3
/ Wednesday, January 29, 2020
a week in review InterContinental San Juan Reopens The resort offers 398 guest rooms and suites, more than 24,000 square feet of meeting and event space, an outdoor lagoon pool with a swim-up bar, seven restaurants and bars serving up a variety of exquisite cuisines, and a full-service spa. Designed by Boston-based Parker-Torres Design, all guestrooms, suites, and club rooms have been updated with a crisp blue and white palette combined with soft wood tones that echo the island’s pristine beaches and bright waters. >Courtesy Intercontinental
Iberia Will Increase Its Seat Offering to Puerto Rico by Over 55 Percent
Carla Campos, the executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), and Luis Gallego, the president of Iberia Airlines, have signed an agreement to promote the island in the more than 100 destinations that the Spanish airline services throughout Europe and Asia. Gallego also announced that, for 2020, the airline will increase its seat offering to Puerto Rico by over 55 percent, providing more than 128,000 seats. In 2019, Iberia reported a passenger growth increase of nearly 28 percent, when compared to to 2018. Iberia’s plan for this year is to gradually increase the amount of flights between Puerto Rico and Spain. In keeping with their goal, they will offer daily flights between Madrid and San Juan during the month of July. >Courtesy PRTC
Powered BY El Vocero de Puerto Rico, 1064 Ave Ponce de León 2nd floor San Juan, PR Postal Address: PO Box 15074, San Juan, PR 00902
Bahía Beach Golf Club Crowned Best Golf Course in Puerto Rico
The certified Silver Signature Sanctuary golf course located in Bahia Beach Resort and Golf Club in Río Grande was crowned the best golf course in Puerto Rico by Golfweek’s Ultimate Guide, the premier magazine in the sport. The announcement was made in the magazine’s list of the Top 50 Best Courses of the Caribbean and Mexico. Every year, Golfweek’s elite team of course raters, which currently boasts more than 850 evaluators, survey more than 3,600 courses – grading each nominated course based on Golfweek’s 10 strict standards of evaluation. Collectively, these knowledgeable raters have turned in more than 75,000 votes to compile Golfweek’s Best Courses lists. >Courtesy Bahia Beach Resort
President Salvador Hasbún shasbun@elvocero.com
Human Resources Director Arlene Rolón, PHR arolon@elvocero.com
Managing Editor Yennifer Álvarez yalvarez@wjournalpr.com
Comptroller Félix A. Rosa frosa@elvocero.com
Traffic Director Ilia M. Pérez Centeno iperez@elvocero.com
Multi-Platform Digital Director Stephanie Gómez Álvarez sgomez@elvocero.com
Production Director Eligio Dekony edekony@elvocero.com
Editorial Director Juan Miguel Muñiz Guzmán jmuniz@elvocero.com
Multi-Platform Graphic Director Héctor L. Vázquez hvazquez@elvocero.com
Phone: 787-622-2300, 787-721-2300 Customer Service: 787-622-7480