The city council just passed a bill requiring hotels to bring back at least 25 percent of staff and reopen by November 1 or pay up to 30 weeks of severance. Among others, the 1,900-room Hilton New York reopened this week.
The 110-year-old Hotel Galvez will become Grand Galvez Resort & Spa, returning to its original period design.
A victim of unfortunate timing with the Covid pandemic, San Juan’s Distrito T-Mobile entertainment area next to the convention center finally had its grand opening in September.