Hilton Announces The Hilton Bonaire Resort & Spa, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Beverly Hills, Calif. - November 18, 2007 - Hilton Hotels Corporation today announces that it has entered into a franchise license agreement to build the Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa, a planned upscale, full-service resort on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire.
Part of the Kingdom of Holland, Bonaire is the most eastern of the Leeward Islands, located 50 miles north of Venezuela and offers visitors year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, warm aquarium-clear waters and is known for its longstanding commitment to preserving and protecting the environment both above and below the water, as it was the first Netherlands Antilles Island to establish a national park.
The Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa will be built on a canal system in southern Kralendijk, Bonaire's quaint capital city located just north of the Flamingo International Airport. The navigable canals offer a peaceful and romantic environment, creating the perfect setting for the property. Construction on the 144-room resort will begin this summer and is expected to open in July of 2010.
The resort will offer 132 elegant rooms, 12 lavishly appointed suites and will feature luxury amenities including the rooftop Azul Fitness Center & Spa, a world-class dive facility, two restaurants and a variety of shops. The project is owned and being developed by Azul Management Bonaire, Inc.
"We are excited to welcome Hilton Hotels to Bonaire, whose world-class brand name will further enhance our tourism product and offer the Island a significant amount of exposure in the international market place" said Mr. Ramoncito Booi, Senior Advisor to the Government of Bonaire and former Commissioner of Tourism. "Hilton's motto of Be Hospitable is a clear reflection of the Bonairean attitude towards tourism and our 'once a visitor, always a friend' approach."
Additional details on the Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa will be made available on www.hilton.com in the coming months.
_About Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels has been and continues to be a pioneering innovator in the full-service hospitality segment, with a name that is synonymous with excellence in hospitality and respected throughout the world. Hilton celebrates the accomplishment, enlightenment, renewal and celebration that travel enables. This commitment to personal guest achievement infuses all decisions about products, programs and amenities, and is underscored by the belief that travel can and should be transformative. Each unique Hilton Hotel was specially built to reflect the sense of place of its location and each team member chosen to reflect a commitment and support of the local culture and community. For more information, please visit our website at www.hilton.com.
About Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 2,800 hotels and 480,000 rooms in 76 countries and territories, including 100,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded brands, including Hilton®, Conrad®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton® and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®.
The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton's philosophy that, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity. For more information about our company, please visit www.hiltonworldwide.com, and to learn more about our be hospitable philosophy, please visit www.behospitable.com.
About the Hilton Family of Hotels in Caribbean
Hilton Hotels Corporation currently owns, manages, or franchises 13 hotels in the Caribbean, including nine Hilton full-service hotels in Barbados; Curacao; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Kingston, Jamaica; Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico; Nassau, The Bahamas; and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as three focused-service Embassy Suites hotels in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic; Dorado and Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, and one Hampton Inn & Suites in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
About Bonaire
Located eighty-six miles east of Aruba, the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun-worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities including world renowned scuba diving and snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, landsailing, mountain biking, sea and mangrove kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, bird watching, sailing and deep sea and bone fishing. And with a selection of accommodations ranging from full-service oceanfront resorts and condominiums to guesthouses and small inns, Bonaire has something for every lifestyle and budget. For more information on Bonaire, contact the Tourism Corporation Bonaire in the U.S. at 1-800-BONAIRE._
Beverly Hills, Calif. - November 18, 2007 - Hilton Hotels Corporation today announces that it has entered into a franchise license agreement to build the Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa, a planned upscale, full-service resort on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire.
Part of the Kingdom of Holland, Bonaire is the most eastern of the Leeward Islands, located 50 miles north of Venezuela and offers visitors year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, warm aquarium-clear waters and is known for its longstanding commitment to preserving and protecting the environment both above and below the water, as it was the first Netherlands Antilles Island to establish a national park.
The Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa will be built on a canal system in southern Kralendijk, Bonaire's quaint capital city located just north of the Flamingo International Airport. The navigable canals offer a peaceful and romantic environment, creating the perfect setting for the property. Construction on the 144-room resort will begin this summer and is expected to open in July of 2010.
The resort will offer 132 elegant rooms, 12 lavishly appointed suites and will feature luxury amenities including the rooftop Azul Fitness Center & Spa, a world-class dive facility, two restaurants and a variety of shops. The project is owned and being developed by Azul Management Bonaire, Inc.
"We are excited to welcome Hilton Hotels to Bonaire, whose world-class brand name will further enhance our tourism product and offer the Island a significant amount of exposure in the international market place" said Mr. Ramoncito Booi, Senior Advisor to the Government of Bonaire and former Commissioner of Tourism. "Hilton's motto of Be Hospitable is a clear reflection of the Bonairean attitude towards tourism and our 'once a visitor, always a friend' approach."
Additional details on the Hilton Bonaire Resort and Spa will be made available on www.hilton.com in the coming months.
_About Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels has been and continues to be a pioneering innovator in the full-service hospitality segment, with a name that is synonymous with excellence in hospitality and respected throughout the world. Hilton celebrates the accomplishment, enlightenment, renewal and celebration that travel enables. This commitment to personal guest achievement infuses all decisions about products, programs and amenities, and is underscored by the belief that travel can and should be transformative. Each unique Hilton Hotel was specially built to reflect the sense of place of its location and each team member chosen to reflect a commitment and support of the local culture and community. For more information, please visit our website at www.hilton.com.
About Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 2,800 hotels and 480,000 rooms in 76 countries and territories, including 100,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded brands, including Hilton®, Conrad®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton® and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®.
The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton's philosophy that, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity. For more information about our company, please visit www.hiltonworldwide.com, and to learn more about our be hospitable philosophy, please visit www.behospitable.com.
About the Hilton Family of Hotels in Caribbean
Hilton Hotels Corporation currently owns, manages, or franchises 13 hotels in the Caribbean, including nine Hilton full-service hotels in Barbados; Curacao; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Kingston, Jamaica; Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico; Nassau, The Bahamas; and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as three focused-service Embassy Suites hotels in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic; Dorado and Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, and one Hampton Inn & Suites in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
About Bonaire
Located eighty-six miles east of Aruba, the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire offers year-round sunshine, low annual rainfall, pristine coral formations and the most thriving fish population in the Caribbean. Ideal for adventurers, explorers and sun-worshippers alike, Bonaire offers myriad eco-adventure activities including world renowned scuba diving and snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding, landsailing, mountain biking, sea and mangrove kayaking, horseback riding, nature tours, hiking, bird watching, sailing and deep sea and bone fishing. And with a selection of accommodations ranging from full-service oceanfront resorts and condominiums to guesthouses and small inns, Bonaire has something for every lifestyle and budget. For more information on Bonaire, contact the Tourism Corporation Bonaire in the U.S. at 1-800-BONAIRE._
