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The Complejo Recreativo y Cultural La Guancha (English: La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex) is a recreational complex in barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with family recreational and cultural facilities that opened on 23 June 1998. [1]
In 1646, construction began on the Carmelite convent, [1] through a petition by King Philip IV of Spain.The Monasterio del Señor San José de la Orden de nuestra Señora del Carmen (Monastery of Our Lady Carmen of San Jose) was founded in 1651 by Doña Ana Lanzós, a wealthy widow who donated her money and her magnificent residence (a large double sloped tiled roof) in the street that since ...
Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as 'Playa', is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is part of the municipality of Solidaridad . As of 2020, the city's population was just over 300,000 people during 2020, a small yet thriving portion of which are foreign immigrants .
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Puerto Rico's Act 60 is driving its luxury real estate boom. This tax incentive program offers U.S. mainlanders who relocate a 15-year tax break, including a 4% fixed income tax rate and up to a ...
[4] [5] The government-backed Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corp. spent $7 million to build and furnish the hotel. After it was built, the government leased the hotel to the Hilton Corp. on a 20-year lease. [6] The hotel was the first in Puerto Rico to offer radios in every room and individually controlled air conditioners. [4]
The 1950s-60s era saw another boom in Condado, with the rapid industrialization of Puerto Rico, this flamboyant locale was becoming a popular tourist destination. Large hotels like the Caribe Hilton Hotel and La Concha Resort were built as part of a government sponsorship program under the Operation Bootstrap brand.
In 1973, the La Concha Hotel was united with the adjacent Condado Beach Hotel into one hotel, known as the Hyatt Puerto Rico. [5] In 1976, [ 6 ] management of the complex was taken over by Hilton International [ 7 ] and the resort was renamed the Condado Beach La Concha Convention Center , with a huge convention wing built between the two ...