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Hilton Hotel Worldwide has announced the plan to create their first full-service Hilton hotel in Mexico City’s Reforma Avenue. The hotel will be built at the property where the Sheraton Hotel currently stands. With this latest entry, The Hilton Hotel brand will have its 6th hotel in Mexico.

The company has signed a multi-year management agreement with Inmobiliaria Interpres S.A. de C.V for this project. The property at which this hotel will open is strategically located at the road leading to the city's business district and Reforma Avenue. It is very near to the major corporations and financial institutions and the international airport. It is also very close to the Mexico City's historic center.

The hotel will have 458 high-tech guest rooms and suites which have the usual Hilton standard and have been designed to provide spectacular views of Alameda Central Park and the Palacio de Bella Artes.

The hotel will offers 45,000 square feet of meeting space with capacity for up to 5,000 guests and a state-of-the-art business centre. Guests will be able to relax after a long day, at the 5,015 square-foot spa and sweat it out at the 3,100 square-foot fitness center and indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

The hotel will have three restaurants, one lobby lounge and a wine bar. The El Cardenal Restaurant will dish out Mexican and colonial cuisine while the Los Dones Restaurant will offer buffet dining and the Terraza Alameda will tempt guests with comfort foods complemented by views of the historic center. More information about the Hilton Mexico City Reforma will be available at http://www.hilton.com

The picturesque El San Juan Hotel & Casino has become a member of The Waldorf Astoria Collection and is now the second resort in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to hold the distinction. With this addition Hilton is looking at increasing it's presence in the region and offer luxury visitors more of a choice. To become a member of the famed Waldorf Astoria Collection, the El San Juan Hotel & Casino has gone through a $52 million renovation in 2007 and now boasts of 382 elegantly designed guest rooms, an alluring pool and beachside experience courtesy the Encanto Beach Club, a shopping arcade, rooftop fitness centre and ofcourse the 16,500 square foot casino. The resort is situated on one of Puerto Rico's most picturesque beaches in the fashionable Isla Verde district, just five minutes from the international airport.

So if you are heading to Puerto Rico and need a newly renovated luxury hotel to soothe your nerves, the El San Juan Hotel & Casino could be the right bet.

In addition to The El San Juan Hotel & Casino, the Waldorf Astoria Collection includes twelve other properties - seven in the United States, the 46-suite Qasr Al Sharq or "Palace of the Orient" in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the Rome Cavalieri; the Trianon Palace in Versailles, and The Bentley in London.