SANTO DOMINGO.- The country’s 48 year old icon abbreviation Asonahores has become the Dominican Republic Hotels and Tourism Association, and will still include the restaurants.

In its assembly in July the organization decided to include to all businesses and players in the Dominican tourism sector, but keeping the Asonahores name created in1962.

In her speech as outgoing Asonahores president, Haydée Kuret affirmed that among Asonahores’ most important advances in the last two years has been its opening to assume “an agglutinating role for all of the tourism industry’s segments,” for which in July the organization amended the statutes to allow membership to other entities in the tourism industry.

She said the hotel organization already forms part of the Dominican Restaurants Association (ADERES), the Fast Food Restaurants Association (ADECOR), the Tourism Real Estate Projects Association (ADETI), the Dominican Airports Association and the Ports and Marinas Association. “Others will follow this example during the next few months.”