Starwood will double its portfolio in Puerto Rico with the debut of three new hotels within the next year. The hotelier’s second Sheraton property, Sheraton Puerto Rico Convention Center Hotel, opens this month with 503 guestrooms, casino, pool, spa, and retail space. It’s the first full-service hotel and casino built in San Juan in a decade.
Located on the island of Vieques, approximately eight miles off the coast of Puerto Rico, W Retreat and Spa-Vieques Island is scheduled to open in the spring of 2010. The first W property in the Caribbean and the brand’s second retreat property, it will offer views of the Caribbean Sea, stylish guestrooms, world-class dining, a luxurious spa, flexible meeting and banquet space, and two private beaches.
Opening in the fall of 2010, the St. Regis Bahia Resort and Residences will offer sparkling sea views to the north and the mountainous El Yunque National Rainforest to the south. The $172 million resort will feature 139 guestrooms and suites, 25 residences, Remède Spa, oceanfront swimming pools, 120-seat restaurant by renowned Chef Jean-Georges, and a recently opened 18-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., marking the island’s foray into the 5-Star market with its inauguration.
