Caribe Hilton joins ISIC student partnership
July 14, 2015
The Caribe Hilton in San Juan has entered into a partnership with the International Student Identity Card (ISIC) Puerto Rico council to offer students a 10 percent discount off best available rates at participating Hilton Worldwide properties in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Tourism, ‘Paradores’ offer $80 discount summer offer
June 20, 2014
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company and Paradores of Puerto Rico have joined efforts to provide local tourists with an $80 discount offer for hotel stays of two or more nights from Sunday to Thursday at participating “paradores” (small inns) through July 31st, 2014.
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Meet Puerto Rico unveils ‘Escape the meeting blah!’ pitch
April 2, 2014
In a bid to usher in Spring, Meet Puerto Rico has launched its new “Escape the Meeting Blah!” campaign, which rewards meeting and incentive industry planners for booking groups at member hotels and resorts in Puerto Rico between April 1 and May 30, 2014.
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Gov’t hopes major tourism ventures will boost economy
March 12, 2014
Two investment groups announced plans this week to shell out a combined total of more than $460 million in separate acquisitions that will significantly strengthen Puerto Rico's status as a high-end luxury resort destination, government officials hope.
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Jamaica aims to repeat milestone of 2M air visitors in ’14
February 18, 2014
On Dec. 30, with only two days left in 2013, Jamaica welcomed its two millionth air passenger to the island — the first time it has ever accomplished that in one year.
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Puerto Rico Convention Bureau outlines ’14 strategies
September 26, 2013
Group business represents one-quarter of room nights booked at Puerto Rico’s top 10 largest meeting hotels, while the top market segments choosing the island for their meetings are corporate (41 percent), associations (34 percent) and social, military, educational, religious, fraternal organizations (25 percent), Milton Segarra, president of the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau said Wednesday.
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Expedia Traveler Preference program boosts room nights
September 17, 2013
Hotels in the Caribbean that have enabled the Expedia Traveler Preference program have experienced an increase in their standalone (room only) year-over-year net room night production of 29 percentage points on average, according to analysis by the Expedia group released Monday.
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Puerto Rico Tourism Co. revisiting casino rules
August 12, 2013
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s Gambling Division is revisiting casino regulations in response to hoteliers who have spent the better part of the last year lobbying for amendments to temper the rules to current economic conditions and provide more flexibility they say would prevent a wave of casino closings.
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Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza takes Hilton name
August 6, 2013
Hilton Hotels & Resorts announced Tuesday that the 571-room hotel formerly known as Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza, has been renamed and rebranded as The Condado Plaza Hilton.
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Expedia Insiders’ Select ’13 lists world’s top rated hotels
July 22, 2013
Online travel agency Expedia.com recently revealed its Expedia “Insiders’ Select” 2013 list, an annual ranking of the very best hotels on Expedia sites from around the world, predominantly determined by Expedia customers.
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Tourism, hotels eager for active summer season
June 24, 2013
Some say "go east," others "go west." For Puerto Rico, "go south" offers promising prospects in terms of tourism.
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Green Isle Inc. files Ch. 11 for Isla Verde hotels
June 13, 2013
Puerto Rican company Green Isle Inc., which owns and operates several small hotels in the Isla Verde area, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing nearly $8.1 million in debt.
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Tiny St. Kitts & Nevis enjoys hotel, cruise-ship bonanza
April 29, 2013
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.
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Quake-ravaged Haiti sees start of hotel building boom
April 16, 2013
Despite a U.S. State Department travel advisory warning Haiti-bound Americans about violent crime, infectious diseases and substandard medical facilities, several large tourism projects are proceeding as planned in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.
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Dominican Republic leads Caribbean in tourist arrivals
April 11, 2013
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.
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