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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

We recognize that alongside the shift to zero emission vehicles, a sustainable future for road transport will require wider system transformation, including support for active travel, public and shared transport, as well as addressing the full value chain impacts from vehicle production, use and disposal.

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Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers

Baua Electric

In February, Barb McGowan took a seven-day cruise on Holland America Line, visiting the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and the Dominican Republic for just $343, or $49 a day, excluding taxes, port fees and extras. I was impressed enough to put down a deposit on a future cruise.” The catch: She had just 48 hours’ notice.

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Travel 2025: ‘Friend-Finding Tours,’ Private Islands and a Mixed Bag of Prices

Baua Electric

In spring, W Hotels will open its first all-inclusive, W Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (opening rates from $799 a night). Guests at Impression Isla Mujeres by Secrets , in Mexico, reach the all-inclusive by a private catamaran shuttle (from about $1,700 a night). Toni Greenberg, 68, of Reisterstown, Md.,

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Why Did the Hotel Chain Hire a Marine Biologist?

Baua Electric

The first year that I joined, we constructed our first coral lab at a property in the Dominican Republic. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? Iberostar now has three coral labs and seven underwater nurseries in three countries. How did that start? The coral lab is three things in one.

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What to Know About Food Poisoning When Traveling

Baua Electric

And a lawsuit filed this year in Toronto in connection with the food poisoning-related deaths in 2023 of 8-year-old Stephen Gougeon and his mother, April, alleges, among other things, that the Dominican Republic resort where they stayed did not take sufficient care in food handling. Check out our 52 Places to Go in 2025.

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Man Files $7 Million Lawsuit Over Family’s Food Poisoning Deaths at All-Inclusive Resort

Baua Electric

A Canadian man says his wife and 8-year-old son died because of food poisoning at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic, according to the civil suit filed at the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario on Monday. Last year, the Dominican Republic drew a record 11 million tourists, according to the government.