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10-09-2009, 02:00 PM
The high cost of energy is one of the main problems affecting the hotel industry in the Dominican Republic, and it is preventing hotels from taking a more competitive stance, according to Haydee Kuret de Rainieri, president of the National Hotel and Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES).
The leading hotelier said that as much as 20% of the cost of a room was going towards electricity, despite the fact that many, if not most, hotels have generators for their own electricity. At US$0.24 kw/h, hotels are spending too much on electricity. In the Bavaro-Punta Cana area, these costs are as much as 15% of the cost of a room and in Samana the cost is as much as 20-22%, and in Puerto Plata, energy costs make up two or three dollars per day per person (in Samana it is $7.00).
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The leading hotelier said that as much as 20% of the cost of a room was going towards electricity, despite the fact that many, if not most, hotels have generators for their own electricity. At US$0.24 kw/h, hotels are spending too much on electricity. In the Bavaro-Punta Cana area, these costs are as much as 15% of the cost of a room and in Samana the cost is as much as 20-22%, and in Puerto Plata, energy costs make up two or three dollars per day per person (in Samana it is $7.00).
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