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Punta Cana in Top 50 searched destinations

Punta Cana is included in the Top 50 Most Searched for Destinations from US airports.
In the Caribbean and the Bahamas, the most searched for destinations are Cancun, Mexico (11th), Nassau, Bahamas (30th) San Juan, Puerto Rico (33rd) and Punta Cana (38th). Also listed for the Caribbean are Montego Bay, Jamaica (42nd) and Havana, Cuba (49th).
See http://www.skyscanner.com/news/articles/2010/01/

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In praise of Dominican cooking

Actor Larenz Tate has gone on the record with his praise for Dominican cuisine. As reported in the Chicago Tribune, Tate recently commented on his vacation to the DR, describing it as his "favorite vacation destination."
"My friend has a really nice place in the Dominican Republic, so we went to visit and had an amazing time! It's a place I look forward to visiting again. I had been working in cold New York City forever and wanted to go somewhere nice and warm. They feed you nonstop in the DR, and all the food is delicious so you can't resist eating all the time," he says.
Tate explains that in the DR, "People are cooking all day long - fried plantains, deep-fried chicken, black beans, peas, all kinds of rice, vegetables, potatoes and shrimp. ... It can be a starchfest sometimes, but the fresh fruit like the mangoes and papayas are out of this world. I got a kick out of all the coconut trees there and just being able to drink all the fresh coconut milk. It can be paradise there, but there's also a very poor part of the country. I was able to take a helicopter ride to see the terrain, which was beautiful, but you can also see the poverty".
Larenz Tate has been in Oscar-winning films and critically acclaimed TV shows ("Ray," "Crash," "Rescue Me"). Tate loves to travel with his family.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/family/sc-trav-0302-celeb-20100303,0,6294793.story

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Best Place to Relax

According to the Vancouver Sun, Cap Cana is third in a list of Best Places to Relax.  Here is the link.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/best+places+relax/1219769/story.html
In another event, the Dominican Business Magazine MERCADO chose Cap Cana as the most admired company in the tourism area of The Dominican Republic.

Royal Slam record met with Cap Cana white marlin
Jack MacCluskey has become the youngest fisherman to catch all species billfish during the Dominican Republic's Royal Slam competition, local press reported on Sunday. MacCluskey completed his record by capturing two fish in two nations: a swordfish off the Florida Keys in the US and a striped white marlin off the coast of Cap Cana real estate and hotel development in the Punta Cana area.  MacCluskey is only 9 years old. Because of the extensive travel involved to achieve the Royal Slam, only 100 people worldwide have achieved the target, which took MacCluskey 10 months. The nine fish species are the spearfish, the swordfish, the black marlin, the striped white marlin both the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean versions of blue marlin and sailfish. MacCluskey breaks a record set by Wes Davis, who was 10 when he set the record.
To qualify for the record, all fish must be caught and then released in line with the rules published by the International Game Fishing Association.

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