Aspect Software, a provider of next generation customer contact and enterprise workforce optimization, announced the launch of “Aspect Social,” a cloud-based offering that aligns interactions organizations have with customers on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and online communities with their overall customer contact operations.
Entrepreneurs interested in new business opportunities are being invited to participate in monthly meetings to learn about joining the Subway restaurant franchise chain in Puerto Rico.
UPS Puerto Rico, with support from The UPS Foundation, recently organized a reforestation initiative at the Esperanza Park in Cataño. UPS employees and their families joined forces to participate in this initiative, motivated by the interest of contributing to the preservation of nature and creating a better environment.
The Combate Beach Resort in Cabo Rojo has been awarded a certificate of excellence from TripAdvisor under the “bed & breakfast & inns” category, hotel officials announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking applications from lenders for loan guarantees to finance rural rental housing tapping into a $150 million fund available for this program, agency Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday.
In an effort to make its services more accessible to the public, the State Department has reopened its Passport Processing Office located in the Mayagüez Mall. The office had been stripped of its permits to issue passports in September 2012.
Texas-based signage, graphics and visual communications company FastSigns inaugurated Tuesday its second Puerto Rico location in Caguas. The store opens almost a year to the day after the company made its local debut with a store in Guaynabo.
United Airlines recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the airline's Terminal C hub facility at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the world’s most modern airport terminals and the cornerstone of the original and largest New York/New Jersey airline hub.
More than 200 Peñuelas and Guayanilla elementary public school students and teachers recently took an “environmental oath” reaffirming their commitment to the environment as part of EcoEléctrica energy’s educational program, “EcoHéroes.”
Verdanza Hotel announced this week that it has received a TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence” award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this award.
Impactivo Consulting, a social impact consulting firm, recently became the first company in Puerto Rico to become a Certified B Corporation, conferred by B Lab, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Clinton Global Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation, and USAID, among others, to companies that voluntarily meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
Seaborne Airlines is making traveling to Martinique easier, with the introduction of new direct round-trip service four times a week from San Juan starting June 1st.
Financial services provider Citi has chosen Puerto Rico to launch new chip-based technology for its business customers, representing a significant investment in its commercial card issuing business on the island.
Evertec Group LLC, the leader in electronic transaction processing in Latin America and the Caribbean, is in the running for the 2013 Innovation Awards bestowed by Informatica Corporation.
Luz Burgos Berríos, science teacher at Colegio Radians in Cayey, recently won the Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence, bestowed during a workshop for science teachers and school counselors in Río Piedras.
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