The Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino Resort is marking two decades of operations in Puerto Rico’s second-largest town with some $500,000 in property upgrades — including a waterpark and upgraded pool facilities — that should be completed next month, José Caro-Cohen, business development director told News is my Business.
While the average of air passenger departures out of U.S. mainland airports has gradually risen in the past 12‐months, the same activity out of Puerto Rico airports has zigzagged, according to Banco Popular’s “Progreso Económico” report released Thursday.
The Federal Aviation Administration will hold on Sept. 28 what will likely be the only public hearing on the proposed public-private partnership through which the government of Puerto Rico would turn the management of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport over to Aerostar Holdings, News is my Business learned.
Puerto Rico’s inclusion in MasterCard’s “Priceless Cities” program has resulted in higher-than-expected levels of success during its first year and is now being set up for an expansion beyond the San Juan metropolitan area into other towns with brisk tourism activity.
Two and half years after renowned Restaurateur and Chef Alain Ducasse opened his first restaurant in the Caribbean, miX on the beach at the W Retreat & Spa in Vieques Puerto Rico, the hotel announced a new eatery, Sorcé, has taken its place.
Construction of the $38 million Hyatt Place in Manatí got underway Tuesday, when developers and government officials gathered to offer details about the property that will cater mostly to the pharmaceutical and manufacturing plants in the area.
The transaction has yet to receive the final go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration, but Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste is already in the planning stages of several significant changes ahead for all three terminals in use at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport that include new commercial spaces and shuffling things around, company officials said last week in Cancún.
CANCÚN, Mexico – Based on the premise that aviation and airports are a global industry, Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) is planning to apply the same high operating standards it has in place at the Cancún International Airport in this busy tourism hub to the Luis Muñoz Marín International airport in San Juan.
U.S Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood took a tour of some of Puerto Rico’s major infrastructure projects Tuesday, when Gov. Luis Fortuño outlined the $23 million in federal funds the island is spending on safety and airport development projects.
Online airfare search engine Fly.com unveiled Thursday North America’s top 10 most popular travel destinations for Labor Day, listing San Juan as the fourth favorite spot chosen based on data from more than 3 million user searches.
Puerto Rico’s tourist taxi fleet is racing into the 21st century through the adoption of new multimedia equipment able to offer tourist information, directions and accept a variety of payment methods, including credit cards, Tourism Company Executive Director Luis Rivera-Marín announced Monday.
The proliferation of illegal slot machines affects more than 2,800 casino employees, who are at risk of losing their jobs over the closure of casinos operating in Puerto Rico, Eric Rodríguez, vice president of the casinos division of Empresas Santana warned Wednesday.
The job of modernizing the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport so that it becomes a world-class international gateway that is profitable and attractive to travelers will require significant capital investments and networking — and will not happen overnight.
The cash offer submitted by Aerostar Airport Holdings — a consortium comprised of Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) and Highstar Capital IV, L.P. — to run the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport edged out its competitor’s proposal by just $48 million, Puerto Rico Public Private Partnership Authority Executive Director David Álvarez said Thursday.
Exactly one week after receiving proposals from the last two remaining consortiums vying to take over the management of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Gov. Luis Fortuño announced today the government has chosen Aerostar Airport Holdings for the job.
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