One of the World's Biggest Hotel Companies Is Flooding Mexico With New Brands — Including Its First All-Inclusive

IHG Hotels and Resorts is making a major push into Mexico, with 62 new hotels and roughly 8,600 rooms currently in development across the country. The pipeline spans luxury, lifestyle, and midscale brands and includes the company's first all-inclusive resort.

Mexico is now IHG's fifth-largest market worldwide, with 187 hotels and about 30,000 rooms already open. The company has added more than 6,000 rooms across 14 brands in the country over the past five years, and the pace is accelerating.

Kimpton Enters the All-Inclusive Space

The most closely watched project in the pipeline is the Kimpton Tres Rios in the Riviera Maya, an all-inclusive resort slated to open in September. It will be IHG's first all-inclusive property, placing the company in direct competition with Hyatt, Marriott, and other global chains that have moved aggressively into the segment.

IHG has also opened a Hotel Indigo in Playa del Carmen and the Kimpton Mas Olas Todos Santos in Baja California Sur, both expanding the company's lifestyle presence in Mexican resort markets.

Voco Leads Conversion Growth

The voco brand is emerging as a key driver of IHG's Mexico strategy. The company has announced six new voco hotels planned for Cancun, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juarez, San Luis Potosi, Torreon, and Nuevo Laredo, with a voco Ciudad de Mexico Reforma property also in the works. Sources indicate voco will play a major role in IHG's broader all-inclusive push going forward.

Bigger Pipeline Still Coming

The expansion also includes a new InterContinental in Monterrey, the InterContinental Miyana Mexico City, and the planned Six Senses Xala in Costalegre for 2027. On the midscale side, recent openings include a Holiday Inn Express in Mexico City's Condesa neighborhood, an avid hotel near Guadalajara's airport, and IHG's new Garner brand in Mazatlan.

IHG is backing the expansion with infrastructure too, opening a new regional headquarters in Guadalajara this spring and planning to grow its staff there from 40 to 200 by year's end.