Category : Touristic guide

Hotel occupancy in December and January exceeds the expectations of the sector

Hotel occupancy for Christmas and New Year exceeds the expectations of the tourism sector, which this year has between 2,500 and 3,000 additional rooms. According to estimates of the Executive Vice-President of the National Association of Hotels and...

Dominicans return home to the beat of merengue

Santo Domingo.- The airport authorities gave a warm welcome Thurs. to hundreds of Dominicans, who arrived in the country via Las Americas International Airport to celebrate the yearend holidays. Amid a festive atmosphere of folk music played by a typ...

Dominican Republic to add US$50.0M, 345-room hotel

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday headed groundbreaking for the 345-room Infiniti Punta Cana Hotel in Uvero Alto, to be built at a cost of RD$2.5 billion (US$50.0 million). The new hotel is the Caribbean brand of th...

US$30.0M recovery loan great news for the Colonial ‘Zone’

Santo Domingo.- The announced rescue of the Colonial City will continue is the best yearend news for the ears of the Ovando City Association, which groups the business sector in the Americas’ first European city. For Association members Claudio...

The Caribbean’s top destination draws 7.0% more tourists

Santo Domingo.- Central Bank figures show that 485,481 non-resident passengers arrived by air as of November, of which 416,954 correspond to foreigners and 68,527 to non-resident Dominicans, or 7.0% higher than in 2017, keeping the Dominican Republic...

Dominican Republic to build US$125.0M cruise port in North

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Port Authority (Apordom), director Víctor Gómez Casanova on Sun. said 2019 US$125.0 million will be invested in the port of Puerto Plata by yearend, to build a cruise port that can handle over 680,000 cruise passengers star...

Dominican Republic-Cuba route adds 2 weekly flights

Santo Domingo.- Air Century inaugurated its new route to Havana, Cuba with flights Thursdays and Sundays, departing from Santo Domingo at 8am and returning from Havana at 1:30pm. “By inaugurating this new direct service to Havana, we are respon...

IFC and IDB Invest provide US$119.5M for Tropicalia Hotel in Dominican Republic

Creating New Jobs and Promoting Sustainable Tourism Press Release Santo Domingo. — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and IDB Invest, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, have partnered to provide Cisneros Real Estate with...

Marriot to build 2 hotels in Puerto Plata for US$350.0M

Santo Domingo.- The Marriott International hotel chains and the real estate developers The Ocean Club Group on Tues. unveiled a merger to establish a new tourism standard and announced the construction of two luxury hotels. They said the properties t...

Tourism chief slams eastern hoteliers as ingrates over high rises

Santo Domingo.- Tourism minister, Francisco Javier García, on Wed. lashed out against the east region’s hoteliers for “the campaign and boycotts” he says they have staged to oppose construction of high rises in Macao, Punta Cana. Th...

Dominicans can visit Russia without a visa

Moscow.- . The foreign ministers of the Dominican Republic, Miguel Vargas, and Russia, Sergei Lavrov on Mon. signed two agreements, one which discards the visa for short visits made by citizens of both countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statem...

Sunrise Airways announces new Santo Domingo-Havana flights

Santo Domingo.- Sunrise Airways on Fri. announced a new route from Las Americas International Airport to Havana, thus beginning an ambitious expansion program in the Caribbean. In a statement, the carrier said he inaugural flight to the Cuban capital...

Bold developers ‘trump’ stalwart hoteliers

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Thurs. headed groundbreaking for an 18-story high-rise in Punta Cana, despite opposition by the region’s powerful hoteliers who say it breaks with the east region’s successful to...

Bohío magazine’s content editor wins international journalism prize in Panama

Santo Domingo. – Bohío’s content editor Adrian R. Morales González received in Panama City a “Lifetime Achievement” award in the international tourism journalists prize ‘Open Passport 2018’ by the World Tourism Journalism Organization (OMPT) and the...

Dominican Republic hoteliers sue to halt high rises on coast

Santo Domingo.- East Zone Hotels and Tourism Projects Association (ASOLESTE) president Ernesto Veloz on Wed. filed for an injunction in the Superior Administrative Court against the Tourism Ministry’s approval of 22-floor high rises along the P...