InterContinental Breaks Ground in Panama

IHG has announced the groundbreaking of the Holiday Inn Panama Canal, in the Republic of Panama. The 115 room hotel will be located next to the Panama Canal in the City of Knowledge, a renowned international complex for education and research.

It will be the fourth IHG hotel in the Republic of Panama through its affiliation with Panama City-based Bern Hotels & Resorts, the tourism division of Empresas Bern, one of the most respected commercial developers in Latin America.

Currently the developer has the InterContinental Miramar, InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort & Spa and the Crowne Plaza Panama. The unique component of the project is that it will be adjacent to the first educational institution for Bern Hotels & Resorts and IHG Latin America, which will be named Panama International Hotel School.

The new hotel and the school are both scheduled to open towards the beginning of 2008, and will add a hospitality-oriented educational component while building on the City of Knowledge’s tradition of innovation and inspiring personal excellence.

The Holiday Inn Panama Canal and the Panama International Hotel School will feature state-of-the-art learning spaces, lecture halls, classrooms, meeting rooms, a state-of-the-art computer center, and an auditorium for large classroom lectures.