TTC Service.-Tourism industries in Dominican Republic and Cuba led the arrivals of foreign visitors to the Caribbean in the first half of 2014, good news for those two countries that each with their methods struggling very hard to save  their respective tourism sectors from the economic and global crisis.

  Santo Domingo.- Simon Suarez is the new director of the Dominican Republic’s hotel and tourism association  ASONAHORES. Suarez was officially be presented on Sep. 3 in a ceremony at the Embassy Suites in Santo Domingo.

Dominican Republic.- The Laguna Dominicus beach, beside which the Bayahibe hotel zone is being developed (in the southeast of the Dominican Republic), was given for the 10th consecutive year the Blue Flag environmental certification for the period of 2014-2015.

Dominican Republic.- The 28th Commercial Exhibition of ASONAHORES 2014, organized by the Dominican Republic’s Hotel and Tourism Association (ASONAHORES), will be held September 10-12 for the third year in a row at the Convention Center of the Barceló Bávaro Beach Hotel in Bávaro, Punta Cana, the country’s principal tourist destination.

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- The 4th Caribbean Hospitality Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS 2014) will be held next November 13 and 14 at Punta Cana’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Francesco Pandolfo Dominican Republic.- A recent comparative study of the arrival of passengers by air to the Caribbean’s four principal tourist destinations: Dominican Republic, Cuba, Riviera Maya (Mexico) and Jamaica, effectively illustrates the course of tourism during the first months of 2014.