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Jeff Weinstein

Libertador Hotels, Resorts & Spas, Lima, is Peru’s largest hotel group led by CEO Jorge Melero, and is in the midst of a US$260 million expansion—the biggest investment in Peru and, perhaps all of South America.

Libertador will open the 120-room Hotel Paracas, a Luxury Collection Resort, and the 128-room Tambo del Inka Luxury Collection Resort & Spa this year, followed by a 301-room Lima Westin scheduled to open as the tallest building in Peru by the middle of 2010.

Also on the books is a US$20 million renovation of Libertador’s historic Palacio del Inka Hotel Cusco, which also will be re-branded as a Luxury Collection hotel upon its completion in 2011.

The group’s collection of five hotels, owned by The Brescia Group, one of Peru’s primary business conglomerates, are in Arequipa, Cusco, Puno, Lima and Trujillo.

“After we finish the Westin, we want to go overseas—probably in the Andean region around Colombia, as well as Chile and, perhaps, Argentina, where it is tougher to invest,” Melero says. “Our strategic plan for 2010 to 2015 goes beyond Peru’s border, and we want two more hotels with Westin or The Luxury Collection.”

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