Bass Hotels & Resorts Signs Agreement to Manage 780-Room Full-Service Holiday Inn in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Business Editors/Travel Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 Holiday Inn Anhembi Will be One of the Largest Holiday Inns in the World Bass Hotels & Resorts (BHR BHR Bahrain (ISO Country code) BHR Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (Smith & Nephew) BHR Bureau for Humanitarian Response (USAID) BHR Bronchial Hyper Reactivity ) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :BAS BAS abbr. 1. Bachelor of Agricultural Science 2. Bachelor of Applied Science )(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BAS)(ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio ) today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to manage the new 780-room Holiday Inn Anhembi (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Scheduled to open in the Fall of 2003, it will be one of the largest Holiday Inn hotels in the world. The project's developer will be Construtora Sao Jose, one of Brazil's most respected real estate development companies. Located in the northern part of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in Parque Anhembi, Latin America's largest meetings and convention facility, the property will be contiguous to the 581,000 square ft. Anhembi Exhibition Center. The new hotel, along with a new 387,000 square ft. convention center, and an additional 3,000 parking spaces, are part of a recent program by the municipality, owners of Parque Anhembi, to privatize various components of the facility. The full-service Holiday Inn Anhembi will include two restaurants, a food court, lobby bar, fitness center with swimming pool, business center, in-room technology, a theater/nightclub, and a retail sector in the hotel. "This property will be the hub of Holiday Inn development in the Southern cone The term Southern Cone (Spanish: Cono Sur, Portuguese: Cone Sul) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. ," says Alvaro Diago, Area President Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Bass Hotels & Resorts. "It is a major step towards our company's goal of doubling the number of Holiday Inn properties in the region within the next five years, from our current 24 to upwards of 50 throughout the whole of Latin America." When concluded, Parque Anhembi will be one of the world's premier meeting and convention facilities, including the new hotel, the new 387,000 square ft. Anhembi Convention Center Anhembi Convention Center is a convention center located in São Paulo, Brazil. At 400,000 square meters of indoor space and 93,000 meters of outdoor space, the center, it is one of the largest event grounds in Latin America. , and additional parking, to compliment the existing 581,000 square ft. Anhembi Exhibition Center, an existing 3,400 person theater facility, 10,000 parking spaces, and the 60,000 person Sao Paulo Carnival Stadium. Parque Anhembi has been dubbed a `modern wonder.' A master plan was conceptualized and the facility built 30 years ago by local entrepreneur Caio Machado. Machado's company, Alcantara Machado Ferias de Negocios, Ltd., has been retained by the developer, Construtora Sao Jose, one of Brazil's most recognized builders, to manage the new 387,000 square ft. convention center. "The story of Parque Anhembi is a remarkable one," adds Diago. "Mr. Machado conceived a dream 30 years ago that now, thanks to Construtora Sao Jose, he will not only see to fruition, but be an integral part of the process." 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