Puerto Rico was selected to host 49 events including, conferences, annual meetings and sports activities for this fall season, representing an estimated 25,509 room nights and a total direct spending of $14.3 million into the local economy, Milton Segarra, president of Meet Puerto Rico, said Tuesday.
The Port of San Juan ranked 11th among U.S. ports in containerized cargo in 2013, but the same organization that compiled that listing also shows San Juan as suffering one of the sharpest drops in traffic from the year before.
The head of the Puerto Rico Small Inn Owners Association, Tomás Ramírez, told lawmakers Wednesday that the so-called Porta del Sol strategic plan for the island’s western flank has had “a disjointed and slow implementation.”
Three months after dropping anchor on its maritime route between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, America Cruise Ferries will resume offering the service today, following a $6 million mechanical and esthetic remodeling of the Caribbean Fantasy ship.
Cruise ship traffic and passenger arrivals at the Port of San Juan reflected significant growth in May and June, when they jumped by 53 percent and 49 percent year-over-year, respectively, Ports Authority Executive Director Víctor Suárez said Monday.
Senate Bill 1160, which proposed eliminating $4.5 million a year in public funding to conventions and groups coordinator Meet Puerto Rico, was drawn from the Senate session late Tuesday night, the entity’s leadership said Wednesday.
The tourism sector raised a red flag Tuesday over the filing of a Senate Bill late last week that would effectively kill Meet Puerto Rico, the island’s convention and groups coordinator responsible for generating more than $110 million a year for the local economy.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company and Paradores of Puerto Rico have joined efforts to provide local tourists with an $80 discount offer for hotel stays of two or more nights from Sunday to Thursday at participating “paradores” (small inns) through July 31st, 2014.
Top tourism officials for the Caribbean island of Nevis were in Puerto Rico Wednesday to share details of what their island has to offer to travelers during this summer vacation season.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled Thursday its “Five Star Vacations” campaign, aimed at encouraging local tourism on the island to help stimulate economic activity.
Puerto Rico’s group business activity is kicking off strongly this summer, with 70 events — including conferences, annual meetings and sports activities — already lined up for the season.
Southwest Airlines announced Wednesday mobile boarding passes are now available for customers traveling throughout the United States, including San Juan.
Air Europa’s first direct flight from Madrid landed in San Juan Thursday evening, marking the start one more of the nonstop trans-Atlantic route to Spain and Europe, halted last year by Iberia Airlines.
The InterContinental San Juan and Víctor Bonano-Ortiz, a culinary student at the Jose A. (Tony) Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts recently won the hotel brand's “Ultimate Culinary Clash,” a cooking competition and scholarship fundraiser for culinary students.
The Ritz-Carlton San Juan recently brought back a familiar face to helm its operations, Jacqueline Volkart, who is intent on putting the property at the forefront of preferred locations for business and pleasure travel.
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