A new marketing plan, discount getaway package offers, and entertainment events are some of the initiatives that the Puerto Rico Tourism Company is setting off to celebrate the 40th anniversary of family-owned “paradores,” and promote and increase occupancy at the small inns participating in the “Paradores de Puerto Rico” program.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company unveiled Thursday its latest promotional campaign ¡Y nos fuimos! (“Here we go!”), an effort focused on promoting local tourism in Puerto Rico, while providing content for the rest of the world about the island’s beauty and current offers for international tourists.
The long shuttered Normandie Hotel, a national historic site and one of San Juan's iconic buildings, may finally have a buyer. Hector Aponte, business director of NAI Puerto Rico, one of two real estate firms handling the sale of the property, said that a stateside company has signed an option to purchase the hotel from its owner, New York-based Capmark Finance Inc.