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First Marriott International Branded Hotel Opens in Colombia

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Marriott has opened its first branded hotel in Colombia, the Bogota Marriott Hotel. The hotel is operated under a franchise agreement with Real Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of Grupo Poma of El Salvador.

The 239-room Bogota Marriott Hotel is located in the center of Bogota’s newest business and commercial district of Salitre.

 The Salitre district includes a wide variety of restaurants, shops, and theatres, all located within the commercial areas of Salitre Plaza and Gran Estacion.

 The district is also adjacent to the city’s industrial district which is home to many of Bogota’s largest and most important businesses. It is just a 10-minute drive from Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport.

 For meetings and events, the hotel offers 930 square meters of function space including eight rooms of varying sizes and configuration. The hotel’s largest conference space is the ballroom, which is 372 square meters, ideal for a conference, exhibit, or social event.

 Other amenities include WiFi throughout the hotel, an expansive fitness center with lap pool and three specialty treatment rooms available for massage or other spa services.

For dining and entertainment the hotel offers Pimento restaurant, serving three meals daily. Tanoshii Lounge & Sushi Bar, open daily. A lobby bar, which offers continental breakfast, is located on the hotel’s main level. The lobby lounge area offers expansive views of the hotel terraces and exterior gardens, designed by famed Colombia landscape architect, Ramiro Olarte.

The hotel’sgene ral manager is Ricardo Martinez; the director of marketing is Leonel Villasmil.

To celebrate its opening, the Bogota Marriott Hotel is offering an itroductory rate of US$245 plus tax per night.

In addition to the Bogota Marriott Hotel, Marriott International and Real Hotels & Resorts will partner on a second hotel in Colombia in 2010, the JW Marriott Hotel Bogota.

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