Category : Dominican Republic

Frontier Airlines will link Santo Domingo and Santiago from Newark

STARTING NEXT MARCH 10 & The tourist promotion office of the Ministry of Tourism in New York City, together with representatives of the Frontier Airlines company, announced the new routes for Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros from Mar...

RD’s unstoppable hotel expansion: 6,356 new rooms are built

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM SMITH TRAVEL RESEARCH & Until last January 2020, 152 hotel projects under construction in the Caribbean had been counted, which together would add 31,787 rooms in the Dominican Republic with 6,356 rooms, whic...

Rainieri rules out political crisis affecting the tourism sector

“THE ELECTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED WHICH RESTORES CALM,” HE SAID. & The president of the Punta Cana Group, Frank Rainieri, said that the political crisis generated after the suspension of the electoral elections has raised some...

US chain to build a 9,000-room US$6.0B megahotel

Santo Domingo.- The US-based hotel chain Wynn Hotels & Resort is in talks with business leaders from the eastern part of the country to acquire 12 hectares on the Coral highway, to build a 9,000-room hotel in three stages. In a press release Thur...

Dominican Republic to have its first theme park

Santo Domingo .– A company that develops theme parks in the area of tourism has announced the construction of an amusement park in Punta Cana on a date to be determined this year. Kathmandu Group announced an agreement with Falcon’s Creat...

It’s cold in them thar’ mountains

Santo Domingo.- Temperatures as low as 8 degrees Celsius (46F) were registered Tue. morning in Valle Nuevo, Constanza, central La Vega province. “There will be moderate rains, thunderstorms and wind gusts in the north and northeast regions produced b...

Hotel Grand Paradise Playa Dorada gets HolidayCheck’s kudos

Santo Domingo.- The Grand Paradise Playa Dorada hotel, of the Amhsa Marina Hotels & Resorts chain, was chosen as one of the best hotels in the Caribbean region by HolidayCheck, the largest German travel website. HolidayCheck selects the 10 most p...

Dominican hoteliers cautiously optimistic on coronavirus

Santo Domingo.- Over 20 airlines in the world have canceled their flights to China in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, in the northeast of that country. Some countries have also banned passengers from enterin...

A 2nd proposed airport at Bavaro-Punta Cana

Three Spanish companies are linked to the ambitious initiative Looking to compete with the Punta Cana terminal & A business group headed by Abrisa, a company headed by Abraham Hazoury, proposes the construction of a Bavaro airport in Higüey, d...

AMResort to build two US$400M hotels in Miches

Miches, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Wed. headed groundbreaking for the construction of the Secrets and Dreams hotels of the AMResort chain on Costa Esmeralda beach, Miches township, eastern El Seibo province. The resorts of 500 r...

Do you have any idea of the things you can travel with to DR without paying taxes?

Santo Domingo, DR It is very common among travelers to “load up” with purchases of handicrafts, electronic equipment, perfumes and spirits and various small artifacts to be introduced as gifts to relatives and friends. But, do you know t...

Tourism cluster values advances in Puerto Plata in terms of security

FINJUS RATED THE PROVINCE AS THE SAFEST IN THE DR & The Puerto Plata Destination Tourism Cluster ( CTDPP ) valued as positive the advances in security that the province has achieved, which was recently rated by the Institutional and Justice Foun...

Deal will bring Chinese-Americans to the North Coast

Puerto Plata.- Lifestyle Group executives on Fri. said that in the coming months the visit of new foreigners to Puerto Plata and Cabarete will increase, due to a “productive agreement” with the largest Chinese tour operator (Ctrip), for which will of...

Puerto Plata’s cruise tourism, a picture of solid growth

Puerto Plata.- Cruise tourism continues to grow at a notable pace in the province, reaching 134,985, or 26% more visitors during 2019 compared to 2018, according to the Central Bank. In 2019, the third full year of operations at Carnival’s Amber Cove...

Medina heads inaugural of a Club Med hotel

Miches, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina led the inaugural of the Club Med Miches Playa Esmeralda hotel, which creates 1,200 jobs in the east region. The head of state was accompanied by Yamil Isaías, Executive Vice President of the Pione...