Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, also known as OMA, said it acquired 90 percent of the shares of Consorcio Grupo Hotelero in order to develop and operate a hotel and commercial space inside the new Terminal 2 at Mexico City Airport.
Banking on the success of its November “St. Maarten Stimulus” airfare credit program, Sonesta St. Maarten resorts are extending booking deadlines to Dec. 31. Guests may receive up to $400 in airfare credit per person for stays at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino or Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino from Jan. 3 to April 11.
Hilton Hotels Corporation celebrates the opening of the new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport in Costa Rica, the brand’s first hotel in Central America. To commemorate the occasion, the hotel will offer guests an attractive introductory rate of $79 per night based on double occupancy. The new Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport marks Hilton Hotels Corporation’s fourth hotel opening in Costa Rica this year and reinforces its commitment to expansion in Latin America.
The owners of two hip Tulum resorts, Mezzanine and La Zebra, have opened a third boutique property in Tulum, called Pez Ocean Palace, situated in a secluded, rocky cove overlooking a private lagoon.
Grenada’s LaSource, a luxury-inclusive spa resort, is offering special winter rates with savings of up to 20 percent. From now through Dec. 18, rates per person, per night start at $225, based on double occupancy. Rates for the rest of the season (per person, per night) are as follows: Dec. 19, 2008, to Jan. 4, from $383; Jan. 5 to 19, from $324; and Jan. 20 to March 22, from $335.
Marriott International, Inc. announced the ground breaking of the seventh Marriott-branded hotel in seven years with the Hispanic-owned Robert Finvarb Companies, LLC. The 198-room, all-suites business hotel, SpringHill Suites by Marriott will debut in Miami’s Health District by fall 2009.