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Hotels in the La Romana Bayahibe area focus on emergency planning during hurricane season

The La Romana Bayahibe Hotel Association, in coordination with the National Office of Meteorology (ONAMET), educated a group of hotel collaborators on updated information for the 2017 hurricane season in order to increase and guarantee the safety of tourists in our country.

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Juan Vidal visits the Altos de Chavón School of Design in Santo Domingo

Surrounding the events of Dominicana Moda 2016 that culminated Saturday evening with the grand finale of Spanish fashion designer Juan Vidal’s Spring/ Summer 2017 collection, Mr. Vidal also visited the fashion design students of the Chavón School of Design in Santo Domingo earlier in the week. The very simpático designer accompanied by fellow crew members and family, Dominicana Moda’s stylist and […]

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Stefan Sagmeister’s Inspiring Lecture on “Why Beauty Matters” and his visit to Altos de Chavón

When the superstars of the world of art and design shine in Chavón it is truly illuminating.  This past weekend mega talent Austrian born, New York City based, Stefan Sagmeister, enlightened an audience of 300 at the Agora cinema with his take on “Why Beauty Matters”.  His words and examples ranged from architecture to painting, […]

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“Feasting your Eyes: Food in Film” lecture – Tuesday Jan. 22nd!

On Tuesday the 22nd of January, the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design invites you to particpate in a complimentay lecture “Feasting your Eyes: Food in Film” presented by Fabio Parasecoli, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Food Studies at the New School in New York City at 6:30pm at the Regional Museum of […]