Eduardo Serrano was recently elected president of the Associación de Hoteles de Santo Domingo. Serrano is assistant general manager of the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel, a Mariott operation. He pointed out that small and medium-sized hotels of Santo Domingo are suffering from the extended blackouts and have had to make heavy investments in emergency power plants for their standby power plants to be able to resist the 10 to 12 hour blackouts. Serrano said the Jaragua has not been affected by the deficient power situation as, from the time of its opening, the hotel has operated on its own energy system.
