The Occidental portfolio consists of 13 resorts: six in Mexico, two in the Dominican Republic, two in Costa Rica, and one each in Aruba, Colombia and Haiti. Barcelo's inventory includes more ...

FIRST Choice, the tour operator, yesterday stepped up its expansion into Europe, paying an initial £33.7m for Barcelo Travel, the package holiday wing of Spain's family-controlled Barcelo group.

WHY IT RATES: Barceló Hotel Group has become the third-largest Spanish chain by investing more than $110 million in the renovation of 12 properties, including ones in Mexico, Aruba and Central America ...