This was the first hotel built in Puerto Rico after World War II. The hotel is credited by historians and industry veterans with starting the modern day tourism business in Puerto Rico. The attached images are two of the hotel and one with Conrad Hilton arriving for the opening festivities with actress Gloria Swanson and Caribe General Manager Frank G. Wangeman. Source: the Massad Family Research Library and Hospitality Industry Archives, Hilton College, University of Houston