Citing a study that concluded that legalizing slots in places other than casinos could represent multimillion losses for the industry and the government, as well as the elimination of hundreds of jobs, the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association blasted Tuesday a proposal by Rep. Rafael “Tatito” Hernández to get those machines online.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company is throwing its support behind the government’s most recent attempt to define a permanent identity for the island by establishing a 15-member committee under the Economic Development and Commerce Department that would be in charge of creating and adopting a “national brand.”
Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and all of their friends aboard the Disney Magic will be calling Puerto Rico “home” for the first time in the fall of 2014, when the cruise line plans to sail out of the port of San Juan en route to the Southern Caribbean, company officials announced Tuesday.
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