PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Wyndham Hotel Group announced the planned expansion of its upscale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand in Latin America with the addition of the 212-key Wyndham Milagro del Mar Resort on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast. The beachfront hotel, currently under construction on Villa El Carmen’s Playa San Diego (San Diego Beach), will become Wyndham Hotel Group’s first property in Nicaragua. Owned and developed by HB International, the property is scheduled to open in 2014. The agreement
DUBAI, UAE—Hilton Worldwide announced the opening of Hilton Sharjah, the company’s 11th branded hotel in the UAE and its first in the Emirate of Sharjah. The 259-room Hilton Sharjah, a conversion property previously known as Corniche Al Buhaira Hotel, offers three swimming pools, a health club with Hilton Precor Fitness Center, two restaurants, a lobby lounge, and a café. The hotel will also support the active and growing business community with seven meeting rooms, a
NEW YORK—Loews Hotels & Resorts announced the promotion of to chief investment officer, responsible for leading the company’s property acquisitions, real estate development, and capital raising. Furbay, who joined Loews Hotels & Resorts in 2010, has played an integral role as the company continues to expand its brand. Under his leadership, Loews has recently acquired hotels in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Boston as well as hotels under construction in Chicago and Orlando. “Troy and
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Travel Association has launched a new campaign to make elected officials across the country aware of travel’s broad and significant economic contributions. Travel Blitz will be led by U.S. Travel Association members and their employees and will seek to build long-term relationships with members of Congress and their staff on key issues facing the industry in the years ahead. Priorities include visa reform, customs and entry issues, the importance of
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.—The new Wyoming Inn will debut in May with a $4.5 million overhaul that includes a complete renovation of its 68 guestrooms and a remodeled restaurant, board room, and fitness center. Every guestroom has been stripped down to the studs and remade with new carpet, wallpaper, draperies, and newt linens. The rooms will feature new lamps in hand-forged iron with an aria bronze finish, updated 42-inch flat screen televisions, and solid maple pieces
