Tourism Co. brands 16-town mountain region as ‘Porta Cordillera’
July 10, 2012
The Tourism Co. has designated a 16-town cluster straddling Puerto Rico’s central mountain region from Lares to Cidra as the new “Porta Cordillera” tourism region, which joins five other areas where municipalities have banded together to develop travel and leisure-related economic activity.
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Facing foreclosure, Perichi’s Hotel files for Ch. 11
July 2, 2012
Empresas Playa Joyuda Inc., owners of the 50-room Perichi’s Hotel, Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge in Cabo Rojo, filed for Chapter 11 protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court last Friday, News is my Business learned.
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JetBlue names San Juan its 6th ‘focus city’ upon inaugurating new terminal
June 29, 2012
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Thursday to officially inaugurate JetBlue Airways' new home at Terminal A in Carolina’s Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport, the airline's President, Dave Barger, and Gov. Luis Fortuño, announced that San Juan has become the sixth focus city in JetBlue's 71-city network.
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Seaborne Airlines investing $7M in 3 new planes
June 28, 2012
Nearly 18 months after launching flights between the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina and the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas and Vieques, regional carrier Seaborne Airlines announced Wednesday plans to expand its fleet of aircraft, investing more than $7 million in three new planes.
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Copa Airlines inaugurates 3rd SJ-Panama daily flight
June 22, 2012
Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., will inaugurate today its third flight between Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and its hub in Panama, just in time for summer vacation travel.
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Tourism Co. slaps illegal travel agency with ‘cease and desist’ order
June 15, 2012
In keeping with its role of overseeing agencies and tour operators in Puerto Rico, the Tourism Company issued Thursday a “cease and desist” order against Mayagüez company JD Reservation Services for operating as an unlicensed travel agency.
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St. Regis Bahía Beach in Río Grande lands ‘AAA 5-Diamond’ rating
June 6, 2012
The St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort in Río Grande announced Wednesday that the beachfront property has earned AAA’s Five Diamond Rating, joining five other hotels that have landed the prestigious accolade in the Caribbean since 2011.
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Tourism Co. unveils ‘all-inclusive’ digital media strategy
June 1, 2012
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled its digital media strategy, including it redesigned www.seepuertorico.com institutional website that is now an "all inclusive" concept seeking to put as much information as possible about the island at the visitor's fingertips.
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Roosy Roads Authority signs catamaran builder as 1st tenant
May 22, 2012
The Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority announced Monday it has signed its first tenant, a company dedicated to building catamarans.
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JetBlue supports P3 for LMM, invests $3M to move into Terminal A
May 17, 2012
New York-based JetBlue is marking its 10th year of service in Puerto Rico by investing $3 million to move into its own terminal facility at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport this summer. And although the carrier is not officially calling its local operation a hub, its 40 daily flights, and counting, have made it Puerto Rico’s dominant carrier.
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P.R.-Cuba flights grounded after 3 months may resume this summer
May 15, 2012
Last year, California-based Cuba Travel Services launched, with great fanfare, the first direct charter flights between Puerto Rico and Cuba since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.
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JetBlue gets go-ahead to launch P.R.-Wash. D.C route
May 14, 2012
JetBlue Airways, Puerto Rico's largest carrier, was granted Monday a “beyond-perimeter” slot exemption from the U.S. Department of Transportation, which will enable it to launch new nonstop "capital-to-capital" service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. The carrier expects to start service in the fall.
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American Airlines looking to reduce square footage at LMM airport by 92%
May 14, 2012
American Airlines’ cycle as the leading carrier at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport could officially come to an end on June 1, if the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approves its petition to turn over the $350 million, 370,000 square-foot terminal facility it built in 1986 to the Puerto Rico Port Authority, News is my Business learned.
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AA looking to get out of LMM lease
May 11, 2012
American Airlines, once the anchor and darling of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, filed a motion in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York stating its interest in getting out of its lease agreements with the government for the use of the facilities, the Dallas Morning News reported Thursday.
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Construction starts on $72M Ritz-Carlton Reserve Residences at Dorado Beach
May 11, 2012
The developers of the Dorado Beach property, PRISA GROUP, broke ground on the second phase of construction of the “Ritz-Carlton Reserve Residences,” a $72 million project that seeks to position Puerto Rico as world-class destination for upscale living and tourism.
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