Mayo Gonzalez, legal counsel of Caoba Tours, wrote to DR1 Daily News to clarify that a statement about the closing of several hotels in Sosua was not made by Ruben Gutierrez of Caoba Tours. The story said that the hotels were closing due to more complaints than usual from German tourists regarding hotel services in the area. In a clarification to DR1 Daily News, Gonzalez wrote that "the one and only statement of Ruben Gutierrez to Listin Diario’s journalist was that the problems confronted by ARA Hotels reflect the drop in demand for North Coast vacations by German vacationers." (23 April 2001)
