The National Association of Hotels and Restaurants (Asonahores) elected Enrique E. de Marchena Kaluche as president for the period September 2004-2006. De Marchena is also a past president of Asonahores? National Council of Promotion. A lawyer by profession, he is a current board member of the EMI Resorts that operates Sun Village in Puerto Plata.
Others on the board are Ventura Serra, Simon Suarez, Luis Lopez, Juan Llinas, Paola Rainieri, Julio Llibre, Luis Jose Cabral, Omar Estevez, Victor Cabral, Felix Felipe, Salvador Bolanos, and Arturo Villanueva.