FEMA obligated $4 million for the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park, which is in the historic district of Puerta de Tierra and is part of the National Register of Historic Places. (Credit: FEMA/ Eliezer Hernández).
“It was very disheartening to watch my sales team work diligently to book business and make major commitments only to let bureaucrats twiddle their thumbs, wondering if the island needs that business. It certainly created a lot of challenges over the past year, and I can’t say we’ve lost business just yet because it’s early in the day. But it’s a terrible precedent for our industry.”