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Camino Real Hotels is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

-based hotel chain consisting of hotels and resorts.

History

Camino Real was the name given by 16th century Spaniards

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 to the road that led to the capital of New Spain

New Spain

New Spain, formally called the Viceroyalty of New Spain , was a viceroyalty of the Spanish colonial empire, comprising primarily territories in what was known then as 'América Septentrional' or North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire...

, today known as Mexico.

In 1958, the name Camino Real is used for the first time with the opening of the Camino Real Guadalajara hotel, one of the hotels which have recently remodeled all their rooms and their main service areas without losing the luxuriant vegetation which surrounds them.

In 1960 Banamex

Grupo Financiero Banamex

Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. has its origins and is the owner of Banco Nacional de México or Banamex, Mexico's second largest bank behind BBVA Bancomer. The Banamex Financial Group was purchased by Citigroup in August 2001 for $12.5 billion USD...

 and a group of private investors create Hoteles Camino Real.

In 1962 an affiliation agreement is entered with Westin International Hotels

Westin Hotels

Westin Hotels & Resorts are an upscale hotel chain owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. As of 2011, Westin operated over 160 hotels in 37 countries.-History:...

(which would later become Westin), thus establishing in Mexico the first luxury hotel chain with an international representation.

In 1993 the 31-year relationship between Westin Hotels and Resort and Camino Real ends.

On June 5, 2000, Camino Real is bought by one of the country’s most important and solid groups: Grupo Empresarial Ángeles, which by acquiring Real Turismo Propietaria y Operadora, gives an important stability to the development of Hotels, making important remodeling efforts.

One of the newest Camino Real hotels is that one in San Pedro, Garza Garcia, Monterrey. Its architecture is modern but still keeps the Mexican style of most Camino Real hotels in Mexico. Camino Real owns one Hotel outside Mexico and it is located Downtown El Paso, TX