Social Security is bidding for hotel service in the metropolitan area in order to house medical professionals in charge of the emergency care of covid-19.
The hotel facilities are required to guarantee privacy, comfort and security for the medical professionals staying there and the use of all the facilities by the Guatemalan Social Security Institute, except for the common areas, which must remain closed due to health security protocol.
For the end of 2019, is scheduled the inauguration of Oceana Resort, a hotel complex that will offer 200 rooms and is located on the beach of Iztapa, department of Escuintla.
Oceana Resort + Conventions will be a hotel that will have a total of 22 thousand square meters of construction and will operate under the format of "all-inclusive". The building is located at kilometer 6 of the road from Iztapa to Monterrico.
Because the facilities do not meet minimum quality standards, 79% of registered accommodations in Guatemala are classified as not recommended.
The Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT) reported that most hostels, pensions, small hotels and other hotel facilities in the country are considered as not recommended because "they do not meet quality standards and are not suitable for domestic and foreign tourists to visit."
Mariott International, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels and Ritz-Carlton Reserve, presented to Dominican Republic authorities their plans to develop luxury tourism projects in Puerto Plata.
From the statement of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic:
December 11th, 2018. A group of foreign investors met today with President Danilo Medina and expressed their interest in transforming the country's northern coast into a luxury tourism destination.
Starting from October 16, Hotel Vista Real, located at kilometer 9 of the road to El Salvador, will form part of the Hilton Hotels & Resorts chain.
As part of the change of brand the hotel underwent modifications to its infrastructure, with its 130 rooms having been completely remodeled as over the last ten monthsand the estimated investment in the works amounted to $4 million.
The W Costa Rica hotel, which will offer a total of 151 rooms and is located in Guanacaste, reported that it plans to start operations in November of this year.
Due to the climate of insecurity prevailing in Nicaragua and cancelled reservations, two hotels in the city of León have announced the closure of their operations.
"As of July 15, it has been decided to completely close operations in the city of León, until there is a safer climate for tourism development," Art Collections Hotels reported in a statement.
The Mexican airline Volaris will be suspending its services as of July 1, and the luxury resort hotel Mukul, in Guacalito, has announced the indefinite closure of its operations.
The crisis that has been going on in the country for the last month continues to harm the tourism business sector.The airline Volaris reported that it will temporarily suspend services to Managua from next week, and the luxury hotel Mukul Auberge Resorts Collection, in the South Pacific, announced on Friday that it will close its operations indefinitely.
The Canadian group Sunwing Travel has announced that in the second half of this year it will open a luxury hotel under the brand Planet Hollywood.
From a statement issued by Sunwing Travel Group:
February 23rd 2018. Sunwing Travel Group, North America’s largest vertically integrated travel company, has signed a deal with iconic lifestyle brand Planet Hollywood to dramatically increase the footprint of Planet Hollywood’s hotel operations globally.
An urban resort style five-star hotel called The Santa Maria has opened in Panama City, following an investment of around $50 million.
Representatives from the urban resort The Santa Maria stated that the hotel offers 182 luxury rooms, which have an area that ranges between 40 m2and 300 m2. The infrastructure, which required a global investment of $50 million, has two restaurants and next April they plan to open a third.
A development company has started in Rivas the construction of a 1,800 square meter hotel with 24 rooms, two meeting rooms and other amenities.
Without disclosing the total amount of the investment, representatives of Gran Victoria S.A. stated that on February 1 construction started of a hotel that will be located in the center of the city of Rivas, which will have a swimming pool, restaurant and a basement.
In the past 12 months, 78 environmental impact studies were submitted to develop hotels, marinas, clubs and beach residences in Central American countries.
Data from the interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData:
In Costa Rica, the hotel union includes 32 registered establishments considered luxury hotels, offering accommodation options with prices ranging from $160 to $30 thousand per night.
The wide diversity of tourists that the country receives explains the existence of a wide range of hotels, according to representatives from the Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH).The hotel supply caters for both tourists looking to stay in one star hotels, to other more demanding customers, seeking higher-level alternatives.
The Four Seasons hotel has announced that it will be closing for four months to remodel its facilities in Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Elfinancierocr.com reports that "...The work will be comprehensive and will include a new look for all areas, including the rooms, lobby and entrance area, fitness center equipment, pool and beach furniture, and new restaurant concepts."
Between 2010 and 2015 the number of tourist accommodation establishments went up by 73%, and the total number of available rooms increased by 53%.
Data from the Central American Integration System (SICA) indicates that in 2010 Nicaragua registered 8,880 rooms and had 771 business establishments used to accommodate tourists.At the close of 2015, there were almost 14 thousand rooms and 1,057 establishments such as hotels, hostels and cabins.