Local entrepreneurs Douglas Ojeda and Glorymar Ortiz broke ground on what will be the $2.5 million Douglas Highway Hotel in Cabo Rojo, a 38-room property that will generate 70 direct and indirect jobs. On hand for the start of construction was Puerto Rico Tourism Co. Executive Director Carla Campos, who said “it’s encouraging and a […]
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. relaunched its “Check Into Your Island” campaign to convey the message on the health and safety measures to be considered to do internal tourism and take advantage of offers currently available only for Puerto Rico residents. The goal is to retrigger the tourism sector’s economic activity after more than six […]
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled a marketing plan with offers and precise tools to encourage occupancy across the island’s “paradores,” or small inns, and which seeks to complement the efforts to promote local tourism through the “Check Into Your Island” campaign. The $95,000 effort looks to support the small hotels by providing them “with the tools they […]