Your reference guide to hotel technology, distribution and marketing terms. For professionals who use them every day and for students still learning them. Each term comes with a clear definition and a concrete example. This is nobody's official glossary, it is how we at Turismo News explain the concepts that show up in our analysis.
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A series of waterfalls and pools near Puerto Plata explored by jumping and sliding through the water. A star adventure in the...
Santo DomingoA 16th-century palace built by Diego Columbus, now a museum and one of the most iconic buildings of the Zona Colonial.
Naturaleza y ecoturismoAn almost eight-kilometre unspoiled beach in Jaragua National Park, Pedernales, seen as one of the country's most beautiful and...
Punta Cana y EsteA beach area next to Punta Cana with one of the Caribbean's largest hotel clusters and a long white-sand shoreline.
Punta Cana y EsteA former fishing village in the south-east, gateway to Saona and Catalina islands and to diving in Cotubanamá National Park.
Santo DomingoThe main pedestrian street of Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial, packed with shops, cafés and art, linking Parque Colón with Parque...
Punta Cana y EsteAn exclusive resort community south of Punta Cana with a marina, golf courses, luxury resorts and natural attractions such as...
Norte y SamanáA paradise-beach islet in Samaná Bay, made famous as 'Bacardí Island'.
Santo DomingoA cross-shaped monument and museum in Santo Domingo Este said to hold the remains of Christopher Columbus. At night it projects a...
Punta Cana y EsteA turquoise cenote at the foot of a cliff in Scape Park, Cap Cana. One of the most photographed natural attractions in the east.
Punta Cana y EsteA protected island within Cotubanamá National Park in the south-east, with shallow-water beaches and natural pools. A star...
Naturaleza y ecoturismoA mountain town in the centre of the country, capital of ecotourism and adventure sports, with a cool climate, rivers and...
Norte y SamanáA nature reserve in Río San Juan on the north coast, with mangroves, birdlife and a channel leading to Atlantic caves and beaches.
Naturaleza y ecoturismoA national park in Samaná Bay with limestone mogotes, mangroves, caves with Taíno rock art and rich birdlife.
Santo DomingoA national park in Santo Domingo made of crystal-clear lagoons inside limestone caves. A natural oasis within the city.
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