Ventura Serra, chief executive of Occidental Hoteles in the Dominican Republic, said that the pool area and adjacent gardens of the Embajador Hotel hotel are definitely not off limits to visitors to the hotel. He said that the use of the pool and tennis facilities is restricted to those that are not guests or members of the hotel club, but the adjacent areas would continue to be open to the general public. He explained that it would be counterproductive to limit visitor access to the pool area as the hotel cafeteria and the Restaurante Jardin are accessed through the lobby door to the pool. He called the DR1 Daily News to explain that any measures taken by the management of the hotel to restrict access to the pool area would be revoked as "this is not possible." (29 September 20000) [See earlier story/25 September 2000]
