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Briefs: Marriotts for Tampa, Belize | AMResorts in Mexico

Edition addition. Strategic Property Partners, a partnership between Cascade Investment and Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team owner Jeff Vinik, announced on Friday plans to bring Marriott International’s Edition brand to Tampa with a 173-room hotel that will be a part of a 26-story tower in the heart of the Water Street Tampa neighborhood. Slated to open in 2021, the hotel will sit beside a JW Marriott, which is breaking ground next week.

 


Marriott to Belize. ECI Development announced on Friday plans to introduce the core Marriott brand to Belize’s largest island, Ambergris Caye. The project is slated to begin in the 3rd quarter of 2018 with completion in late 2020. In addition, a Marriott Hotels-branded residential component will included 70 residences as a part of this 203-key oceanfront resort.

 


Big Yotel at Istanbul airport. Yotel and IGA, the constructer and operator of Istanbul New Airport, have signed a deal to develop a 451-room Yotel inside the airport both airside and landside access. Connected by public space, the hotel will have 102 rooms airside and 349 rooms landside.

 


Airbnb’s business travel focus. Airbnb has released an events tool that offers organizers and conference planners the ability to create an interactive map of Airbnb listings near their venues. The maps can be embedded on event web sites and used to help delegates and attendees find nearby homes.

 


Marcus in El Paso. Marcus Hotels & Resorts has assumed management of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel El Paso Downtown in El Paso, Texas, effective April 4. The company has also been selected to manage the newly constructed Courtyard by Marriott El Paso Downtown/Convention Center, opening June 2018.  The two hotels are located within the same block in downtown El Paso.

 


AMResorts ramps in Mexico. AMResorts one of the companies of Apple Leisure Group (ALG) has signed four resort management contracts: Secrets Punta de Mita Resort & Spa and Dreams Punta de Mita Resort & Spa (2020 opening); Secrets Marina Resort & Spa (2020 opening) and Now Natura Riviera Cancun (2019 opening). AMResorts’ Mexican pipeline of open and planned resorts now boasts 33 luxury all-inclusive resort properties across the company’s six brands, representing 12,000 rooms in 15 destinations.

 


Charlestown adds Indigo. Charlestowne Hotels has taken over management of the 91-room Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa in Alabama. The addition also marks Charlestowne’s first management agreement with a Hotel Indigo flag.

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