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New heights: The Trump Ocean Club in Panama City.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Mark Chesnut<\/em><\/p>\n

His name has already saturated the media quite a bit this year, but the debut of the Donald Trump-branded Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower<\/a>, Panama is still big news. Considering that it marks The Donald\u2019s first foray south of Mexico — and considering that its architecture is among the most attention-getting in the city — it is perhaps the most visual symbol of how fast Panama City hotels<\/a> are growing in this Central American hotspot.<\/p>\n

The Trump hotel, which is to open later this year, is far from the only new name in town. Panama City has, in fact, been enjoying a hotel boom that has led some observers to compare Panama\u2019s capital to Dubai. Among the newest luxury hotels are the Le Meridien Panama<\/a>, which sits on the prestigious waterfront Balboa Avenue, and Esplendor Panama, an apartment-like complex owned by Argentina-based Fen Hoteles.<\/p>\n

Soon to open are the Westin Playa Bonita, a luxury resort debuting in October just outside the city, and a new tower at the Bristol Panama, a 56-room luxury hotel that is a member of Leading Hotels of the World.<\/p>\n

Additional brands slated to appear on the scene include Aloft, Hilton, Hyatt Place, Jumeirah, NH, Renaissance and The Panamera, which will be the only Waldorf-Astoria in all of Latin America. And in December, the 1,499-room Hard Rock Hotel Panama Megapolis is to open, with 24,250 square feet of flexible meeting space; it will be Hard Rock\u2019s first hotel in Central America.<\/p>\n

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Mark Chesnut is a travel writer, editor and publisher of <\/em>LatinFlyer.com<\/em><\/a>, which focuses on business and leisure travel to Latin America. <\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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