Hilton To Debut Waldorf Astoria Brand In Costa Rica
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The new Waldorf Astoria – imagined Date: November 2022 Name: Waldorf Astoria Guanacaste to open 2025 Location: Northwest coast of Costa Rica Number of Keys: 190 rooms and suites, as well as 25 residences Seller: TBA Buyer: Revolution, Cacique Investors, and Garnier & Garnier. Hilton International has expanded it’s Costa Rica and luxury footprint with the signing of Waldorf Astoria Guanacaste hotel….
IHG Hotels and Resorts Agrees Licensing Deal With Iberostar Hotels and Resorts
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Iberostar Cozumel, Mexico Date: November 2022 Name: IHG Hotels & Resorts and Iberostar Hotels & Resorts Locations: In order of %: Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Brazil, Spain, other EMEAA locations Number of Keys: 24,300 – 70 hotels included in the deal Seller: Not a sale as such, but Iberostar Beachfront Resorts becomes…
Mexico’s Palace Resorts Acquires Italy-Based Baglioni Hotels & Resorts
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Grand Hotel Baglioni Florence, one of the seven Baglioni hotels in the deal, with Milan opening 2023 Date: November 2022 Name: Palace Resorts and Baglioni Hotels & Resorts Locations: Mexico, Caribbean, USA, Italy, Maldives, London Number of Keys: Palace: 5,614; Baglioni: 532 Seller: Baglioni and it’s parent company, Cogeta Spa. In February…
Belmond To Reopen It’s Riviera Maya Resort Spring 2023 In Mexico
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The fab setting for the Belmond Riviera Maya Hotel, to re-open May 2023 Date: November 2022 Name: Maroma, a Belmond Hotel Riviera Maya Location: Carretera Cancún-Tulum, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, México Number of Keys: Was 60 rooms and suites…will be 72 Owner: Belmond, acquired by LVMH in 2019. The hotel was originally designed…
Marriott To Acquire Mexico’s City Express Portfolio of 152 Hotels To Expand It’s Midscale Segment, For $100m
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: A typical City Express hotel Date: October 2022 Name: Hoteles City Express Locations: 152 hotels across 75 cities in Mexico and three additional countries in Latin America Number of Keys: 17,356 plus 676 in the pipeline Seller: Hoteles City Express, S.A.B. de C.V. Buyer: Marriott International Marriott International announced today that it has…
St. Lucia in Discussions to Bring a Planet Hollywood Resort to Rodney Bay
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Planet Hollywood in Costa Rica Date: October 2022 Name: Planet Hollywood Hotels & Resorts Location: Rodney Bay, St Lucia Number of Keys: TBA Seller: The Planet Hollywood would be located at the site of the old Rex St. Lucia hotel. It is noted that there has yet to be a finalized deal….
Accor Debuts Novotel Mexico City World Trade Center
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The new style Novotel bedroom, at the new Novotel Mexico City Date: October 2022 Name: Novotel Mexico City World Trade Center Location: World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico Number of Keys: 106 Seller: TBA Buyer: TBA Accor has announced the opening of Novotel Mexico City World Trade Center, a new modern hotel offering…
Ennismore Partner With Related Group To Launch SLS Bahia Beach Residences In Novo Cancun, Mexico
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The SLS Bahia Beach, due to open in xx Date: September 2022 Name: SLS Bahia Beach Location: Novo Cancun, Mexico Number of Keys: 111 residential condominiums of 2 to 4 bedrooms, including 6 penthouses plus 45 suites in the SLS Cancun Hotel, which opened in February 2021 Seller: TBA Buyer: The project is…
Nobu Hospitality to Open Tulum Hotel With Residences
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: Nobu Miami Beach, a previous partnership with RCD Hotels, which opened in 2016 Date: August 2022 Name: Nobu Hotel Tulum – to open Q1, 2025 Location: Tulum, Mexico Number of Keys: 200 rooms and suites, to include 12 villas, with a further 50 beachside residences Seller: TBA Buyer: RCD Hotel, a long-term partner…
Small Luxury Hotels Sign Up Eight New Members, From Belgium to Mexico
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: Formerly a goat farm, Lupaia is a sustainably-focused agriturismo in the heart of Tuscany Date: August 2022 Names: Juliana Hotel Brussels, ON Residence Thessaloniki, Cascioni Eco Retreat Localita Cascioni, Naturalis Bio Resort & Spa Martano, Desa Hay Bali, CPH Pevero Hotel Porto Cervo, Lupaia Torrita di Siena and TAGO Tulum Locations: As above…
The Meridian Club Re-Opens as Exquisite Five-Star Pine Cay, Turks & Caicos (June 2021)
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: Pine Cay; photo credit: Kira Turnbull Date: November 2021 (late report!) Name: Pine Cay Location: A secluded private island on the edge of the world’s third-largest barrier reef, a 20 minute boat ride from Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Number of Keys: 12 beachfront rooms and suites Seller: The hotel, formerly known as The…
Molo Hotel Group Acquires Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba
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Author: Mark Harris
Main Photo: Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba Date: November 2021 Name: Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa, Aruba Location: Eagle Beach, Aruba, Caribbean Number of Keys: 72 Seller: The hotel has been family-held since 1970 when hotelier Ike Cohen bought the 72-room oceanfront hotel from its original developers, a pair of KLM pilots who opened…
Loren Hotel Launches Climate Change Initiative in Bermuda
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Author: Dev Anand
Main Photo: The Loren Hotel, Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Date: October 2021 Name: The Loren Hotel – The Loren Roots Initiative Location: Tucker’s Town, Bermuda Number of Keys: 45 suites Owner: Stephen King, a former investment banker and hedge fund principal opened The Loren at Pink Beach as the first new-build Hotel on Bermuda in 45 years…