From the San Diego Union-Tribune
Written by Sandra Dibble May 21, 2012
TIJUANA - "The Chicago-based Hyatt chain on Monday announced plans to open a 144-room hotel next year in Tijuana that would serve business and leisure
travelers.
Hyatt Place Tijuana would be the corporation's first hotel in Baja California.
"For us, it's a sign of confidence that Tijuana's economy is beginning to recover," said Miguel Velasco Bustamante, Tijuana's secretary of economic
development.
Part of the city's appeal for a growing number of domestic business travelers and conventioneers, he said, is the opportunity to cross the border and
shop in San Diego.
Construction of the hotel, an estimated $14 million investment, is expected to begin next month, Bustamante said.
The hotel is planned on the site of the former Pespi Cola warehouse on Boulevard Agua Caliente. It is down the street from the Grand Hotel Tijuana and
a Marriott hotel, and near a popular row of restaurants on Avenida Sonora.
It also will be across the street from PASEO Chapultepec, an upscale shopping mall being planned by Tijuana-based SCA Inmobiliaria, S.A. de C.V.,
headed by developer Salomón Cohen. That project is scheduled to open next year as well.
Hyatt's project comes as hotel occupancy rates in Tijuana have picked up about 6 percent in the past year, currently averaging about 65 percent,
according to Alán Bautista, director of the city's Tourism and Conventions Committee.
Bautista said domestic business travelers make up a large part of the demand, though other sectors have been emerging. Those include U.S. medical
tourists and Mexican and foreign athletes who come to the city for sports competitions.
Hyatt Place Tijuana is one of six new hotels planned by Hyatt in Mexico. The others will be in Los Cabos, the Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen."
[Edited on 5-23-2012 by Gypsy Jan]sd - 5-22-2012 at 07:25 PM
Tijuana is a beautiful city, full of culture. I was fortunate to attend the Orphanage Holiday event several times that Baja Nomad (Doug) and family,
Fernando (FDT) and family, and so many Baja Nomads make happen. Fernando and a few of his friends provide a great deal of information as we have
toured by bus througout the city. Ken has made great videos of this event, posted here and on You Tube. Captures much of what we see.
It is nice to see the Hyatt building here, lots of great people and things to do.Ken Cooke - 5-22-2012 at 08:34 PM
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Originally posted by sd
Ken has made great videos of this event, posted here and on You Tube. Captures much of what we see.
It is nice to see the Hyatt building here, lots of great people and things to do.
Tons of things to do. Thank you for the compliment, Scott!
