Blue Diamond Hotels & Resorts will open Royalton Punta Cana and Memories Resort & Spa in the Dominican Republic in November 2013.  Todd Kirlik, the company’s director of sales and marketing made the announcement at the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange on April 24.

Following a succession of recent brand introductions in the Iberian Peninsula, Hilton Worldwide has announced that its DoubleTree by Hilton brand is set to arrive in Portugal. The management agreement will see Lisbon’s Fontana Park Hotel convert to DoubleTree by Hilton Lisbon – Fontana Park in summer 2013.

Marriott International Inc (MAR), the U.S.-based hotel chain, said Tuesday that Mexico could provide one of the best opportunities for growth in Latin America over the next few years thanks to an increase in business activity and tourism. Marriott currently has 22 hotels in Mexico, and it plans to double that number by 2017.

Meliá Hotels International will open its first Innside brand hotel in Asia in Jogjakarta in 2015. The 258-room Innside Yogyakarta will become the group’s largest Innside property when it opens on Palagan Tentara Pelajar Street.