Direct Expert, a Las Vegas, Nevada company has agreed to invest RD$130 million in the refurbishment of two state-owned hotels that are currently abandoned. Emely Cruz, director of the Corporation of State-owned Hotels (CORPHOTELS), specifies that Direct Expert will refurbish and manage Villa Suiza Hotel in Sabana de la Mar and Santa Cruz Hotel in El Seibo, for a period of 30 years. The company has plans to install casinos. The contract also indicates that once they begin operating, the State will receive US$2,500 per month for the rental of each hotel. This amount will be revised after six years. Cruz said that the reopening of those hotels will dynamize the economy in the region.