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.