SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO HOTELBUSINESS. has learned that Bass Hotels & Resorts is planning to bring its Crowne Plaza brand to two locations here.
As noted by Dan Carlo, Miami-based managing director for Sonnenblick-Goldman, Bass is “looking at reflagging an existing property near the airport as well as another hotel just outside the city s limits.” Carlo s statement was confirmed by Tom Arasi, president of Bass Hotels & Resorts The Americas.
This Crowne Plaza presence would serve to complement a pair of Inter-Continental properties currently in the works on the island: the newly purchased San Juan Grand Beach Hotel &Casino (which will be renamed the Inter-Continental San Juan Resort & Casino); and the Inter-Continental Cayo Largo, in Humacao, slated to open at the end of 2001
Bass has so far declined to provide details as to the exact locations. Michael Billig (8/25/00)