First-class hotels offer perfect welcome
PERU'S IMPRESSIVE HOTEL INFRASTRUCTURE, ALONG WITH THE LEGENDARY HOSPITALITY OF ITS PEOPLE, HAVE ENABLED TOURISTS TO SHARE IN THE COUNTRY'S MANY TREASURES

William A. Hulbert General Manager of JW Marriott Hotel and Stellaris Casino Lima

One area of its tourism infrastructure that Peru can already be justly proud of is the Peruvian people’s genuine hospitality. That pleasant characteristic, which never falters even under the most difficult of conditions, is what makes a visitor’s stay in one of the country’s hotels a memorable experience.
“I have just arrived in Peru faced with the task of opening up a hotel and casino in about a year, and assembling a team of 500 employees. My number one most pleasant surprise has been the people,” says William Hulbert, general manager of JW Marriott Hotel and Stellaris Casino Lima. “I have found that whether it’s from the outside government or from the internal business community, or from the people who are working in the hotel, it has been very easy to bring this business to Peru. The people have welcomed us and they’ve done so very enthusiastically.”

The Marriott hotel network has about 2,000 sites worldwide, but of those, only 17 match the quality standard of the JW Marriott in Lima. “There is only one tier in Marriott that is at a higher level and that’s Ritz Carlton, which Marriott owns,” Mr. Hulbert explains. The difference is in the quality and size of the rooms and upgraded decor features like marble, granite and carpeting imported from England. “But the most important thing of all is the level of service,” Mr. Hulbert stresses. “Because at the end of the day, you can look at everything and have a hotel with good curtains and carpeting, but the service level is where the customers put their emphasis.”

FILIP BOYEN General Manager of Orient-Express Hotels, Peru

Service and attention to detail are also what sets the British-owned group Orient-Express apart. Its operations worldwide include luxury trains and cruises as well as hotels. In Peru, the Orient-Express Hotels Peru chain owns three top quality hotels: the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, located alongside the ancient Inca citadel of the same name; the Hotel Monasterio Cuzco, originally built as a monastery in 1592 in the heart of the Andes; and the Miraflores Park Plaza, which includes three presidential suites with their own living and dining areas as well as a jacuzzi, sauna and plunge pool. The Lima location has also earned the Small Luxury Hotels of the World seal of quality.

LUIS E. GÓMEZ Director of Country Club Lima Hotel

For the more demanding tourists looking for tradition, quality and service, the newly renovated 74-year-old Country Club Lima Hotel fits the bill perfectly. This five-star classic is one of the few remaining luxury hotels in the capital Lima that does not belong to an international chain, and therefore has a uniqueness that epitomizes Peruvian tastes.
And while demand for hotel rooms is growing, so is the number of hotels and that keeps prices down. Which is why Luis E. Gomez, CEO of Country Club Lima Hotel, says now is the time to try out the elegance of his establishment. “We are not a cheap hotel,” he notes. “We are at the high end of the spectrum. and have a strong market of ‘luxury’ business travelers. But we believe that with this new government and its more open-minded outlook, there will be more and more businessmen interested in coming to Peru.”

THE COUNTRY CLUB LIMA HOTEL, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, located in San Isidro.