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Word: borinquen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bombing Business. Some hotel owners are finally recognizing that room rates have been excessively high (as much as $60 per day for a single room, without meals). Governor Luis Ferré's brother José, who last year bought the troubled Darlington Hotel and renamed it the Borinquen, has cut rates by a third and appealed for middle-class and convention customers. Other hotels, including La Concha and Flamboyan, have posted their off-season rates sooner-and dropped them down further-than last year. They are offering double rooms for $21 to $26 a day, about $20 less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOURISM: Clouds over Puerto Rico | 5/24/1971 | See Source »

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