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Disney Cruise Line Is Coming to the Dominican Republic

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Disney Cruise Line is set to make its debut in the Dominican Republic, with confirmed arrivals scheduled for Puerto Plata between November and December, according to Dominican Port Authority (Apordom) executive director Jean Luis Rodríguez. The news marks a notable milestone for the country’s fast-growing cruise sector — and another sign of Puerto Plata’s rising […]

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Costa Rica President-Elect Makes Visit to Dominican Republic

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina and Costa Rica President-Elect Luis Guillermo Solis (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina received Costa Rica President-Elect Luis Guillermo Solis for a meeting on Thursday morning. Medina was accompanied by Vice President Margarita Cedeño de Fernández and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. Solis […]

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Caribbean Eats: Is This The Best Seafood in Punta Cana?

YOU CAN find good fish on almost any restaurant table in the Caribbean. It’s almost always fresh, locally sourced and well prepared. But the great plate of fish is often in more rarefied air — an exclusive place where master chefs turn seafood into an art form. Above: the grouper at Kukua We found precisely […]

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Dominican Republic, Turkey Sign Cooperation Agreements

Above: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic and Turkey have signed agreements on economic and civil aviation cooperation. The agreements were signed by Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during the latter’s visit to the Dominican Republic […]


Caribbean Eats: Is This The Best Seafood in Punta Cana?

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Dominican Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo earlier this year (Photo: OPDR) By Alexander Britell Haiti and the Dominican Republic have postponed their high-level talks for a second time, Caribbean Journal has learned. The talks, which were originally slated to take place on April 8 in Jacmel, are […]

Dominican Republic Opens Two New Air Traffic Control Centres

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina at the inauguration ceremony for the two new centres By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina officially inaugurated two new air traffic control centres in Santo Domingo and Punta Cana in a joint event this week. The two air traffic control centres were built at a […]

Caribbean Eats: In the Dominican Republic's Bavaro, the Art of Chicken

Above: Solo Pollo in Bavaro (all photos by CJ) BAVARO — Yes, they serve other things here. But at a place called “Only Chicken,” why would you order anything else? Solo Pollo, as it’s actually known, is a small outdoor-only lunch joint that’s been in the Plaza Las Brisas off the main road in Bavaro, […]

Sheraton Debuts in Santo Domingo

Above: the Sheraton Santo Domingo By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Sheraton brand has officially returned to Santo Domingo. Starwood Hotels and Resorts this week announced the debut of the new Sheraton Santo Domingo Hotel at the former Melia Santo Domingo. The 255-room property, which is owned and operated by Hoteles Nacionales, recently concluded […]

VIDEO: 8 Experts Give Their Take on Dominican Republic Tourism

This week was the Dominican Republic’s leading tourism conference, DATE, which saw officials and tourism industry stakeholders from across the country gather in Punta Cana. To learn more about the state of Dominican tourism, Caribbean Journal caught up with eight industry leaders to give their perspectives on the state of and outlook for tourism in […]

Dominican Republic Begins Annual Tourism Conference in Punta Cana

Above: the Paradisus Palma Real in Punta Cana By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Dominican Republic has officially kicked off its national tourism conference in the area of Punta Cana. DATE, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, is being held this year at the Paradisus Palma Real hotel, which debuted its new, 42,000-square-foot Convention Center […]

Dominican Republic Sees Strong Growth in US Visitors

Above: Radames Martinez-Aponte, the Dominican Republic’s vice minister for tourism (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PUNTA CANA — The Dominican Republic saw 10 percent growth in visitors from the United States last year, according to Radames Martinez-Aponte, the country’s vice minister for tourism. US-based tourists totaled around 1.6 million last year, accounting for about 40 […]

IMF: Dominican Republic Economy to Grow 4.5 Percent in 2014

Above: the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s economy is projected to grow by 4.5 percent in 2014, according to a projection from the International Monetary Fund, which recently concluded a visit to the country. That projection comes after an estimated 4 percent GDP growth in 2013, according to […]

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