Melia Hotels International announced that it will open and manage the newly constructed Melia Costa Hollywood Beach Resort in the Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale area of South Florida in 2015. The new Melia Costa Hollywood will overlook Hollywood Beach.

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a new-build, 199-room Crowne Plaza hotel in Medellin, Colombia. The Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in the world, with nearly 400 hotels open across more than 60 countries.

CND has learned that RIU Hotels & Resorts has reached an agreement with the owner of the Riu Playa Turquesa –the Grupo de Turismo Gaviota- to put an end to the management contract of that resort located in the province of Holguin in eastern Cuba. The contract will expire on November 30.

A long-dormant Caribbean island is getting a major development boost. USVI Governor John de Jongh has approved a lease agreement for the Water Island Development Company for the redevelopment of the former Water Island Hotel property as a boutique resort.

InterContinental Hotels Group announces the signing of a new-build, 199-room Crowne Plaza® hotel in Medellin, Colombia. The Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in the world, with nearly 400 hotels open across more than 60 countries.

Meetings and convention planners considering an event at the $3.5 billion Baha Mar complex, officially opening next spring on Cable Beach in Nassau, not only will have one of the largest convention facilities in the Caribbean at their disposal but also one of the most art-filled.