...
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By SETH KUGELNEW YORK TIMES | Published: October 29, 2006 I WAKE up in my golden-yellow Oscar de la Renta-decorated, $650-a-night villa, throw off the 350-thread-count sheets, and pad over to open the balcony doors. In floods the Caribbeansunlight, nothing but a long-fronded palm and a patch of manicured grass between me and the sugary sand ...
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January 7, 2001FROM THE SCRUB COMES A BEHEMOTHBy SCOTT NORVELLIT'S the next Cancun.The label has stuck on Punta Cana. In the travel trade press. On the tongues ofagents. Even in the popular press, it's all you hear about the formerly barreneastern tip of the Dominican Republic. That, and phrases like ''hot spot of ...
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October28, 2007BySETH KUGELSamaná,the gnarled finger of a peninsula on the northeastcoast of the DominicanRepublic, has always been a beautiful place.Green roller-coaster hills are hometo picturesque farms on the interior, andlazy beach towns dot the shore,drawing Europeans — especially the French —willing to make the lengthy ...
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By SETH KUGELASMALL, pothole-laden city in the central valley of the Dominican Republic,anchored by aconcrete-pillared, irregularly shaped cathedral whose decidedlyugly look takessome time to grow on you, La Vega isn't high on the to-do listof mosttravelers. There are no beaches, a few tolerable hotels, someunremarkablerestaurants ...
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The 554-suite ParadisusPalma Real offers gourmet dining choices, a range of complimentary amenitiesand adults-only royal service with personal butlers and private beach and poolareas.
Each of the oversizedsuites is equipped with mahogany furniture, a Jacuzzi for two, a spaciousbathroom with European Spa jet shower, plasma television, CD player, ...
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Caribbean's pristine Dominican Republicattracts wave of U.S. investors ByKerry SandersCorrespondent,CNBC, Updated: 6:21 p.m. ET July 21, 2006 TheCaribbean's Dominican Republic is a land of colors with its red, white andtropical blues. But it's all about the green that has people buzzing thesedays. Theisland ...
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By Gay Nagle Myers Construction dominates the tourism scene in the Dominican Republic these days. Cranes can be seen and jackhammers heard from Puerto Plata in the north to Barahona and Punta Cana on the south coast. “We are attracting a lot of high-end investors,” said Luis Simo, deputy minister of tourism. ...
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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic -- Among the Dominican Republic’s tourist areas slated for growth are Punta Cana and Puerto Plata. In Punta Cana, hotels and a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course are under construction; the airport terminal was expanded; and a 24-mile boulevard is being built to facilitate travel to and from ...
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Thehotel boom shows no sign of letup in the Dominican Republic, as nearly 2,000rooms will be added to the island's room count beginning in late 2007. • Mexico-based Palace Resorts will debut its1,743-room, all-inclusive Moon Palace Casino, Golf & Spa Resort in PuntaCana in two phases beginning late next ...
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By Gay Nagle Myers NEW YORK -- With 22 resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico and Costa Rica under three different brands, Occidental Hotels is a force to be reckoned with in the all-inclusive arena. The Madrid-based firm, with more than 70 properties worldwide, including European city hotels and Mediterranean resorts, set ...
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It comes as nosurprise that The Donald's (Trump, that is) latest Caribbeanventure happens to be one of the largest in the region. Trump already has hisname on the golf course and casino at the high-end Raffles Resort on Canouan inthe Grenadines, but the Cap Cana project inthe Dominican Republicwill go beyond putting and roulette.The ...
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DOMINICAN TODAY | Economy - 24 April 2009, 8:27 AM
Green, white, and blue. Isla Saona. Santo Domingo. - A recent YaleUniversity study ranked Dominican Republic 33rd among the greenest countries,Environment minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal said Thursday. “To be amongthe world’s top 35 greenest countries is ...
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:02am EST REUTERS BOSTON, MA, Jan 15 (MARKETWIRE) -- With the vacation rental marketestimated at $24B, the growing andpopular lodging sectormotivated PhocusWright -- a leading travelresearch firm -- to conduct theindustry's first ever dedicated marketstudy. Co-sponsored by 14industry players including FlipKey.com -- ...
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August15, 2008 | The New York TimesByBILLIE COHENIN these tough times, with gasprices setting records and airfares skyrocketing, many people are lucky to havejobs, let alone time to take a vacation. And yet there’s some good news forsecond-home owners hoping to rent out an investment property: vacationers areturning to these ...
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