Hotels want a clean up

[NewsWhore]

Representatives of the major hotels along the Dominican Riviera, Bavaro, Punta Cana and Cap Cana, met privately with Punta Cana Group president Frank Rainieri and President Leonel Fernandez, and the main issues were the increasingly large slums that are growing up around the resort areas, and the slow pace of construction of roadways and aqueducts serving the area. The creation of the new Air Dominicana airline, scheduled for 2008, was greeted with approval and enthusiasm as the hoteliers passed review of the 2006-2007 high season. While no reporters, photographers or media were allowed into the strictly private meeting, a presidential spokesperson told Hoy reporters that the President was receptive to the opinions expressed by the leaders of the tourist trade in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic.

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