GROUPS COME TO PUERTO RICO for business — plus. Just 2.25 hours from Miami and 4.5 hours from Chicago, the island boasts beaches, water sports, shopping, cultural attractions, and plenty of golf.

In fact, there are 16 top of the line championship courses. Take the Westin Rio Mar: At this 600-room resort with the largest ballroom in the Caribbean (20,913 square feet), groups can choose between Greg Norman's River Course and Tom & George Fazio's Ocean Course, or relax in the resort's newest addition, the Mandara Spa.

If you prefer a location closer to the city, revisit the former Wyndham Old San Juan, $7.5 million later and now the Sheraton Old San Juan, with 240 rooms and 12,634 square feet of meeting space. Across from the cruise ship dock, it's just a few steps from Old San Juan.

A block away is Eden, the hotel's affiliated new spa, and located between the spa and hotel is the just-opened Pool Palace entertainment center with huge wall TVs and 17 pool tables, accommodating 2,500.

For large groups, the new 580,000-square-foot Puerto Rico Convention Center opens in San Juan at the end of this year. Now, Puerto Rico definitely has it all.