The Governor of Puerto Plata Juan Pablo Plácido told the press that President Leonel Fernández has postponed his visit to Puerto Plata. The President was slated to travel to Puerto Plata yesterday to attend the inauguration of the Costa Dorada Iberostar hotel. The new 516 room hotel is located at Marapicá Beach, next door to the Playa Dorada beach complex. The hotel began operations on 23 July, but had not been formally inaugurated. This is the fourth Iberostar Spanish hotel chain resort to open in the DR. Other Iberostar hotels are located in the Punta Cana area in the East. Juan Llinas is the hotel’s general manager. During his visit to Puerto Plata, he was also scheduled to re-open the Puerto Plata skylift whose remodelling was completed in January but has been waiting the okay of the Ministry of Public Works to begin operation. On the President’s busy agenda was also the inauguration of a 200-house complex in Luperón and of the dredging of the Port of Puerto Plata.
