Sales volumes for businesses participating in MasterCard’s “Priceless Puerto Rico” program grew by 9 percent, while the volume of transactions rose 13 percent in the last two years, the credit card company said upon announcing the results of the initiative launched in 2011 in partnership with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association.
The president of the Union of Electronic Machine Operators (UDOME by its Spanish acronym), Rafael Hernández-Cañete, said Wednesday they are not to blame for casino revenue losses as a result of illegal slot machines, as the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association claimed recently.
The announcement by Hilton Hotels & Resorts that San Juan’s iconic Condado Plaza hotel would no longer fly the Conrad flag — adopting the Hilton name instead — represents a brand shift for the property that may not be as business-as-usual as it seems.
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