Marriott Opens Hotel In Brazil

By Staff -- HOTELS Magazine, 3/1/1999

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL Marriott International, Washington, D.C. will open a 230-plus room hotel in Copacabana Beach in 2000. The Rio de Janeiro Marriott will be the first newly built hotel in Rio de Janeiro in 19 years and the second Marriott International lodging portfolio property in Brazil. Over the next 24 months, Marriott expects to open five properties in South America.

Among amenities planned for the hotel are 17 suites, an executive level and lounge, outdoor swimming pool, a health club, business center, restaurant and lobby bar. For conferences and social events the hotel will offer 3,940 sq.ft. (366 sq.m) of meeting space including a 1,862 (173 sq.m) ballroom and six additional meeting rooms.

Starwood Plans Westin Hotel For Times Square

NEW YORKStarwood Hotels & Resorts, Phoenix, announced plans to develop a 860-room luxury hotel, the Westin New York at Times Square.

Scheduled to open in early 2002, the US$300 million hotel will be located adjacent to E Walk, a 200,000 sq.ft. (18,581 sq.m) entertainment, retail and restaurant complex, also being developed, and owned, by affiliates of Tishman Realty & Construction Inc., New York.

Guestroom amenities include dual-line telephones with data port and voice mail, in-room safe, cable television, iron and ironing board, hairdryer and coffee maker. Other amenities include meeting space, a business center, spa and complete fitness center.

Ritz-Carlton's 5th Hotel In Caribbean

GRAND CAYMANSituated on 144 acres (58 ha), extending from Seven Mile Beach to the North Sound, the 366-room Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, will offer guests 5 acres (2 ha) of white-sand beachfront, two outdoor pools, spa and fitness center and a variety of watersports activities.

The English-colonial architecture and interior design of the resort will include white roofs and ivory buildings. Arched doorways and high ceilings will capture panoramic views of the ocean. The interior designer is Hirsch Bedner, Atlanta.

MRG International, Costa Rica, will develop and own the resort, and an integrated 72-room condominium facility. Both the resort and the condominiums will be managed by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

First Four Seasons Hotel In Arizona

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Toronto, Canada, plans to open its first property in Arizona, the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North in late 1999.

The resort's 210-rooms and suites will be arranged in southwestern casitas, offering magnificent desert views. All rooms will feature fireplaces, full walk-in closets, air-conditioning, variable-speed ceiling fans, television and VCR and two-line telephones.

For dining, guests will have the option of two restaurants plus a pool bar and grill, lobby lounge and a private dining room for 12. Other amenities include a spa, meeting rooms and ballroom.

ASIA/AUSTRALIA

Park Hyatt, Baku, Azerbaijan; 147 rooms open late 1999; Management and contact: Hyatt International Hotels.

Renaissance Mumbai Hotel, Mumbai, India; 281 rooms open 2001; Management and contact: Marriott International.

Marriott Executive Residences, Mumbai, India; 179 rooms open 2000; Management and contact: Marriott International.

Westin Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; 262 rooms open late 1999; Interior designer is Bent Severin & Associates, San Francisco, and architect is DBI Design, Melbourne, and Robert Peck Von Hartel-Trethowan; Management and contact: Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

EUROPE

Tryp Rey Pelayo, Gijon, Spain; 130 rooms open early 2000 at a cost of US$10.5 million; Architects are Gerrardo F. Bustillo and Cesar R. De Arriba; Contact Tryp Hotels.

Tulip Inn, Maastricht, The Netherlands; 110 rooms open mid-1999; Management and contact: Golden Tulip International.

Hyatt Regency, Warsaw, Poland; 250 rooms open 2000; Management and contact: Hyatt International Hotels.

MIDDLE EAST

Haifa Hilton, Haifa, Israel; 300 rooms open 2000 at a cost of US$40 million; Interior designer is Ezra Attia and developer is Haifa Economic Corp., Ltd.; Management and contact: Hilton International.

Hyatt Regency, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; 450 rooms open mid-1999; Contact Hyatt International Hotels.

Hilton Fayrouz Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; 150 rooms; Final phase of renovation completed late 1999; Contact Hilton International Hotels.

NORTH AMERICA

Hilton Garden Inn, Brownsville, Texas; 102 rooms open late 1999; Management is Castle Hospitality Company, LLC, Texas; Contact Hilton Hotels Corp.

Hilton Garden Inn, Calgary (Airport) Canada; 135 rooms open mid-1999; Management and partner is Goldencare Holdings Ltd., Calgary; Contact Hilton Hotels Corp.

Regent Resort at Punta Maroma, Cancun (Riviera Maya) Mexico; 200 rooms open late 2001; Contact Carlson Hospitality Worldwide.

Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove, Coconut Grove Florida; 250 rooms open late 1999; Architect is Nichols, Brosch, Sandoval, Coral Gables, Florida, and interior designer is Jeffrey Howard & Associates, Coconut Grove; Developer: The McCann Group, Coconut Grove; Contact Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.

Hampton Inn, Fairfield, Ohio; 100 rooms open mid-1999 at a cost of US$5.3 million; Architect is Shipman & Associates, Orlando, Florida, and interior designer is Hospitality Contract Services, Memphis, Tennessee; Contractor is S&S Construction Group, Nashville and management is Middletown Management Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana; Contact Promus Hotel Corp.

Hotel Inter-Continental Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 275 rooms open 2000; Contact Bass Hotels & Resorts.

Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, California; 285 rooms open 2000; Developer is Millennium Partners; Contact Four Seasons Hotels.

Westin San Jose, San Jose, California; 350 rooms open early 2001 at a cost of US$60 million; Joint venture between Cristina & Hall LLC, Vine Street Properties and Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Management and contact: Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

Westin St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; 220 rooms open 2000 at a cost of US$40 million; Owner is McCormack Baron, St. Louis; Contact Starwood Hotels & Resort.

Regent Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 184 rooms open early 2001; Contact: Carlson Hospitality Worldwide.

SOUTH AMERICA

SuperClub Bahia, Bahia, Brazil; 350 rooms open 2000; Contact SuperClubs.

Four Seasons, Caracas, Venezuela; 214 rooms open late 1999; Contact Four Seasons Hotels.

Palacio Tangara Park Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil; 120 rooms open 2001; Interior Designer is Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, California, and the developer is Birmann S/A Commercio e Empreendimentos; Contact Rosewood Hotels.