Spanish hotel giant Meliá Hotel & Resorts announced Thursday plans to rebrand its Gran Meliá Puerto Rico property in Río Grande as Meliá Coco Beach, as part of a comprehensive renovation planned for the resort, according to published reports.
Economic development and the natural environment are frequently at odds in Puerto Rico and the latest example of this conflict is a renewed controversy over a tourist resort planned near Aguadilla, on Puerto Rico’s west coast.
The Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, a $150 million tourism/residential complex development named after its location on a 230-acre island by the same name a mile east from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, is attracting Puerto Rico’s well-to-do to is pristine waters and posh amenities.
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