Accor Hotels, a French chain, continues its expansion plan in Mexico due to the enormous success registered in its Novotel and Ibis properties located in the capital and in the State of Monterrey.
For this reason the company is planning to develop the brand Ibis in the entire country, increasing its potential to 50 hotels and offering its Novotel chain to the most important business cities, promoting its Business Class concept.
AMResorts´ executives, staff, travel industry leaders and partners gathered this month to commemorate the company´s success during the past five years and celebrate the future for its three brands –Secrets Resorts Spas, Dreams Resorts Spas and Sunscape Resorts Spas.
As AMResorts has grown, the market has forced its model to be driven even farther. Both the initial planned room size and cost per room has nearly doubled because of North Americans´ desire to have larger accommodations and more value added.
Hilton introduced a pilot Chinese website, hilton.com.cn, in July this year. The company expects full booking capability in Chinese language to get completed by 2008.
The process of setting up such source markets websites involves two crucial aspects, according to Philippe Garnier, director - commercial development, Hilton International.
The recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $209 million headquarters hotel in the Puerto Rico Convention Center District marked the launch of development plans for the 113-acre, $1.3 billion waterfront project in the Isla Grande area of San Juan.
Facilities will include more than 1,700 hotel rooms, retail shops, restaurants, theaters and residential units when the complex is completed in 2012.
The 327-room Sandals Regency St. Lucia Golf Resort & Spa at La Toc, St. Lucia, will break ground in October on 10 one-bedroom villa suites. Completion is scheduled by next June.
The three-level units will be directly above the resort’s existing ocean bluff suites on a coral cliff overlooking the Caribbean.
The Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, will close for renovations during the month of September.
The 47-suite property plans to outfit the bathrooms in its premier verandah suite units with handmade tiles, marble countertops and oversized mirrors.