The five-star La Manga Club resort has twice as many reasons to celebrate after UK travelers highlighted its credentials in both The Sunday Times Travel and Today’s Golfer magazines readers’ awards.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) opened the 573-room Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogota in Colombia. The 30-story, 271-suite property is located at the International Center Tequendama, a mixed-use complex of meetings facilities, offices and apartments. The property is minutes from downtown Bogota and 20 minutes from El Dorado International Airport.

Calling it the "ultimate" franchise partnership match, FASTSIGNS International Inc., the worldwide franchisor of FASTSIGNS sign and graphics centers, has announced a deal with a trio of prestigious business leaders in Puerto Rico to bring five locations to the island in the next five years.

Solmar Hotels & Resorts launched a new interactive travel expert website, exclusively for travel agents, providing industry professionals with insider information and perks for the Cabo San Lucas-based hotel collection.

The Dominican Republic’s Riu Naiboa, in Punta Cana has completed a $12 million renovation that includes the property’s 362 rooms, as well as the addition of a new Italian restaurant and a new bar.

Best Western International Inc. will open a high-end hotel in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area this summer, a company executive said Thursday. The seven-story hotel will have 105 guest rooms, a restaurant and lounge, a full spa and a swimming pool, and is aimed at business travelers, bankers and diplomats.