Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. today announce the opening of Hyatt Zilara Cancun, the first Hyatt-branded adult-only all-inclusive resort. Located in the heart of Cancun’s Hotel Zone and along the sparkling turquoise Caribbean beachfront, Hyatt Zilara Cancun is a AAA Four Diamond Resort that offers adults an all-inclusive resort experience that creates opportunities to live in the moment.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), today announced the opening of the 187-room Holiday Inn® hotel in the northeastern city of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Bucaramanga’s first Holiday Inn® hotel brings IHG’s hotel portfolio for Colombia to nine including two hotels in Bogota - the Holiday Inn Express® Bogota and Holiday Inn® Bogota Airport, Holiday Inn® Cartagena Morros, Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Medellin and properties in the pipeline to be developed in Barranquilla, Cucuta, and Cartagena.
Grace Hotels (www.gracehotels.com), the privately owned luxury boutique hotel group, today announced the official opening of the latest addition to its portfolio, Grace Cafayate, a hotel, spa and residential villas development located in the Salta province of north westArgentina. Marking the group's first hotel opening inLatin America, Grace Cafayate lies high inArgentina's Calchaqui Valley, famed for its spectacular backdrop of The Andes and for some of the finest winesSouth America has to offer.
Meliá Hotels International has announced further growth in Venezuela with the addition of its third hotel: the Meliá Puerto Ordaz, a new 150 room property scheduled to open in 2015. As part of its growth strategy Meliá prioritizes alliances with local partners in high-growth countries and regions and in this case has reached a management contract with the Venezuelan company Inversiones Toro c A.
Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups unveiled today the addition of the Radisson Hotel Rio de Janeiro and the Radisson Hotel São Paulo Vila Olimpia, opening in Brazil during the first quarter of 2014. The addition of the two hotels will elevate the group’s status as the largest international upscale operator in the country with 10 hotels and more than 1,800 rooms in operation.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces that the Holiday Inn Express®brand is expanding in Brazil with the openings of theHoliday Inn Express®Belem-Ananindeuahotel, the Holiday Inn Express®Porto Velho hotel and the Holiday Inn Express®Marilia hotel expected to open later this year. IHG also has plans for a new-build Holiday Inn Express®Manaus hotel, scheduled to open in 2014.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is expanding its collection of Reserve hotels with plans to open a luxury sanctuary onPearl Island, a private island situated 45 miles south ofPanama City. An exclusive leisure experience that blends intuitive individual service, exquisite indigenous design, and luxuriously relaxed ambiance, the resort is the sixth planned Reserve property, joining current locations in Phulay Bay inThailand and Dorado Beach inPuerto Rico, and upcoming locations including Molasses Reef in Turks and Caicos, Tamuda Bay,Morocco and CabosSan Lucas, Mexico, among several projects slated for the near future.
Radisson, one of the world’s best-recognized hotel brands, today announced the signing of the Radisson Porto Alegre, Brazil with an expected opening of Oct. 31, 2013. A mulit-million dollar renovation is planned for the 132-room designer hotel. As Radisson further expands in South America, this hotel marks the seventh Radisson in Brazil, with several additional properties joining the portfolio by first quarter 2014.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Fideicomiso FAFP-Promover-Hotel Cali- Fiduciaria del País S.A. for a Hyatt Regency hotel in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. This agreement marks the third Hyatt-branded hotel under development in Colombia, joining Grand Hyatt Bogota and Hyatt Regency Cartagena, which are both slated to open in 2016.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.® (NYSE:HOT) today announced that its rapidly expanding Aloft brand has arrived in Panama, one of the most important travel markets in the Americas. Aloft Panama is the fourth Aloft hotel to open in Latin America, since the brand made its debut less than two years ago.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), continues to increase the Holiday Inn® brand’s footprint in Latin America with the signing of the new-build Holiday Inn Lima Airport hotel. The $24 million hotel will be located adjacent to the city’s Jorge Chavez International Airport, and is being developed by the Pinasco family, who will also manage the hotel under the Operaciones Turisticas Peruanas S.A.C. entity. The organization has been working with IHG for many years and also owns and manages the Crowne Plaza® Lima hotel.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced the first two Hyatt-branded all-inclusive resorts, currently THE ROYAL Cancún and Barceló Los Cabos, will be rebranded as Hyatt Zilara Cancún and Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos in Q4 2013. Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall, Jamaica, formerly the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort & Spa, Rose Hall, Jamaica will open in early 2014. Each resort will undergo a multimillion dollar renovation as part of its rebranding.
Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,410 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced the opening of the 331-room TRYP by Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall, marking the select-service hotel brand’s largest hotel in Central America and second property in Panama City, Panama. Its addition further supports the company’s steady expansion in the Latin America region.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announces the iconic Palacio del Inka in Cusco joins The Luxury Collection portfolio following an extensive $15 million renovation. Owned by Libertador Hotels, Resorts & Spas, Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco has been redesigned for a new generation of luxury travellers, offering discreet and personalized service in the in the iconic ancient capital of Peru. With this opening, Starwood expands its footprint in Peru where it now operates six hotels and resorts, including three under The Luxury Collection brand.
Wyndham Hotel Group, the world’s largest hotel company with approximately 7,410 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced the opening of the full-service Wyndham Cusco Saqsayhuaman in Cusco, Peru, the first property to fly the upscale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts® brand flag in the South American country.
Marriott International announced the opening of the 140-room Courtyard by Marriott Leon at the Poliforum, expanding the brand’s roster of Mexico properties to nine and solidifying the country’s position as the most important Latin American market for Marriott’s leading mid-tier hotel brand. The stunning hotel is located conveniently near the Poliforum Leon Convention and Exhibition Center, Leon Airport, Leon Stadium, Explora Science Center, Centro Max Shopping Center and the city’s main industrial parks. Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today plans to expand its hotel portfolio in Mexico by 30 percent, emphasizing the important role the country plays in Starwood’s Americas growth strategy and its prominence in the global travel market. Starwood continues to lengthen its lead as the largest operator in the upper-upscale hotel segment in Mexico with eight new hotels in its development pipeline that will add nearly 1,100 rooms.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announces the opening of the highly anticipated Sheraton Tucuman Hotel in Argentina. The spectacular new property offers a vibrant, open atmosphere and all of Sheraton brand's signature amenities and services, including Sheraton Club Lounge, Link@Sheraton experienced with Microsoft®, and Sheraton Fitness programmed by Core® Performance. It also features extensive state-of-the-art meeting facilities, making it the ideal venue for events. The hotel is located in Tucuman, the capital of the province, facing the beautiful 9 de Julio Park, and blocks away from the city's Historic and Civic Center. The property is owned by Argentine company Sol del NOA S.A. and is operated by Starwood.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Selfi Grupo Operador de Estacionamientos, S.A. de C.V., recently celebrated the ground break on April 22nd of the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel Xalapa. Prominent personalities who attended the ground-breaking ceremony included José Antonio Mansur Beltrán, Federal Delegate of the Economy Ministry, (SE), Carlos Canales Freeman, Chairman State of the Association of Industrial of the State of Veracruz A.C. (Aievac), members of Congress of State and executives, and members of the construction company GILCA among others. Slated to open summer 2014, the construction of this hotel is expected to generate at least 150 direct and 300 indirect jobs.
The Chairman of Meliá Hotels International, Gabriel Escarrer, recently explained at the company's annual general shareholders meeting that emerging markets, in particular the highest potential countries in Latin America, are the focus for growth of its hotel brands, already successfully operating in 39 countries on four continents.