Discover Puerto Rico gets international accreditation
November 13, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), was recently awarded the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program seal by Destinations International “in recognition of the organization’s commitment to industry excellence and meeting the industry standard for performance and accountability of destination organizations around the world,” executives said. Discover Puerto Rico was awarded “Accreditation with Distinction,” […]
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Gov’t assigns another $50M to help Puerto Rico tourism sector pull out of pandemic
November 3, 2020
The government of Puerto Rico announced the allocation of an additional $50 million to the tourism industry assistance program for businesses impacted by the decline in that sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The program seeks to provide operational support for business interruption as a result of COVID-19,” Gov. Wanda Vázquez said. “In addition to […]
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Nonprofits partner to create $2.4M tourism education scholarship fund
October 29, 2020
The Kinesis Foundation announced its alliance with the Scholarship Foundation for Hospitality and Tourism Studies Inc., to create and run the Hospitality and Gastronomy Studies Scholarship Fund, which has $2.4 million available. The Hospitality and Gastronomy Studies Scholarship Fund will grant scholarships, financial assistance, and incentives to Puerto Rican students with limited resources who are […]
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Construction starts on $2.5M Douglas Highway Hotel in Cabo Rojo
October 23, 2020
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 […]
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Gubernatorial candidate Vázquez’s economic platform focuses on tourism
October 20, 2020
One of the six candidates running for governor of Puerto Rico, César Vázquez, has unveiled an economic platform that, among other things, calls for spending $400 million on tourism strategies from the $2.2 billion in federal funds allocated to fight COVID-19. The candidate, who represents the Proyecto Dignidad movement, has a full section entitled “Economic […]
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Discover Puerto Rico: 56.4% of consumers ‘ready to travel’
October 16, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico’s destination marketing organization, shared results of a recent market study that showed that 56.4% of consumers are “ready to travel,” with more than 40% expecting their next trip will take place before the end of the year. Citing the data gathered by its research partner Destination Analysts, Discover Puerto Rico […]
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Tourism, private sector execs unveil the Puerto Rico Tourism Business Council
October 9, 2020
Looking to promote the enactment of healthy public policy that benefits the island’s tourism industry and achieves a positive multiplier effect, business leaders, employment generators, and local capital investors from several sectors of the tourism industry have come together to create the Puerto Rico Tourism Business Council. Among its immediate priorities and in its commitment […]
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Discover Puerto Rico: Hotel occupancy, airline capacity drop after tourism reopening delayed
July 30, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, confirmed that hotel occupancy and airline capacity have dropped in the past week or so following the government’s decision to roll back the reopening of the island to visitors. In its latest industry report, Discover Puerto Rico said that “after a month of increases in hotel occupancy […]
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Discover Puerto Rico: In-person group events won’t be back until ’21
July 23, 2020
The rise in COVID-19 cases has caused the cancellation or postponement of most in-person group events to at least 2021, Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, confirmed. “There was optimism in the early days of the pandemic that live meetings would resume in the fall. However, planners are now anticipating it will be […]
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Transportation service providers OK’d to resume partial operations
June 19, 2020
Passenger transport companies — including taxis, rideshare companies, party buses, tourist excursions, tourist limousines, public vehicles, carpools, and public buses — have been given the go-ahead to resume operations, on a limited basis. The Puerto Rico Bureau of Transportation and other Public Services said operators may offer services during the hours allowed by the curfew […]
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Puerto Rico small inns ask for $100M in additional tourism funding
June 18, 2020
The Puerto Rico Small Inns and Tourism Association urged sector leaders to come together to lobby for an additional funding assignment to the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. and Discover Puerto Rico to “improve the product and promotion efforts.” “Our tourism sector has experienced great changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we face […]
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Gustazos.com sells 15K Puerto Rico hotel room nights to support comeback
June 15, 2020
Puerto Rican e-commerce platform Gustazos.com endorsed the sale of 15,000 hotel room nights on the island during the first week of June and has rewarded its Visa users with more than 240,000 credits for purchases on the website, company officials confirmed. The popular e-commerce platform has set a record by averaging one night sold per […]
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Puerto Rico tourism officials unveil strategies to jump-start sector
June 9, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. on Monday unveiled separate but similar promotional strategies to jump-start tourist activity, which has declined significantly over the past several months since COVID-19 arrived at the island. While the Tourism Co.’s effort seeks to mobilize some 410,000 residents to vacation on the island during the summer […]
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Discover Puerto Rico looks to tell consumers ‘it’s safe to visit our island’
June 4, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico is executing plans based on research, which shows consumers are committed to travel and to receive information from destinations on where to travel next, organization officials said during a virtual industry update. “The organization has kept Puerto Rico top-of-mind since the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown and is eager to tell consumers […]
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Private Alliance launches campaign to reactivate Puerto Rico tourism
May 20, 2020
The Private Alliance for Economic Growth of Puerto Rico has launched a campaign called “Bring Tourism Back,” to aimed at supporting the resumption of the tourism industry on the island after the blow the sector has experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We believe that this effort can be the bridge to sustained and sustainable […]
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