The effects of pandemic they delayed many economic plans. Among them, the inauguration of new hotels. Now, however, as tourism and corporate travel have re -established themselves, the chains are accelerating their pace again and ending long -delayed plans.

Of these lines, the Wyndham chain, which operates 9,000 hotels worldwide, of which, 57 are in Argentina, plans to open in May or June a Dazzler brand hotel in La Plata. It will be managed by an international chain.

The remaining hotels will be franchises under the brand Howard Johnson, managed in the local market by businessman Alberto Albamonte.

Ang four is the beginning which will take place in the rest of the year corresponds inland: in Resistencia, Chaco; in Alvear, province of Santa Fe, San Fernando del Valle in Catamarca and another in Bahía Blanca.

Gustavo Viescas, regional president of Wyndham, explained that these openings were back on the agenda after the pandemic and then a “good year 2021where the string opened 25 hotels in the region”, He counted. At this stage, he entered new countries such as Curaçao and the US Virgin Islands.

In the local market, Wyndham has hotels in 14 provinces. Last year, the businessman detailed, Two Days Inn hotels have opened: one in Zárate and another in La Plata. For this year it is estimated to open another 35 in the region.

In Argentina, the chain operates seven of the 22 brands it has worldwide: Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Ramada, Dazzler, Splendor, Wyndham and Wyndham Garden.

angWorldwide, it recently launched two more new luxury brands, Registry Collection and Alltra, for “all inclusive” hotels which was added to the already installed in that Wyndham Grand segment.

On the rate levelViescas points out that in some hotels The level that hotels can charge in 2019 has been reached. “In other cases, it’s slower and depends on the location of the establishments,” he said. However, most likely in the course of the year, the activity completely healed in this sense, he estimates.

Optimism is associated with the recovery experienced by activity around the world. International tourist arrivals more than doubled (130%) in January this year worldwide, compared to the same month last year.

However, they are still 67% below the levels recorded in 2019, before the pandemic broke out, according to data from the World Tourism Organization.

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