Packaged Vacations: Tourism Development in the Spanish Caribbean

Index

Index Abramovitz, Max, 10 Acapulco, 31, 41, 43, 44, 117, 124, 160, 182, 199 Acapulco Hilton, 44 Ackerman, Ralph H., 8 Acuna Castañeda, Angelica, 41 Aerolinea Aeromaya, 107 Alba, Francisco, 176 Albar, Muhammed Abu, 188 Albright, Madeline, 150, 152 Alemán family, 44 Alemán Valdés, Miguel, 25, 44, 107, 199n7 Allegretto, Anna Maria, 31 Almoina, Carlos A., 99–100 Alpha 66, 148 American Airlines, 2 American Hotels Corporation, 25 Anka, Paul, 41 Antalya (Turkey), 189 Arespacochaga y Felipe, A.: and report on Cartagena tourism (Colombia), 156; and report on Dominican tourism, 159–62, 163 Arroyo (Cuba), 99 Asian tourists: at Varadero, 103 Asociación Hotelera del Este (D.R.), 169 Azcárraga, Lucho, 31 Azcárraga, Pablo, 132 Bahamas: CNT survey of, 108–9 Bahia de Mujeres (Cancún), 125, 129 Bailey, Morris T., 35–36 Balaguer, Joaquín, 155 Balearic Islands, xxiv, 130, 141; political relationship with Cuba, 142, 206n38 Bali: site of first Sol Melía international hotel, 130 Banco de México: and the creation of Canc ún, 105, 107, 112, 113–14, 116 Banco de Yucatan, 107 Bank of Cuba, 48 Barbachano Gómez Rul, Fernando: and the development of Cozumel and Cancún, 106–7 Barbachano Peón, Fernando, 106 Barbados: CNT survey of, 101, 108, 110 Barceló, Gabriel: development of Bávaro, 170 Barceló Hotels: in development of Bávaro, 164, 168–69, 170; in development of Dominican tourism, xxiv; in Mexico, 139–40 Barcelona (Spain): source of tiles for Dorado Beach Hotel, 18 Basler, R. W., 27 Battelle, Phyllis, 46 Batista, Fulgencio: and Cuban tourism in the 1950s, 88, 89, 92, 94, 100; and Hilton International in Cuba, 25 226 Index Bauer, Ben, 30–31 Bávaro: and Barceló Hotels, 170; in the contemporary era, 187; and development of “peripheral cores,” xix; and luxury hotel concentration in, 171; and Alvaro Sans, 169–70; and sustainable development in surrounding region, 172–73, 174, 175–76, 177, 183. See also Punta Cana-Bávaro region Bayahibe, 183 Bay of Pigs, xv. See also Playa Girón Beard, James, 33 Belize, 170 Bell, Charles A., 84–85 Bement, Linda, 32 Benito Juárez (municipality, Mexico), 118 Bergdorf Goodman, 76 Bermuda, 95, 96 Bermudez, Cundo, 38 Betancourt, Rómulo, 14 Binns, Joe, 24 Boca Chica (D.R.): developmental plans for, 160, 161, 171 Boca de Cangrejos, 75 Bogotá (Colombia), 1, 24, 51, 85 Bolton, Herbert, 22 Booz, Allen, y Hamilton de México, S.A de C.V.: plans for Cozumel, 112–13 Borman, Frank, 84 Bosch, Juan, 180 Bottome, Robert: study of Caracas hotel market, 8–10 Boyer, Allston, 60, 65–66, 67–68 Bradshaw, George: on Hilton International hotels, 33–34, 39–40 Braniff Airlines, 1–2 Brazil, 19, 23, 170 Brenas Beach 73–74. See also Cerromar Beach Resort Britain, 10, 147 Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1 Caberra Moreno, Servando, 38 Calder, Alexander, 2 Calica (Mexico), 189, 190 Camino Real Hotels, 51, 123 Camping, xxv, 102 Canadian tourists, 114, 128, 177 Canary Islands (Spain), 139, 140, 142 Canaves, Gabriel, xii, 141, 142 Cancún: and David Cobar, 133–134; and António Enriquez Savignac,, 105, 107; and evolution of, 105–34; and FONATUR report (1982), 120–123; and FONATUR report (1987),124–128; and FONATUR report (1997), 128–129; and hurricanes, 120–21; and Hurricanes Emily and Wilma , 130–134; and the IADB, 114, 116–17, 120–21, 134; and INFRATUR tourism development report, 114–16, 120–21; as a “peripheral core,” xix; Secretary of Housing (Mexico) report on Cancún infrastructure, 117–120; and Spanish investment in, 123–124 Caneel Bay Resort (St. John), 15–16, 16–18, 19, 20 Capone, Al, 186 Capri Hotel (Havana), 46–47, 48, 87, 88, 148 Caracas Daily Journal, 14 Carter, Jimmy, 138 Caribé Hilton, xxi, 16, 23, 27, 28, 30–31, 32–33, 34–35, 36, 41, 64–65 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 110 Carrier Corporation, 34 Carta, Alvaro, 161, 180 Cartagena (Colombia), 97, 156 Casa de Campo (D.R.), 161, 180, 180, 181 Castillo Español (Cuba), 99 Castro, Fidel: evolution of “Cuban” tourism, xxv–xxvi, 88, 98–99, 100; and exit of Hilton International from Cuba, 48–50; and Habana Hilton,45–46, 47; and importance of Sol Meliá in Cuba, 151; and inauguration of Playa Larga, xv–xvi; and interest in hotel management and tourism, 138, 143–47; and international partnerships, 141–42; and promotion of camping as national tourism policy, 100 Casparius, Rodolfo: and Hilton Hotels in Acapulco, 44; influence...