COSTA RICA: Four Seasons Costa Rica Needs to Hire new Staff Before Its Reopening

The Costa Rica Four Seasons Resort in Papagayo closed operations temporarily since August to undergo full remodeling.

The hotel is scheduled to open doors again by the end of November of beginning of December after a large investment that included the makeover of almost all its areas.

Four Seasons Papagayo opened doors in 2004 and is considered the best five star resort in Central and South America by Forbes Travel Guide and Gallivanter’s Guide.

In order to prepare for their reopening the hotel is organizing three job fairs in San Jose, all of them with the same schedule, starting at 9 a.m. and concluding at 4 p.m.

The dates are:

- Monday, September 11: at O’Sullivan Culinary Academy in Paseo Colon

- Tuesday, September 12: at the Universidad Politecnica Internacional in Los Yoses

- Wednesday, September 13: at Universidad Latina, San Pedro.

In total, the hotel is looking to fill 250 positions from operational staff to management, including security personnel, cooks, maintenance personnel, masseuses, physical therapists, technicians in different areas, bilingual personnel for customer service, front desk personnel, bartenders, waiters, restaurant manager, among others.

Additional job fairs will be held in the Guanacaste area, particularly Liberia and Santa Cruz.




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ARGENTINA: Eleven New Hotels Coming Up

The world is once again looking to Brazil: After the FIFA World Cup this year’s Summer Olympics will also take place in the port city of Rio de Janeiro from the 5th to the 21st of August, which is again a huge image and PR push for the city hotels and beach resorts. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the worldwide leading provider of b2b hotel data, another eleven top hotels are in the pipeline.

Although the crime and waste problems in Rio are more than obvious, the city still counts as a dream destination, with its fine beaches on the Copacabana and the fun-loving parades at carnival time. Even after the sports double of the FIFA World Cup and Olympia, hotel investors expect higher guest numbers.

Starwood Hotels, whose integration has just started in the Marriott Group, is planning to open a new Sheraton hotel with 213 rooms early next year, which will be the tenth Sheraton hotel in Brazil. Recently, the 292 room Sheraton Hotel Barra de Tijuca opened in Rio. Currently Starwood operates 97 properties in Brazil.

Marriott, the new Starwood owners has also new hotel projects in the pipeline in Rio, including a Courtyard and two AC Hotels. In the meantime, Europe's leading hotel group Accor is investing in two new first-class Novotel hotels. Even Donald Trump is planning a new hotel in Rio; if, because of the business slump in the US (reason being political turmoil in the presidential election campaign) the project actually comes to fruition remains to be seen.

TOPHOTELPROJEFCTS collects and evaluates data about all hotel construction projects and hotel chains worldwide in an online database and provides its subscribers with a comprehensive overview of all major hotel projects, refurbishments and extensions worldwide. The online database currently holds over 5,500 live and confirmed projects and more than 2,000 hotel brands.

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UNITED KINGDOM: 12,000 Hotel Rooms To Be Added In The United Kingdom

The Empire lives: The British capital attracts an increasing number of international tourists. According to TOPHOTELPROJECTS, the specialized service provider in the exchange of cutting-edge information between clients and contractors in the international hotel industry, currently 56 top hotels with more than 12,000 rooms are being built London. The number of overnight stays continues to rise, after a slight slump after the Olympic year 2012. With nearly 17 million visitors annually, London as an European city destination continues to be ahead of Paris, Rome, Prague and Berlin.

The InterContinental Hotels Group invests in the location at the hub Heathrow: Two properties by the brands Holiday Inn (433 rooms) and Staybridge Suites (190 rooms) are being developed as franchise operations. Opening is scheduled for 2018. Starwood Hotels, which now belongs to the Marriott group, prepares the inauguration of another aloft hotel (2018).

Recently the InterContinental O2, a new top hotel with 453 rooms on the 18th floors, opened close to the event arena bearing the same name. It is considered to be a new highlight in the hotel market in London, as several rooms and the skyline bar offer panoramic views of the River Thames and the city’s skyline. A newly opened business hotel is the DoubleTree by Hilton London Excel (260) in a trendy location near the city airport at the Royal Victoria Dock.

TOPHOTELPROJECTS collects and evaluates data about all hotel construction projects and hotel chains worldwide in an online database and provides its subscribers with a comprehensive overview of all major hotel projects, refurbishments and extensions worldwide. The online database currently holds over 5,500 live and confirmed projects and more than 2,000 hotel brands.

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