Category : Dominican Republic

A US$130M tourism complex for Dominican Republic’s 2nd city

Santo Domingo.- The companies Grupo Ágora, Grupo Hilton and Trust Hospitality announced on Thursday the construction of a tourism complex in Santiago, Dominican Republic’s second largest city at a cost of US$130 million. The Presidency said it will b...

Public Health redouble preventive measures in airports of the country by coronavirus

IN PUNTA CANA, AILA, PUERTO PLATA, LA ROMANA … & Public Health together with the World Health Organization redoubles preventive measures at airports and hospitals in the face of the spread of the coronavirus. In that sense, for the Dominic...

García: trust has returned to the North American and Canadian market

INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO FLOW POSITIVELY & Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García said that confidence has returned to the North American and Canadian markets because investments continue to flow positively and later announcements of new projec...

Lifestyle Holiday’s 74 new apartments show 100% trust in DR

Madrid.- Lifestyle Holiday Group on Tues. said its CEO, Markus Wischenbart, maintains 100% confidence in the Dominican Republic, where he can attest to that market’s consolidation and consistency when compared with other countries where he travels fr...

To merengue beat Dominican Republic concludes Tourism Fair

Madrid.- To the beat of merengue the Dominican Republic concluded its participation in Madrid’s International Tourism Fair (Fitur) 2020, which was considered successful by people linked to the sector. “This fair has filled all our expectations. Just...

Biggest bank champions Dominican tourism development

Madrid.- The International Tourism Fair (Fitur 2020) once again concluded Sun. with great success achieved by Dominican companies in search of growth in long-distance source markets such as Spain. As an example the Banco Popular Dominicano (BPD), whi...

Canada announces its first case of the new coronavirus in Toronto

TORONTO (EFE) .- Canadian health authorities announced today that they have detected in Toronto the first case of the new coronavirus responsible for the infectious outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan and that it has killed dozens of people in Chin...

PAHO urges to be prepared in the Americas to detect cases of the new coronavirus

Washington, DC.-The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, urged on Friday the countries of the region of the Americas to be prepared to detect early, isolate and care for patients infected with the new coronavirus...

We’ve invested US$500M in the Dom. Rep.: Lifestyle Group

Madrid.- With an investment of around 500 million dollars in the Dominican Republic, the Lifestyle Group is committed to consolidating the country’s north coast as a holiday destination. Brand commercial director Daniel Ferra, said the Lifestyle Grou...

Dominican Republic’s SW readies unrivaled development

Santo Domingo.- The Canadian company Lemay will present the Pedernales Development Master Plan this Thursday to investors attending the International Tourism Fair (Fitur) 2020) in Madrid, focused on creating a new nature and luxury destination and a...

La Romana cruise port served 237,602 passengers in 2019

Santo Domingo.- Via the La Romana cruise terminal 237,602 passengers arrived in the country in 2019, a part of them transported by Costa Cruise Lines, which during the winter season contributes to Dominican tourism with the movement of visitors from...

Tourism: lower tolls on Samaná road, income, arrivals, amphitheater

Madrid.- Dominican Republic Tourism minister, Francisco Javier García, on Wednesday called for lower tolls on the Santo Domingo-Samaná Highway. He also reported a 1.9% drop in the arrival of non-resident tourists to the Dominican Republic compared to...

Nearly 190,000 Russian tourists visited Dominican Rep. in 2019

Santo Domingo.- Nearly 190,000 Russian tourists visited the Dominican Republic during 2019 through national airports, according to Immigration authorities at Las Americas International Airport. The statistics reveal that the months with the most visi...

Dominican State bank focuses funding on tourism projects

Santo Domingo.- The State-owned Reservas bank (Banreservas) will showcase its facilities and opportunities to support tourism investment in the Dominican Republic, at Madrid’s International Tourism Fair (Fitur), from Jan. 22 to 26. As part of the pro...

Anex milestone with the largest investment in the history of tourism in the DR

Neset Kockar highlights the power of the group in the emission of tourists in the region Construction of the complex will generate about 10 thousand direct jobs President Danilo Medina participated last Thursday in the first palazzo for the constru...