Meet Puerto Rico, the organization in charge of bringing groups and conventions to Puerto Rico, announced the creation of its new Customer Advisory Board, comprising 11 professionals representing a diverse mix of companies — from associations, corporations and third party planners.
Senate Bill 1160, which proposed eliminating $4.5 million a year in public funding to conventions and groups coordinator Meet Puerto Rico, was drawn from the Senate session late Tuesday night, the entity’s leadership said Wednesday.
The tourism sector raised a red flag Tuesday over the filing of a Senate Bill late last week that would effectively kill Meet Puerto Rico, the island’s convention and groups coordinator responsible for generating more than $110 million a year for the local economy.