Puerto Rico’s arts and crafts industry has been quietly gaining ground in recent years, driven mostly by a growing need to generate additional income or embark on a new career as the economy takes its toll on traditional employment.
Puerto Rico has a great opportunity and can be a powerful competitor in global tourism but it has a way to go to reach those goals, as it must first become a stronger player in the island’s economic development, where it only represents between 6 percent and 8 percent of the overall activity.
Some 1,700 members of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States are holding their annual convention in San Juan this week, with an agenda chock-full of professional development workshops, social activities and tours around the island.
This weekend, the Puerto Rico Convention Center in Miramar will host one of the year’s most appetizing conventions, The Bakery & Restaurant Show 2011, now in its third edition. Last year, the event generated more than $10 million in sales for local industry players.
Looking to celebrate the Puerto Rican coffee industry's 275th anniversary, dozens of local brands, as well as representatives and suppliers of this important and emerging local industry, will gather for the second edition of the Puerto Rico Coffee Expo, Oct. 8-9 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau will represent the Puerto Rico Convention Center during the upcoming American Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting & Expo taking place in St. Louis Aug. 6-9. The event is one of the convention industry’s largest gatherings of meeting planners of the year.
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