A new hotel by the Holiday Inn Express chain starts operations in the capital of Honduras, in the San Rafael Plaza mall.
From a statement issued by Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
IHG announces the opening of a new hotel by the brand Holiday Inn Express, which will have 108 rooms, an outdoor swimming pool, a 24-hour gym and a business center. Guests will also be able to make use of free transport to the the nearby Multiplaza mall.
The hotel chain is considering a new multi-purpose complex in El Salvador, to be developed together with Grupo Agrisal.
Álvaro Diago, Latin America's representative for Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), acknowledged that the country has vast potential for developing new hotels, but it requires more country marketing.
He added that the multi-purpose complex they are studying with Grupo Agrisal is currently in the architectural design phase, and that it would employ the Holiday Inn Express brand.
Grupo Real will build a 5 star hotel in southwestern San Pedro Sula.
Pedro Castro, from hotel chain Real Intercontinental, explained the project was scheduled to begin in 2009, but was postponed due to the economic and political crisis experienced by the country.
From Tiempo.hn: "The new hotel will feature 150 rooms and all the facilities demanded by a project of this category".
Real Hotels & Resorts announced state-of-the-art technology upgrades for all its hotels in Central America.
Sound-proof meeting rooms, 25 giant screens for video conferences, and high-speed internet services are some of the innovations to be developed.
Fernando Poma, vice president of the hotel division of Salvadoran conglomerate Grupo Poma, told ElPeriodico.com.gt: "We have one objective: to be 5 years ahead of the competition by means of a process of constant innovation. Being the only hotel chain providing all these services helps us to be chosen by our customers".
Intercontinental Hotels Group and the Agrisal Group will invest $70 million in the construction of seven hotels over five years.
The project anticipates the opening of seven Holiday Inn hotels, beginning with one in Escazú, Costa Rica. The others will be built in Antigua (Guatemala), Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula (Honduras); Managua (Nicaragua), and San Salvador (El Salvador).
The multinational company, InterContinental Hotels Group, plans to open two new resort-type hotels in Guanacaste and the Central Pacific.
The two new hotels will be the first resort-type that InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will open in Costa Rica. The firm already has 5 hotels, all located in San Jose.
According to Nacion.com, IHG's president in America, Jim Abrahamson, said: "The economic crisis has impacted Guanacaste, but we believe it is a short term phenomenon. The province is a good place, as is the Pacific coast, especially now with the opening of the highway (to Caldera)."
This is the first of seven hotels that Agrisal Group, in partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group, expects to build in Central America.
The 10,000 square meter hotel will have 163 rooms, and it is expected to start operations in 2010.
German Rivas, in his article in Laprensagrafica.com, reported statements by Eduardo Quiñónez, director of AGRISAL Group's hotel division: “It's the starting flag in our race for regional hotel leadership.
The brand, a member of Intercontinental Hotel Group, opened its first hotel in the region.
The 100-room hotel is called "Hotel Indigo San Jose Forum" and it is located in Forum 2 business center. The "Hotel Indigo" brand promotes a concept of "a boutique experience."
It is owned by Prime Holding, under a licensing agreement with Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG).
During the II Central American Conference of Tourism and Hospitality Investments, Radisson Hotels showed interest in the country.
According to Elnuevodiario.com.ni, the Vice President of Development of the Radisson hotel chain, Edgar Garin, said: "We are looking at the region because we have seen several opportunities in Central America. I can officially say that Nicaragua looks very good." Additionally, the report said that "the executive vice president of the chain in Latin America, Julio Carvajal, stated that everything depends on relations with other local tourism 'development actors.’"