IHG will arrive in Cartagena de Indias, managing to integrate in one place apartments, offices, commercial premises, parking lots and a 5-star hotel with 118 rooms. With an investment close to 30 billion pesos San Martín Plaza opens its doors in the tourist neighborhood of Bocagrande. A Holiday Inn Express is already operating in the city of Medellin, Colombia, being the first of its kind in the Andean country.
According to information published by the economic newspaper Portafolio, the investment that Starwood will make together with the hotel operator GHL and the construction company Amarilo would be US $ 10 and US $ 12 in the construction that would be scheduled to begin next August 2007. Although Starwood has not confirmed the news, it did advance that the project is already being studied.
Marriott International, Nickelodeon and Miller Global Properties, an international real estate investment and development company, announced an agreement to collaborate on a new brand and concept of accommodation for those travelers looking for fun and adventure, called "Nickelodeon Marriott Hotels", with which they hope to build 20 hotels by 2020.
The first "Nickelodeon Marriott Hotels" property will be a 650-room tourism development in Liberty Station, San Diego, that will incorporate a 100,000 cubic foot water park, as well as an activity complex that offers a variety of pools and interactive attractions. Other potential locations being considered include family-oriented destinations in the United States, the Caribbean and the tourist areas of Mexico, the United Kingdom and Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.