Hard Rock International has announced plans to expand its portfolio with Hard Rock Hotel Maldives and Hard Rock Cafe Maldives, slated to open in October next year.

Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta general manager Luis Entrala speaks to Breaking Travel News as the property takes the title of Mexico & Central America’s Leading Beach Resort at the World Travel Awards Latin America Gala Ceremony 2017.

Riviera Maya has been hailed Mexico & Central America’s Leading Beach Destination, while Cancun has been recognised as Mexico & Central America’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination at the World Travel Awards Latin America Gala Ceremony 2017 in Mexico.

The Hard Rock Hotel Dubai Marina is set to open its doors marking the group’s first hotel in the United Arab Emirates. The property is located in Dubai’s second tallest building, the Marina 101 development, featuring 288 decked out rooms in the first 33 floors of this 101-story masterpiece.

Following the successful launch of Europe’s first Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza in May 2014, Palladium Hotel Group has again aligned with Hard Rock International, owner of one of the world’s most recognised and iconic brands, to create a second European property on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Opening in autumn 2016, the new beachfront resort is a total renovation of the Spanish hotel group’s Fiesta Hotel Playa Paraíso complex and sits on the Canary Island’s sunny southern coast near Adeje.

Palladium Hotel Group has announced the creation of a new hotel with the help of the popular brand, Hard Rock International. The collaboration of the two groups will lead to Europe’s first Hard Rock Hotel complex, scheduled to open in May 2014, which converts two properties from the Spanish hotel group’s Fiesta Hotels & Resorts brand, Fiesta Club Don Toni and Fiesta Hotel Don Toni.