Hyatt Corp. will open its briefcase in Trinidad for the first time with the debut of the 428-room Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain in December, the first full-service hotel to open in Trinidad since 1962.
The 600-room Wyndham Rio Mar in Puerto Rico has been added to the portfolio of Wyndham hotels participating in the firm’s FairShare Plus program, Wyndham Vacation Ownership’s points-based vacation ownership exchange program.
Barceló Hotels & Resorts launched a Web site, at http://www.barcelobrochures.com/, enabling browsers to download a selection of color brochures for its 28 all-inclusive properties in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Central America.
Travel + Leisure magazine unveiled its much-anticipated World Best Awards 2007 in its August issue, including its top hotel picks for the year. One of the luscious retreats and boutique hideaways worldwide that made the list this year is first-time winner is the Grand Lido Braco Resort & Spa in Jamaica. The AAA Four Diamond was ranked among the Top 25 Hotels in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas.
Maroma Resort and Spa, located on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, now offers a new four-bedroom villa on its 25-acre beachfront property. Villa Pisces gives up to ten guests the opportunity to enjoy the privacy of their own villa, while benefiting from all the services of this boutique hotel.
Elite Island Resorts, the independent Caribbean group, announced an expansion and renovations of three of its upscale oceanfront resorts on Antigua -Galley Bay and St. James’s Club & Villas- and Palm Island, the Grenadines.