The new 102-room Holiday Inn Express hotel will be among the first internationally branded properties in the city of Marilia, and is slated to open toward the end of 2013.

Following a three-year period focused on brand communication, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is taking its strategic plan further, specifically up-weighting focus on global online channels. The campaign focuses on promoting messaging behind the chain’s key pillars: personal service, gastronomy and entertainment.

Green Globe has announced recertification of the Half Moon Club - a Rock Resort - in Jamaica. For the past few years, this Caribbean resort has been dedicated to protect and preserve the environment, incorporating the best possible sustainable practices.