MEXICO CITY Hotel ITER Internacional Aeropuerto Terminal 2 will reopen next year as Doubletree by Hilton Mexico City Airport Area, marking the Hilton Worldwide brand’s second hotel in the country.
The 96-key hotel is slated to reopen in the third quarter of 2011 upon completion of a major renovation and refurbishment project of the hotel near Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport. The Doubletree flag will fly under a franchise license agreement today with Operadora de Hoteles y Restaurantes ITER SA de CV.
“This latest Doubletree by Hilton development deal in Mexico City represents another positive step in our brand’s rapid growth across Latin America and the Caribbean,” says Rob Palleschi, global head of the Doubletree by Hilton brand. “The hotel will join a fine collection of Doubletree by Hilton airport hotels located at or near more than 40 of the world’s gateway airports. With additional deals currently in active negotiation across Latin America, the potential benefits for owners and developers of current and new-build hotels to become affiliated with Hilton Worldwide and the Doubletree by Hilton brand are more exciting than ever.”
Doubletree by Hilton Mexico City Airport Area is located 10 minutes from Terminal 2 and 15 minutes from Terminal 1 and is opposite two of the most popular shopping malls in Mexico City, Parque Tezontle and Plaza Oriente. The upscale, full-service hotel offers 700 sq. m of event facilities, a specialty restaurant, lobby bar, fitness facility, 24-hour room service and complimentary airport shuttle service.
“This latest Mexico City hotel reinforces the continued growth of Hilton Worldwide in the region and the further business interest by hotel owners and developers of the upscale, full-service Doubletree by Hilton brand,” says George Massa, senior director of franchise development in Latin America for Hilton Worldwide. “Our pace of growth in Latin America is certainly gaining momentum and we are delighted to build a presence for what we hope will be the first of many Doubletree by Hilton hotels throughout the Distrito Federal and across Mexico.”
Doubletree by Hilton, Merida, was announced earlier this year as Mexico’s first Doubletree. It is due to open in spring 2011. The brand boasts five open properties in Latin America, with two in Costa Rica, two in Peru and one in Puerto Rico, along with a hotel under development in Panama.