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Dominican Republic named top Caribbean golf spot - Just the Flight


Dominican Republic named top Caribbean golf spot
Just the Flight,  UK  - Dec 1, 2008
The Dominican Republic was named this year's top destination for a golf holiday in the Caribbean and Latin America region at a recent event in Spain. ...
NZ chips in as top golfing destination The Move Channel
Dominican Republic celebrates golf tourism awa rd Opodo
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Hawk's Landing Golf Club earns Audubon sanctuary certification - WorldGolf.com

Hawk's Landing Golf Club earns Audubon sanctuary certification
WorldGolf.com,  AZ  - Dec 2, 2008
... which ensures that 25 managed golf properties in North America and the Caribbean become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of 2008. ...


Legroom, lounges and legalese: A guide to the best travel gift ... - USA Today

Legroom, lounges and legalese: A guide to the best travel gift ...
USA Today  - 7 hours ago
Royal Caribbean , for example, offers denominations ranging from $50 to $3000. However, the recipient must use them prior to setting sail since they cannot ...


Pirates in the Caribbean: Brick by brick - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pirates in the Caribbean : Brick by brick
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,  PA  - Nov 30, 2008
... only tenants along the narrow road leading north of the airport: The Mets' place will be more expensive at $7 million, thanks in part to a golf course. ...


Divi Resorts Announces Aruba Phoenix Beach Opening - PRLog.Org (press release)

Divi Resorts Announces Aruba Phoenix Beach Opening
PRLog.Org (press release),  Romania  - 23 hours ago
... "The changes are positioning the brand as the true aficionado of Caribbean vacations. " Also set for a December 23rd opening is the final 52 of 240 golf ...


Top magazine praises Roco Ki's Faldo Legacy Golf Course - Dominican Today

Top magazine praises Roco Ki's Faldo Legacy Golf Course
Dominican Today,  Dominican Republic  - Nov 24, 2008
The Faldo Legacy Course is the first Caribbean golf course designed by golf great Nick Faldo, Ryder Cup captain in 2008 and living legend of Golf's Hall of ...


Around Montana: Selvig celebration to be held Sunday - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Around Montana: Selvig celebration to be held Sunday
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle,  MT  - Dec 2, 2008
700 last Wednesday when Montana beat Illinois 59-57 in overtime at the Caribbean Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. Selvig is the ninth NCAA Division I women's ...


Costa Rica's Caribbean vibe - USA Today

USA Today

Costa Rica's Caribbean vibe
USA Today  - Nov 28, 2008
"The Disney set won't come here, " he says, noting that most hotels along the Caribbean coast lack amenities such as air conditioning, pools or golf courses. ...


Today's migrant worker: life in shadows of opulence - Boston Globe

Boston Globe

Today's migrant worker: life in shadows of opulence
Boston Globe,  United States  - 12 hours ago
He got a job at Jonathan's Landing Golf Club in Jupiter Beach and won $10000 at a casino in Florida. He bought a cellphone (he had been using pay phones) ...


Economic Turmoil Changes Caribbean Resort Landscape - Hospitality Design Magazine

Economic Turmoil Changes Caribbean Resort Landscape
Hospitality Design Magazine,  NY  - Dec 1, 2008
The project is slated to include four luxury hotels, three golf courses, and a mega-yacht marina. In West Caicos, construction at the Ritz-Carlton Molasses ...





 

Local golf: Naples' Luse remains alive on 'Big Break X: Michigan' (Naples Daily News)
Naples' Bernadette Luse and her partner Haymes Snedeker remained alive in The Golf Channel's reality show "Big Break X: Michigan'' on Tuesday night, but the two did not secure the first spot in the final match.

Economic Turmoil Changes Caribbean Resort Landscape (Hospitality Design)
The current economic turmoil is claiming new hotel projects in the Caribbean. Developers of the Cap Cana resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, had to lay off 500 workers last month after loans through Lehman Brothers fell through.

ESPN Taps In Multiyear Deal for Women's British Open (MultiChannel News)
ESPN Wednesday announced it has acquired the rights to all four rounds of the Ricoh Women's British Open golf tournament, including 12 live hours of coverage beginning in 2010.

Costa Rica's Caribbean vibe (USA Today)
An increase in midrange lodging and restaurants, coupled with continued interest in the country's adventure and eco-tourism offerings, are luring a varied crowd.

Let's go island hopping (Toronto Sun)
Few Caribbean countries offer as many opportunities for island hopping as St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Local golf: Holes-in-one (Naples Daily News)
A list of recent holes-in-one in Southwest Florida:

Star-studded TCC debuts in Fil-Am tilt (Philstar.com via Yahoo! Philippines News)
BAGUIO - The Country Club makes its keenly-awaited debut in the Fil-Am men's golf invitational with reigning national champion Ferdie Aunzo and RP team standouts Rufino Bayron and Tonton Asistio leading the squad against a slew of equally talented rivals at the Baguio Country Club and Camp John Hay courses here today.

Global crisis jolts tourism in Caribbean (The Tennessean)
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — The ocean glows a milky turquoise. Tiny waves lap at the powder-beige sand, in no rush to reach the line of postcard-perfect palm trees.

Take Advantage of Winter Travel Discounts With Travel-Ticker.com (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Remember the days when winter vacation meant flying to NY to go ice skating in Central Park, heading on a guys' trip to Las Vegas, or taking the week off of work to relax on the beach in the Caribbean?

Today's migrant worker: life in shadows of opulence (Boston Globe)
Julian Aleman spends winters in Myrtle Beach or Boca Grande. He summers in Nantucket and Kennebunkport. And while his journeys might sound like a glitzy advertisement off the pages of a travel magazine, his lifestyle is not in the least about leisure.




Vaughan targeting England return
Former England captain Michael Vaughan is confident of forcing his way back into the national team in time for the winter tour to the Caribbean.

Feeling the heat of food security
Why reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.

England v SA, 2nd Test day three as it happened
England have a massive task on their hands to save the second Test at Headingley after South Africa hit 522.

England bag £50m Twenty20 bonanza
England agree to a series of five winner-takes-all £10m Twenty20 matches after signing a deal with Sir Allen Stanford.

Fan's Cayman Islands FA cup trip
Bluebirds fan's trip across the Atlantic.

Fan's Cayman Islands FA cup trip
A Bluebirds fan is making his second trip from the Caribbean in the matter of weeks to see his team at Wembley.

Longmuir toasts win with Woosie
Bill Longmuir will sink drinks with mate Ian Woosnam to toast his Barbados Open win.

Strong Senior start for Woosnam
Ian Woosnam opens his Senior Tour career at the Barbados Open, playing his first event since July after illness.

Irish pair have three-stroke lead
Ireland duo Michael Hoey and Gareth Maybin have a three-stroke lead after the first round of the World Cup qualifying event in Aruba.

Clarke teams up with Leadbetter
Darren Clarke is hoping recent work with coach David Leadbetter could help his Masters challenge this week.

Australia v WI - as it happened
Australia record an emphatic 103-run victory over World Cup hosts West Indies in the Super 8 game in Antigua.

The financial cost of India's failure
What are the financial implications of India's early exit from the World Cup?

Sports Personality of 2007?
Murray and Radcliffe are early favourites - who else might star?

Open diary
One American turns on Liverpool - plus, the best seat in the house

R & A gives golf global cash boost
The R & A has announces grants of more than £1m to recipients around the world.

Barbados to host 2006 World Cup
The Caribbean island of Barbados will stage next December's WGC-World Cup.

Seniors tour opens in Caribbean
The European Seniors Tour will open with the & #34;Caribbean Swing & #34;.

Beware tsunamis and climate - UN
The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change, the United Nations says.

Small islands weigh their chances
Climate change is just one of the threats facing some small island developing states, the United Nations says.

Woods enjoying break from golf
Tiger Woods admits he is in no hurry to return to the PGA Tour after getting married.