23 New Properties Join Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Preferred Hotels & Resorts has welcomed 23 new properties to its independent hotel brand. The new properties span the globe and feature familiar names as well as boutique standalone resorts in 13 different countries.

The properties were welcomed into the Preferred Hotels & Resorts portfolio over the last three months, beginning in May 2017. 

Preferred Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s largest independent hotel brands, offering a portfolio of hotels throughout five collections that adhere to high-quality hospitality standards and offer valuable benefits to travelers.

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Three new Iberostar hotels and resorts—popular among U.S. travelers for their all-inclusive vacations in the Caribbean and Mexico—have joined with Preferred. This includes the Iberostar Grand Hotel Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, a premier example of the high quality and standards available to discerning travelers attracted to the Preferred Hotels & Resorts brand.

Iberostar Grand Hotel Rose Hall’s white-sand beaches, golf courses and crystal clear waters await iPrefer members in the Preferred Hotels & Resorts rewards program, along with Iberostar Grand Hotel Bavaro in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; and Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

In the U.S., new hotels include the landmark Ambassador Chicago in the well-known Gold Coast neighborhood. The newly renovated and reopened property offers 285 guest rooms and suites. Its restaurant and Library bar was once famous with Hollywood actors such as Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra and has been reimagined with a nod to its glamorous history. 

Other U.S. locations include Bear Mountain Inn in Bear Mountain, New York; Naples Bay Resort in Naples, Florida; The Guest House of Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee; and the Water’s Edge Resort & Spa in Westbrook, Connecticut.

READ MORE: Iberostar Opens Second US Hotel in Miami

45 minutes by train from Barcelona, Spain, MiM Sitges is a popular beach destination, offering 360-degree views of the city and shoreline. Merchants Manor Hotel & Spa in Falmouth, United Kingdom; Allium Villas Resort in Bodrum, Turkey; Italy's Hotel Bristol Palace and Pestana Vintage Porto Hotel, located in Porto, Portugal also await. 

Asia saw the largest growth among hotels joining Preferred, with eight new hotels added into the portfolio. Among them is the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Tokyo. The property offers guests 40 floors of sophisticated guest rooms near bustling Shibuya. 

Other properties located throughout Asia are: Biyadhoo Island Resort (South Malé Atoll, Maldives), Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), Minyoun Chengdu Dongda Hotel (Chengdu, China), Minyoun Chengdu Kehua Hotel (Chengdu, China), Sherwood Suites  (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam), The Chedi (Mumbai, India), WelcomHotel Coimbatore (Coimbatore, India) and Windsor Plaza Hotel (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam).