Saborea Puerto Rico Summer Party returns to celebrate island’s cuisine
June 13, 2025
Event to spotlight local restaurants, beverages and live music on June 26. #NewsismyBusiness
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Defeat of bill to regulate short-term rentals draws mixed reactions
June 19, 2024
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association agrees with the Senate’s decision, while Airbnb said it represents a setback. #NewsismyBusiness
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PRHTA ‘disappointed’ with changes to short-term rental regulation bill
June 11, 2024
The PRHTA demands regulation of STRs in line with the sector’s realities. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico Tourism Co. grants $2.8M in incentives for sector recovery
November 18, 2022
To receive the funds, Tourism Co.-endorsed businesses must comply with specific requirements that the agency has established.
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Puerto Rico’s tourism industry jobs up by 15.4% in past 12 months
August 12, 2022
The tourism industry has broken the record of employed workers for six consecutive months.
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PRHTA to launch ‘Fiebrú’ content platform to ‘empower’ tourism
May 4, 2021
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association (PRHTA) is seeking to “empower” the tourism industry, and island residents, through an online platform it is calling “Fiebrú.” The content platform — which will go live in the third quarter of the year for the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association’s 400 corporate members and its associates, […]
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Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association asks gov’t for reopening plan
May 22, 2020
The Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association confirmed that tourism and organization members are “ready for the staggered opening proposed by the government, and are ready to implement the necessary precautionary measures,” the group’s President Clarisa Jiménez said. “Since we’re aware that there will be a staggered reopening by the government for economic activities, we […]
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P.R. hotels develop special packages for tourists
February 7, 2020
To incentivize tourists to visit our island, destination marketing organization Discover Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association, have been working with hotels around the island to develop special packages. A total of 17 hotels have joined this attractive initiative to encourage travel to the island. The packages feature different offers, some […]
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Tourism industry showing potential as main player in P.R.’s economy
November 6, 2019
After the gradual recovery it showed after Hurricane María’s destruction to the island in 2017, the tourism industry is already exhibiting its potential to become a main player in Puerto Rico’s economic upturn, a study commissioned by the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association confirmed. Hotel registrations increased to 1.58 million in August 2019, compared […]
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PRHTA seeks to ‘empower, educate, inspire’ at annual convention
October 17, 2019
Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association (PRHTA) executives announced details of their upcoming three-day annual convention, which will focus on “Empowering, Educating and Inspiring” through a series of activities. The convention is slated to take place Nov. 5-7 at the Caribe Hilton hotel. “After a short pause in producing the only annual convention for hotel […]
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P.R.’s DMO making an impact, but needs local communication strategy
September 10, 2019
The efforts of Puerto Rico’s Destination Marketing Organization, Discover Puerto Rico, are having repercussions outside the island’s shores, but more work and funding are needed to continue putting the island in the eye of visitors worldwide. Such were the impressions offered by four former Puerto Rico Tourism Co. executive directors — one of whom also […]
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Productive Sector Council to educate on economic ‘behavior, critical reasoning’
August 24, 2018
The heads of three main trade organizations announced the launch of the Productive Sector Council, an entity created to educate the government and the community on the behavior and critical reasoning of Puerto Rico’s fiscal development as seen by the primary economic sectors.
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Local, Food Network chefs headline Saborea culinary fest
March 18, 2015
The 8th edition of the Saborea Puerto Rico culinary event will feature some of the island’s top chefs, along with several Food Network personalities, who will gather in San Juan April 9-12, Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association President Clarisa Jiménez announced Tuesday.
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