Gabriel Escarrer, chief executive of Meliá Hotels International, has announced that the company will seek to eliminate all single-use plastics in all its hotels within the year.

AMResorts will be responsible for brand management, sales and marketing of the three resorts, which represent a total of 1,329 guest rooms, while Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe will maintain operational control.

Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts will ban the use of single-use plastics at its all-inclusive properties in the Caribbean and Spain by 2020.

Iberostar is marking 20 years in Mexico with a major investment in the destination that includes a new 13-storey tower at its Cancun resort complex by 2019, as well as a new hotel in Los Cabos and a second Iberostar hotel in Litibu near Punta de Mita.

Marriott International has unveiled plans to revamp the Sheraton Hotels & Resorts brand, the third largest in its portfolio, and the largest outside of North America in terms of room count.

Rosewood Baha Mar has opened on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, marking the entrance of the ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels & Resorts brand into the destination.