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Con la gestión de los Dominican Beach de Playa Bávaro, AM Resort sumará 732 habitaciones a su marca Sunscape. Bávaro, R. Dominicana.- Luego del exitoso acuerdo que AM Resort firmó con Barceló para hacerse cargo del resort que la hotelera adquirió a Occidental en Puerto Plata, el negocio entre las compañías continuará ya que se supo que la norteamericana sumará en el destino Punta Cana dos nuevas propiedades, más una tercera a confirmar.   Estos resorts serán los Barceló Dominican Beach que se encuentran en la Playa de El Cortecito, en Bávaro y que transformará también a la marca Sunscape. La tercera propiedad a gestionar seria el ex Occidental Grand, pero fuentes cercanas a la negociación no nos confirman, por el momento, el cierre de esta operación.   En concreto, las dos propiedades que AM Resorts tiene amarradas y que ya se encuentran refaccionando y adecuando a la marca son: el Sunscape Dominican Beach Punta Cana y el Sunscape Bávaro Beach Punta Cana, hoteles que cerraron sus puertas luego de Semana Santa y se espera tengan su reapertura para la temporada alta de invierno de este año 2016.   Entre las dos propiedades, AM Resorts sumará unas 732 habitaciones a su porfolio, pero el gran salto para la marca seria poder hacerse con las 850 del ex Occidental Grand y así cerrar un gran 2016 con casi 1,600 habitaciones más para la marca Sunscape en el destino Punta Cana, aseguran. dominicanosHOY.com – Turismo Full Garmin road & street map Republica Dominicana full Android nevegacion & reference system of Dominican Republic & Haiti. Correct work in devices Garmin, and in any widgets Android

Dominican Republic’s economic future is in tourism: Minister Santo Domingo.– The tourism industry has seen steady growth over the three years of President Danilo Medina’s administration, providing the economy with more than 16 billion dollars, which exceeds the nation’s current budget this year, Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia said. According to the official, tourism is at its best, thanks to the support the sector has received from President Danilo Medina. «No one is more aware than him of what this sector represents to the country’s development,» Garcia pointed out. He recalled that the Tourism Ministry has strengthened its international promotion in order to guarantee the arrival of more foreign visitors who choose the Dominican Republic as their favorite destination. «The country’s economic future is in tourism, a sector that is now at its best,» stressed Francisco Javier Garcia. DominicanToday.com – Tourism News

Dominican official slams the door on bauxite mine as tourism waits Santo Domingo.-   Energy and Mines Minister Antonio Isa Conde on  Wednesday defended Government´s strategy to develop Pedernales (southwest), replacing bauxite mining with a comprehensive economic and social plan which protects the environment, in an area  with the most eco-tourism attractions. He said the project will start in the coming months with actions to remediate the environment and construction of infrastructure requiring a massive number of workers with more than mining had provided thus far.»We´re committed to sustainable employment.» He said it’s more rational a brief, short-term sacrifice to maintain an activity that entails serious environmental consequences in the medium and long term for the quality of life of present and future generations. «This decision is above individual interests and focuses on the interests of the country and a population that must keep living beyond when bauxite is exhausted,» Isa Conde said on Panorama, Fidelity radio. When asked why the miner Dovemco wasn’t allowed to extract bauxite during the next 18 months, the official said the government’s plan has a timetable that should not vary for «individual interests.» DominicanToday.com – Tourism News

Busiest Dominican airport to conduct flights ´almost’ like a US terminal Santo Domingo.- Punta Cana Airport has been certified to operate flights to the US almost as a domestic terminal where passengers will be pre-checked at the facility in the near future, avoiding the hassle of American immigration and customs with connecting flights. US Customs and Immigration officials will conduct the checks at a special salon set within the premises of Punta Cana, which will become the country´s first airport with that international rating. Punta Cana airport received 2.9 million passengers during 2014, or 65.2% of the country´s total, and has led in air operations during the last few years. Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) director Alejandro Herrera said Punta Cana it will obtain permits and facilities to conduct its flights after beating Cancun, in Mexico in a rating of terminals. DominicanToday.com – Tourism News

Yet another project to clean up, develop Dominican capital´s rivers Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina and the Ozama and Isabela rivers recovery commission on Monday said will be build an avenue along both waterways and halt the dumping into their waters of pollutants and trash by companies. The announced project is the latest proposal to clean up and develop the fouled waterways, the most recent an Italian company with even upscale waterfront real estate. National District mayor Roberto Salcedo provided the information after the meeting with the mayors of Greater Santo Domingo and other committee members. He said trees will be planted along the river banks as part of the ambitious project´s objectives. “We have yet to quantify them, but each of these projects to be implemented we obviously have to work on the budget to identify the sources of resources.» He said five community-oriented companies operating on their banks collect 500 tons of trash each day which had been dumped into the two rivers, «and since we now pay 25 dollars per ton they now try to pick it up.» DominicanToday.com – Tourism News

Ruling paves way to develop most pristine Dominican beach Santo Domingo.- A National District judge on Tuesday declared null and void the demarcations within the parcels 215-B-3 of Enriquillo township, Barahona province (southwest), for being part of Jaragua National Park, which includes the seven miles of beach at Bahia de las Aguilas. The ruling surmounts the last major hurdle for the government to develop the pristine beach near Pedernales, a case that has been in the courts since 1997. 1st Superior Land Court Chamber judge Adela Torres de la Cruz ordered Barahona Titles Registry to cancel the claims derived from surveyor boundaries in that parcel, restoring the validity of title No. 42 with the State´s property rights to 6,533 hectares. The judge also ordered the Regional Cadastral Directorate to revoke survey designations No.215-B-3, 215-B-3-C, 215-B-3-D, 215-B-3-F, 215-B-3-G and 215-B-3-H, assigned to the plots covered by the demarcation. The court ruled for the Justice Ministry´s request to annul the surveys and against the ownership claim filed by Ricardo, Eduardo Elias, Mauricio and Carolina Alicia Gadala Maria, as inheritors of Elias Gadala Maria. DominicanToday.com – Tourism News

Dominican Republic National Park honors first of Taino rebels Santo Domingo.- The National Park National Park of the East will now bear the name of Cotubanamá, one of the first Taino Indian chiefs to wage war against the Spanish colonizers on Hispaniola in the late 1400s and early 1500s. Santo Domingo.- The National Park National Park of the East will now bear the name of Cotubanamá, one of the first Taino Indian chiefs to wage war against the Spanish colonizers on Hispaniola in the late 1400s and early 1500s. The Dominican Congress recently approved Bill 519-14 signed into Law by president Danilo Medina on 8 October last year, which recognizes Cotubanamá’s leadership among the caciques (Taino chieftains) as the first to rebel against Spanish rule and fiercely defend his people. Born and raised in the Taino chieftainship of Higuey (Xiguey) which includes the now protected area, Cotubanamá signed a peace treaty with Capt. General Juan de Esquivel after years of protracted battles, but conflicts with the Spaniards soon reemerged, prompting him to burn three times the fort commanded by Juan Ponce de León, between San Rafael de Yuma and Boca de Yuma, forcing the Spanish explorer to rebuild them with stone. Cotubanamá’s successes against the invaders who hunted Indians with trained dogs among other abuses, forced the Spanish crown to deploy a task force to capture or kill him, and was eventually caught and hanged in a public plaza of Santo Domingo. Prior to his capture however Cotubanamá did manage however to recruit the wise shamans and find a secure area to protect the elderly, women and children while on excursions with his braves. DominicanToday.com – Tourism News