Hilton Commits to Growing Its Portfolio of All-Inclusive Resorts
Photo Credit: The Royal Playa del Carmen in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, is being renovated and will be renamed the Hilton Playa del Carmen, An All-Inclusive Resort, by year's end. Hilton
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And it won't be the only one. Expect Marriott and other global hotel brands to join Hyatt and Hilton in growing their respective all-inclusive resort portfolios, too.
Hilton is the latest major hospitality player to enter into a niche, but growing sector of accommodations.
Hilton announced Monday its partnership with all-inclusive specialist Playa Hotels & Resorts to grow Hilton's portfolio of all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America. If Playa sounds familiar, it's because it is the same company that Hyatt worked with back in 2015 to launch Hyatt's two all-inclusive resort brands, Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara.
Hilton's alliance with Playa includes the addition and renovations of two all-inclusive resort properties that will be owned and managed by Playa. Unlike Playa's partnership with Hyatt, Hilton has decided to use the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand for its all-inclusive properties, rather than launch new ones.
The two initial resorts to be added under this partnership by the end of 2018 will be the Hilton La Romana, an All-Inclusive Resort (formerly known as the Dreams La Romana), and the Hilton Playa del Carmen, a
