IslandsCaribbean Weekend
Edition 2021-05-07
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IslandsCaribbean Weekend is a weekly PHC Travel Newsletter, published on Fridays, which depicts current happenings in the Hospitality Sector of the Caribbean Islands, for hotel owners/operators, investors, suppliers, and patrons alike.
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Dominican Republic, Cancun and Jamaica lead the way in Caribbean tourism recovery
Cancun (Mexico), Dominican Republic, and Jamaica are the three destinations leading the tourism recovery in the Caribbean. The effects will be more visible in the winter season that starts next November, said Encarna Piñero, CEO of the Piñero group, one of the Spanish hotel companies with the most prominent presence in the Caribbean. During Monday’s meetings at the World Tourism Summit, the first event of its kind to be held after the start of the pandemic, Encarna Piñero told Efe that although with entirely different scenarios, these three destinations “are doing very well.” “Dominican Republic is doing very well, the new government is managing very well in the short term recovery, mobilizing vaccines to employees in the sector. After the good performance of the Dominican Republic, Cancun and Jamaica rebounded, […]
AMResorts, towards its recovery in the Dominican Republic: more than eight weeks in full swing
THIS WAS REPORTED BY DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ, REGIONAL VP OF OPERATIONS OF THE BRAND IN THE COUNTRY With the corporate campaign “Free-4-all.” The Dominican Republic still has a lot of potential for the tourism industry, either in Punta Cana or in others such as Puerto Plata and Samaná. However, in the latter, government support is necessary, especially on flights, as reported to arecoa.com, Daniel Hernández, Regional VP of AMResorts Operations for the country. In that sense, he explained that the occupancy of the brand’s hotels in the DR “is in sustained growth; It is now more than 8 weeks with a positive trend and substantial improvement, especially for next summer.” “While it is true that the pandemic unleashed a global crisis in the sector, we also know that every crisis is accompanied by opportunities; you just have to pay attention to […]
Protocols guide tourist recovery in the DR: attracts 700 thousand visitors as of March 2021
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CENTRAL BANK According to the Central Bank, the Dominican Republic received 717 thousand 85 tourists in the first quarter of this year, 2021, 48.5% less than in the same stage of 2020. According to data from the bank, from January to March of last year, one million 352 thousand 459 visitors arrived in the country, which shows that it is still far from reaching the pre-Covid-19 numbers. In March, 313 thousand 289 tourists arrived in Dominican territory, 16% higher than March 2020, when the pandemic began in the country, and only 270 thousand 49 were received. The data also indicates that the arrival of visitors in March is related to the tourism recovery plan applied by the Government since last year and the […]
Hospitality sector expected to gain momentum; good news for construction sector
Even as the construction sector remains the most vibra...
Half Moon eclipses rivals on ‘It List’
WESTERN BUREAU: Half Moon’s 57-room Eclipse has been recognised as one of the world’s top new resorts by Travel + Leisure in its 16th annual ‘It List’ for 2021. The Montego Bay hotel is one of four resorts in the Caribbean to make the list, which...
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