PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The white sand beaches, world-class golf courses, all-inclusive resorts and sparkling waters of Punta Cana have long drawn vacationers to the Dominican Republic. But now people are flocking to the Caribbean town in pursuit of something more: a better life.

Cap Cana, Dominican Republic (PRWEB) October 01, 2011
Salamander Hotels & Resorts has been selected to manage Sanctuary Cap Cana, with the goal of making the luxurious Dominican Republic oceanfront resort an American Automobile Association (AAA) Five Diamond award winner.

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic released the Letter of Intention sent by the administration to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), describing as positive the macroeconomic situation both in 2010 and so far in 2011.

Santo Domingo.- Continental China is confident that its "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan will have the support of nations such as Dominican Republic, country with which it also expects stronger bonds and cooperation in key areas including tourism.

Santo Domingo.- The World Bank published the Doing Business 2010 report which ranks the Dominican Republic in 86th place, out of 183 economies, climbing 16 places, up from 102 in the 2009 report. 

SANTO DOMINGO.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia affirms that the country's lodging industry is recovering and continues being an attractive "long destination" market, for which new ad campaigns are being created world-wide. 

Zero crime in Dominican resort regions, Tourism Police chief says 

SANTO DOMINGO.- The crime rate in the in the country's tourism zones has fallen to zero, affirmed Tourism Police (Politur) director Henry Gomez yesterday. 

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican economy continues sending clear signals of recovery, with increased revenues in June, stability of the dollar's rate and the increase of the loans portfolio, which already surpasses RD$10.9 billion in the first five months this year. 

Santo Domingo.- Despite the economic crisis and the A-H1N1 pandemic, Dominican Republic’s tourism continues climbing and the number of foreign visitors grew 2.41% in May. 

London.- British Airways is launching new twice-weekly flights to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Montego Bay in Jamaica, reinforcing its position as the airline with more flights to the Caribbean than any other UK carrier. 

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Assembly to Reform the Constitution approved several articles on the environment and natural resources, including the controversial Law on public access to beaches. 

The lawmakers based their votes on a special commission report that studied and significantly changed the Executive Branch’s proposal. 

 DR and Virtuoso Relationship Means More Travel Experts Selling Upscale Travel in DRSANTO DOMINGO (PRNewswire).- The Dominican Republic (DR) is a preferred destination for luxury according to Virtuoso, an exclusive network of more than 6,000 elite travel specialists worldwide. The network has joined forces with the Dominican Republic (DR) Ministry of Tourism to ensure that savvy travelers choose the DR for premier luxury. 

35 years ago Punta Cana, Dominican Republic was an almost unknown to the rest of the world. It was a very small town in a country dedicated to the all-inclusive resort market. The closest airport was located four hours away, the roads were dusty and in poor condition, there was no life outside the hotels and, there was no golf, no restaurants, and only two hotels existed. 

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's Social Security Treasury (TSS) reached RD$100 billion (US$2.9 billion) in revenues today, said its treasurer Henry Sahdala yesterday, adding that it's a very significant figure because in the system's the first year, 2003, it collected only RD$1.8 billion. 

The goal for 2011 is to double that number, h

MADRID.- Dominican president Leonel Fernandez and Spanish Government chief Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero today signed a document to prevent double taxation on companies from both countries, and renewed their cooperation agreement from 2009 to 2012.