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hot property
Just opened
BRAZIL
A new boutique hotel has opened in the
exclusive beach town of Buzios. The Villas
Rasa Marina has 35 apartments, each with
iPod speakers, DVD player and wireless
internet. The Villa Suite has a hot-tub with
views of the beach.
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NICARAGUA
A new boutique hotel has opened as part of
the Balcones de Majagual development at
San Juan del Sur on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast.
Hotel Pitaya Baya has 40 rooms and a large
pool, restaurant and club house. It uses
alternative energy sources.
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Coming soon
Upgraded
CHILE Riu is opening its 15th Mexican property,
Starwood Hotels is launching a W property Riu Emerald Bay, in Mazatlan on Mexico’s
in Chile in March. The 205-room W Santiago Pacific coast. The five-star resort will have
is in the centre of the city and will feature 740 rooms, and dining options ranging from
W’s Whatever/Whenever 24-hour concierge Mexican to Italian and a steakhouse. It is
service, a Bliss Spa and signature restaurant. due to open in May.
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riu.com
HONDURAS PANAMA
Starwood Hotels is to open Westin Roatan Nikki Beach Playa Blanca Resort & Spa is MEXICO
Island Harbor Resort & Spa on the island of set to open in Panama this spring. An hour’s Sandos Playacar Beach Resort & Spa and
Roatan this year. The Honduras hotel will drive from Panama City, the resort will have Sandos Playacar Riviera Hotel both now
have 164 rooms with views of both coast 220 suites on Panama’s Pacific Coast. offer designated adults-only accommodation.
and rainforest, with a spa, diving centre, ■
nikkibeachpanama.com Any clients booking into the special accom-
conference centre and a choice of modation get automatic entrance to the
restaurants. PERU Sandos Select Club (pictured above) which
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starwoodhotels.com Casa Andina is to open a property near has a special child-free area on the beach,
Trujillo in the north of Peru, close to sites and allows access to the Select Club Lounge.
MEXICO such as Chan Chan and the temples of the ■
sandosHotels.com
Banyan Tree Mayakoba (pictured above) is Sun and Moon. Casa Andina will also take
to open on the Riviera Maya by April this over the Hacienda San Jose in Chincha at the Casa de Sierra Nevada, the Orient-Express
year. The all-pool villa resort has a golf end of this year, and turn it into one of Casa Hotel in San Miguel de Allende, has added
course designed by Greg Norman and an Andina’s Private Collection properties. an extra mansion containing six suites with
extensive spa with outdoor pavilions. ■
casa-andina.com private, heated plunge pools. All suites have
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banyantreemayakoba.com underground heated bathroom floors. Prices
Peruvian hotel group Libertador has signed start from around £282 per room per night.
Nizuc Resorts and Residences is scheduled a deal with Starwood Hotels and Resorts ■
casadesierranevada.com
to open in October on the Riviera Maya. The relating to three separate properties. The
property comprises 45 hotel rooms, several renamed Libertador Cusco Luxury Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood Resort,
suites and some privately owned villas. It Collection and Libertador Urubamba has introduced a “Hot Type Menu”, whereby
will also have three restaurants, a Havana Luxury Collection are currently being guests can read novels by well-known writers
cigar lounge, a Jack Nicklaus golf course, a renovated and will re-open this year. The six months before the books are available in
marina and a spa. Westin Libertador Lima will open in 2010. stores. Several major publishers are involved.
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