MIAMI Bass Hotels & Resorts has signed a long-term agreement to manage the new 780-room Holiday Inn Anhembi in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Scheduled to open in the fall of 2003, the project is expected be one of the largest Holiday Inn hotels in the world. It is being developed by Construtora Sao Jose.
The new hotel, along with a new 387,000 square foot convention center, and an additional 3,000 parking spaces, are part of a recent program by the municipality, owners of existing Parque Anhembi convention center, to privatize various components of the facility.
The full-service Holiday Inn Anhembi will include two restaurants, a food court, lobby bar, fitness center with swimming pool, business center, in-room technology, a theater/nightclub, and a retail sector in the hotel. (4/26/01)