SuperClubs Executive Chairman John Issa announced plans to enter Panama’s tourism market with a 300-room Breezes resort near Playa Blanca and to build a Breezes in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro.

Sonnenblick Goldman, serving as the exclusive advisor to Plant Hotel N.V., has arranged the sale of the ownership entity holding the leasehold interest in the 413-room Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino for $237 million to the Caribbean Real Estate Opportunity Fund.

The 310-room Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach in Florida is getting ready for its December 16 reopening, following a five-month, $60 million renovation project.

Embassy Suites Hotels are opening the brand’s first hotel in Mexico –and the first upscale, all-suite hotel in Mexico City’s downtown area, the Embassy Suites Hotel Mexico City Reforma.

Spain’s Majorca-based RIU Hotels & Resorts opened this week its newest establishment in Mexico’s Puerto Vallata. The RIU Vallarta, an exceptional five-star beachfront hotel, is RIU’s second property in Puerto Vallarta and its twelfth in Mexico. Built in close proximity to RIU Jalisco, RIU Vallarta features 550 luxurious guestrooms and suites some with their own Jacuzzis as well as RIU’s renowned all-inclusive concept and legendary customized service.

The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino is reporting its accommodations units to offer separate lodging options for adults and families, effective December 24. The adults-only, 290-room/10-suite Renaissance Marina Hotel in downtown Oranjestad features plasma-screen TVs, an infinity pool, a fitness center, the Okeanos Spa, the Crystal Casino and the Lounge Midnight Grill.