Iberostar Hotels Purchases Hilton’s Cancun Property

Iberostar Hotels Purchases Hilton’s Cancun Property

Spain-based Iberostar Hotels & Resorts acquired the Hilton Cancun Hotel, which will be renamed Iberostar Cancun. The cost of the initiative, including purchase and renovation, is over $100 million. Effective immediately, the five-star hotel complex located in Cancun is officially owned by Iberostar and marks the brand’s eighth property in Mexico.

The 426-key beachfront hotel offers 16 junior suites, four master suites, two villa beach suites and a presidential suite as well as seven infinity pools, a professional soccer field, two tennis courts as well as a spa with fitness center and beauty salon. It is the only hotel in Cancun with an 18-hole golf course. The hotel complex has a nearly 49,000-square-foot Convention Center, which is dividable into 22 different meeting space configurations. Over 60,000 square feet of outdoor areas for events and social activities is also available.

Hilton will continue operating the hotel until it officially closes for renovations in August. The hotel, under the name Iberostar Cancun, is set to reopen on Dec. 1 as an all-inclusive property. Renovations include refurbishing the main lobbies, the hotel lobby bar and building new terraces around the pools. In line with Iberostar’s exquisite culinary offerings, property updates will also include a new Gran Buffet and four specialty restaurants -- gourmet, Japanese, steak house and Mexican.

To further enhance activities and entertainment for its guests, future updates may also include the construction of a new stage/amphitheatre for shows, in addition to a kid’s “Miniclub” water park and a “Teenieclub” for youths. The renovations align with Iberostar’s fundamental pillars of superior service, cuisine and entertainment.