Iberia Airlines Expands In Puerto Rico

 

The Government of Puerto Rico and Iberia Airlines have come to an agreement to expand the Spanish Airline route from Madrid to San Juan.  Iberia will be increasing their flights from Madrid to San Juan, the most flights in two decades.

In 2022, Iberia Airlines had great demand for flights from Madrid to San Juan, and believe the demand will continue in 2023 and beyond.  Iberia Airlines is seeing great interest in tourism to Puerto Rico from the Spanish and European markets.  

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company also sees this as an opportunity to expand tourism promotion of Puerto Rico in Spain and European markets.  A digital campaign, including social media, will be used to promote Puerto Rico in these markets.

                                                                             

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Turtle Bay Inn Opens In La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Turtle Bay Inn, located in the popular eco-tourism hotspot of La Parguera, Puerto Rico, has become the latest parador certified by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.



Turtle Bay Inn, is a two-story building and offers its guests twelve modern and spacious rooms, as well as amenities of a large hotel.


Paradores offer a unique and high quality option for tourist in Puerto Rico.  Paradores are usually family owned, and they are located in the most interesting areas of Puerto Rico. 


                                                                    

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Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico Will Be Served By Private Ferries

Three private ferries will be put into service to help improve the service between Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and the offshore islands of Culebra and Vieques.  The three private ferries: two cargo boats and a passenger vessel, were contracted from Puerto Rico Fast Ferries to help the Maritime Transport Authority (public ferry service) with some unreliability problems, that were creating protest from Vieques and Culebra residents.  Many rely on the ferry service to get to work, shop or get medical care on the main island of Puerto Rico.


The 160-foot cargo ferries can carry a deck load of 280 tons, equivalent to six 40-foot containers or between 12 to 18 cars.  Both have room for 68 passengers in an air-conditioned cabin.  The cargo ferries can reach speeds of 34 miles per hour, and can go from Fajardo to Culebra or Vieques in just under 45 minutes.  The 151-foot passenger ferry has room for 378 passengers and has a twin-hull design providing for a smooth ride.  The passenger ferry can travel 40 miles per hour, making the travel from Fajardo to Vieques and Culebra in 30 minutes.  Each ferry has three plasma TV screens for entertainment.  


With the private ferries, the offshore islands will be more accessible to visitors, and this will help increase tourism to Vieques and Culebra.


                                                                   

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Singer Ricky Martin To Promote Puerto Rico During World Tour

Singer Ricky Martin joins the list of other Puerto Ricans like Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez,  helping  the government of Puerto Rico with their economic development strategies.
Starting March 25, 2011, during his world tour, Ricky Martin will work with the government of Puerto Rico on a campaign to promote tourism to the island.


The "Puerto Rico lo hace mejor" (Puerto Rico does it better) campaign will be featured in the advertising and on the concert entry tickets, in the more than 70 cities, where Martin will perform on his "Musica, alma, sexo" tour.  During the concert, videos will be played that show landscapes, tourist attractions and culinary and gastronomic delicacies of Puerto Rico.  The campaign is intended to help  promote Puerto Rico as a destination full of touristic, economic and investment opportunities.


The singer mentioned, that Puerto Rico is always present within him, and expressed his gratitude for the chance to be able to collaborate with the campaign, to position Puerto Rico more advantageously in the tourism industry.



The Department of Economic Development and Commerce will also coordinate special events, in several of the cities where Martin will perform, to provide information about the economic incentives, investment opportunities, infrastructure projects and tourist attractions to groups of potential investors.


Martin will kick off his world tour in the Jose M. Agrelot Colosseum in San Juan with four shows.  Then the singer will travel to Orlando and Miami, as well as to Montreal, Canada.


Looks like it will be a great tour!  What are your thoughts?

                                                                         

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New Hotels On The Horizon For Puerto Rico

New hotels are being developed in Puerto Rico:

The St. Regis Resort, JW Marriott Hotel, The Regent Palmas del Mar, and  The Ritz Carlton Dorado Beach.  At this time, this is the information available for these future hotels.

• The St. Regis Resort
  
  The opening is scheduled for November 2010.  The resort will be part of the 483- acre Bahia Beach Resort & Golf Club, in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.  The 139- room resort will feature a Trent Jones Jr. golf course, residential complexes, a 10,000-square-foot Remede spa, and Jean-Georges, one of the top 10 restaurants in the world. 
  
   
• JW Marriott Hotel & Resort
  
  The JW is Marriott's most luxurious brand and the new Puerto Rico property will be located near the Trump Residences & Golf Club, in Coco Beach in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.  The 427-room hotel will have 11 restaurants and over 10,000 square feet of meeting space.   The JW Marriott is scheduled to open in 2011.
  
   
• The Regent Palmas Del Mar
  
  The 150-room property will include 96 guest rooms, 52 condo- hotel suites, and five spa suites.  The Regent will be part of Palmas Del Mar in Humacao, Puerto Rico, and will include 153 Regent-branded residences.  The amenities include a 16,000-square- foot  lakeside spa, three restaurants, and three pools.  It is scheduled to be completed December 2011.
  
  
  
   
• The Ritz Carlton Dorado Beach
  
  This will be a $1.5 billion mixed-use hospitality and residential project within the Dorado Beach resort in Dorado, Puerto Rico.  It will include 18 golf villas, 93 beachfront residences, and up to 40 estate homes.  Amenities include: The Watermill, a $10 million aquatic adventure experience, 16 miles of Rockefeller trails, and an environmental education center.  The Ritz Carlton Dorado Beach is slated for completion in late 2012.
  
  
  
  These new additions to the island, will continue to give Puerto Rico the status, as a prime tourist destination in the Caribbean.   
  
  
  
  
                                          
  
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