Recently I took a business trip to Punta Cana, located in the Dominican Republic to learn more about All Inclusive Vacations and to write about the vacation and travel industry trends in the Caribbean. I bought an all inclusive vacation package and headed to the Ocean Blue Resort of Punta Cana. I was expecting a modest modest business trip, but one thing I learned is that the all inclusive vacation deals can make the vacationer feel in a luxury resort. Here is why.

A low pressure area over the Mona Passage became a tropical storm as it moved into the Eastern Dominican Republic, NOAA reported. The tropical storm Fay is expected to track westward in the direction of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

Casa Latino Franchise Corporation, franchisors of Casa Latino Real Estate offices throughout the US, has announced its plan to award Master and Area Development Franchises in twelve countries as the company embarks upon an aggressive international real estate expansion in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and other South American countries.

Property outlook is great and the real estate tourism is booming in Dominican Republic, says the forecast from the Dominican Association of Real Estate Tourism Companies (ADETI).

The Dominican Republic plans to convert the nation's vehicles to use natural gas instead of liquefied petroleum gas, the Trade and Industry Minister Francisco Javier Garcia said.

Wind Telecom, a new network operator in the Dominican Republic, and Nortel have signed a Letter of Agreement expressing their firm commitment to deploy a wireless broadband network based on Nortel WiMAX technology. Wind Telecom intends to offer high-speed broadband services to urban and rural customers across the country.

A simple, affordable household filtration device can reduce the incidence of diarrhea, one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries, by up to 40 percent, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown.