Pier 3 is used mostly by cruise ships in transit. #NewsismyBusiness
Puerto Rico Tourism Co. confirmed the number, adding that professional training will be offered to industry personnel. #NewsismyBusiness
Four major cruise ships, including two brand new vessels, to call Puerto Rico's capital home. #NewsismyBusiness
Work should be done by November, the agency stated.
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association announced that the FCCA Cruise Conference – the only official cruise conference representing the Caribbean, Mexico and Central and South America – will return to San Juan next year. Taking place from June 1-3, 2022, the event will feature a reworked agenda with a focus on one-on-one meetings and expanded networking […]
Construction of a new $20 million passenger building complex on San Juan’s Pier 3 will get underway in March, when Duty Free Americas will break ground on the project, Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Joel Pizá confirmed. The two-story building — which will house a Duty Free shop on the ground floor and 16,000 […]
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority will announce the companies chosen to enter into a public-private partnership to repair, design run and manage the cruise ship ports in the San Juan bay. Agency Executive Director Anthony Maceira confirmed the information after meeting with shipping agents and members of the of the Puerto Rico Shipowers Association to […]
What with new airline connections, more cruise ships docking into port and demand for hotel rooms, things are looking up for Puerto Rico's tourism industry as the winter season goes into high gear next month.
Next month, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association will hold its 2015 regional meeting in El Salvador — the only Central American nation without a Caribbean coast.
The twin-island nation of St. Kitts & Nevis — one of the world’s smallest independent countries — will add some 1,000 upper-end hotel rooms to inventory during 2013, said Prime Minister Denzil Douglas.
The 2013 tourism outlook for Jamaica appears mixed, particularly with regard to cruise-ship arrivals, though the island has seen an increase in airlift from new markets like Russia, while several new megaprojects could give the industry a boost.
Puerto Rico’s economy stands to make $200 million a year through the arrival of Southwest Airlines, which landed on the island for the first time Sunday morning, carrying more than 170 passengers from Orlando.
With just over 10 million people, the Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation after Cuba. But the D.R. is clear and away the regional leader when it comes to tourism. In 2012, more than 4.56 million tourists visited the country by air, a 5.9 percent increase over the year before. Of the total, just under 639,000 were non-resident Dominicans abroad.
A rare event took place Wednesday when five cruise ships with more than 15,000 passengers aboard docked at the Port of San Juan, said Ports Authority Executive Director Víctor Suárez.
New luxe hotel properties, a higher return for investors, and greater satisfaction by cruise passengers visiting the island are spelling out a brighter outlook for Puerto Rico's tourism industry, according to Tourism Co. Executive Director Luis Rivera Marín.
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