JetBlue Airways, Puerto Rico’s largest carrier, announced Thursday plans to add two routes from San Juan: Punta Cana and Santiago, in the Dominican Republic, starting in May 2013. The routes will fill a gap left by American Eagle when it scaled back operations out of the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport.
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.
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.
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