Hilton has launched its first, global meetings and events website to drive online meeting and event bookings as part of the company’s strategy to increase online bookings to 25 percent by 2009.
Ginn Resorts announced the signing of an option and management agreement with West End Resorts Limited that puts the company in control of the sales, development and resort operations of Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbor located at West End, Grand Bahama Island.
Expansion and construction highlight Divi Resorts’ theme for 2007 at six of its eight Caribbean properties. A rundown of lodgings and resorts to get a new lease on life include the Divi Aruba Phoenix Beach Resort, in Aruba where work continues on the 140-suite addition planned in four eight-story buildings.
The Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk –the company’s 13th Hawaii-based resort and first in Waikiki- has opened.
Hilton Hotels Corp. announced it has signed multi-year management agreements with the Caribbean Real Estate Opportunity Fund 2005 for two resorts in Costa Rica.
The 235-room Divi Little Bay Beach Resort on St. Maarten has unveiled a $25 million renovation and expansion plan, designed to reposition the resort “as one of the top resorts on the island,” according to general manager Lou Roelofsen.