The new 102-room Holiday Inn Express hotel will be among the first internationally branded properties in the city of Marilia, and is slated to open toward the end of 2013.

Following a three-year period focused on brand communication, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is taking its strategic plan further, specifically up-weighting focus on global online channels. The campaign focuses on promoting messaging behind the chain’s key pillars: personal service, gastronomy and entertainment.

Green Globe has announced recertification of the Half Moon Club - a Rock Resort - in Jamaica. For the past few years, this Caribbean resort has been dedicated to protect and preserve the environment, incorporating the best possible sustainable practices.

A new 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel is set to open in Lima under an agreement with a distinguished Peruvian corporation, Inversiones La Rioja, which owns the existing 300-room JW Marriott Lima and 153-room JW Marriott Cusco.

Ibis has become Europe’s outright number one hotel brand, with 1,277 hotels and 121,882 rooms across the continent. Part of the growth represents new property developments, while the bulk is a result of a major repositioning strategy by Accor to amalgamate and uniform the Ibis product with former brands Etap Hotels and All Seasons.