Iberostar, Antonio Banderas Inaugurate Renovated Cancun Hotel

After spending $100 million to purchase and renovate former Hilton Cancun, followed by three months of renovations, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts officially debuted the new 426-room Iberostar Cancun premium gold resort on Feb. 3, 2012. The property first opened in early December.

Opening events for the brand’s first Cancun property were attended by Executive Chairman of Grupo Iberostar Miguel Fluxa, actor and brand ambassador Antonio Banderas, Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism Gloria Guevara, Governor of the State of Quinta Roo Roberto Borge, as well as 30 of Iberostar’s top-producing U.S. travel agents.

Iberostar closed the now-all-inclusive beachfront property last August in order to renovate public spaces as well as to build a new theater and add new restaurants, including a new buffet and four specialty dining venues -- a gourmet restaurant, a steakhouse, a Japanese restaurant and a Mexican restaurant.

Children’s and teens’ clubs were also constructed, as was a new kids’ splash park in the pool area. Outdoor space at the resort’s 12-treatment room spa was also enhanced as was the lobby and lobby bar. Also new palapa-style, or thatched, umbrellas now provide shaded areas for guests on the beach.

The resort’s 50,000 square feet of convention space as well as 90,000 square feet of event space remain untouched, making the Iberostar Cancun the only resort in the destination with oceanfront meeting facilities as well as an on-site 18-hole golf course.

Other features of the property include seven swimming pools, a professional football field, and two tennis courts. According to Vice President of Sales and Marketing John Long, plans are also underway for the next year to revamp all guestrooms and hallways leading to accommodations.