It would barceló with Western third foreign chain in Mexico – REPORTUR

Barceló would be about to be placed as the third largest foreign hotel chain in Mexico to materialize the purchase of Western, which it conducted the digital leader News Tourism in Spain , preferente.com , is close to confirmed .

Barceló add to its portfolio of rooms in Mexico the nearly 2000 who has West from Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Puerto Vallarta, so that the group led by Simon and Simon Pedro Barcelo cousins ​​total about 7000 500/4 in the country.

According TOP 20 Ranking REPORTUR foreign hotel chains in Mexico , Barceló stay in Mexico only behind IHG, with 15 thousand 400 rooms, and Riu, with more than 9000, and beating the mighty AMResorts who heads the Mexican Alex Zozaya.

Barceló was a finalist alongside Posadas and Iberostar in the process of selling Western, owned by Spanish bank BBVA and billionaire Amancio Ortega, owner of Inditex, which groups stores Zara clothing.

The Spanish hotel chain was in principle to the auction as a mere manager accompanied by an American background, but as he know REPORTUR.mx , after adding major income the sale of several hotels in Spain to a REIT linked to George Soros, is expected to tackle now buying properties.

Thus, Barceló continue concentrating its activity in Latin America and in Mexico, which as published this environment is where generates 74 percent of the entire gross profit of the group , also comprising a transmitter conglomerate in Spain, with an airline, Evelop, which flies to Cancun, where they plan to open a receptive under the brand Turavia .

Three months ago, Barceló announced in a statement to REPORTUR.mx the incorporation under management regime of its first hotel in Puebla and fourteenth in Mexico, in the boom being experienced hotelier fourth largest city, where this 2015 hotel is expected to supply 10%.

According to Jose Brichs, Corporate Commercial Director of Barceló Hotels & amp; Resorts in Latin America, “the incorporation of this new project is the revival of our expansion in Latin America, where today we have 30 hotels. It also confirms our willingness to continue to grow, especially in Mexico and Central America, where we are looking at several projects, mainly urban as was the case of Barceló JF Puebla “

The chain Barceló Hotels & amp.; Resorts, the hotel division of Barceló Corporación Empresarial, is the fourth string of Spain and the world’s 35 largest, and currently has nearly one hundred hotels.