Hotel Riu Plaza Panama

Hotel Riu Plaza Panama
The hotel in 2012
General information
LocationBella Vista, Panama City, Panama, Calle 50 and 53 Este, Marbella[1]
OpeningSeptember 2010[2][3]
OwnerRIU Hotels & Resorts
OperatorRIU Hotels & Resorts
Technical details
Floor count34[4]
Other information
Number of rooms644[5][4]
Website
www.riu.com/en/hotel/panama/panama-city/hotel-riu-plaza-panama

Hotel Riu Plaza Panama is an urban hotel on Calle 50, in the Marbella area of Bella Vista, Panama City, Panama. The Spanish chain RIU Hotels & Resorts operates the property. It has 644 rooms across 34 floors. RIU opened the hotel in September of the year 2010. It was the company's first urban hotel and the first property of the Riu Plaza line, which the company developed for city markets rather than resort destinations.[2][6][3][7]

History

The hotel opened in 2010 under the initial name Riu Panama Plaza. At the time, RIU was expanding beyond its resort portfolio of beach hotels. The company aimed the new format at meetings, incentives and business travel. The opening also introduced RIU's Plaza brand, conceived for properties in cities and other non-resort markets.[2][6][3][7]

Panama City was selected because of its position as a commercial, banking and Financial center in Central America.[5] The hotel was established in Bella Vista, near Calle Uruguay, an area with restaurants, bars and nightlife venues.[5]

In 2025, the hotel underwent a full renovation that covered its 644 rooms, restaurants, common areas, meeting rooms and swimming pool.[8][9] After the works, the property continued to emphasize events and conventions, with more than 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) of function rooms and around 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) of additional shared spaces.[8]

Features

Riu Plaza Panama is a city hotel serving leisure and corporate guests.[5][9] Its facilities include a business center, in-room Wi-Fi and 23 conference rooms, with approximately 57,000 sq ft (5,300 m2) of meeting space.[5][9] The hotel has a standing reception capacity of 1,300 people and 56,000 sq ft (5,200 m2) of total event space.[9][4]

Events

The hotel has hosted business and political events in Panama City. In that sense,, in June 2011, former United States president Bill Clinton gave a lecture at the hotel that was attended by then Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli.[10] In 2012, the final of Miss Panamá was held at the hotel's terraces on Calle 50.[11] The Miss Panamá 2014 pageant was also held at the hotel, where Yomatzy Hazlewood won the national title.[12] In 2015, it was the venue for the Second CEO Summit of the Americas, held alongside the 7th Summit of the Americas.[13][14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hotel Riu Plaza Panama". RIU Hotels & Resorts. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Clausing, Jeri (October 25, 2010). "Riu Hotels opens its first urban property in Panama City". Travel Weekly. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Riu Plaza is 10 years old". TUI Group. September 29, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hotel Riu Plaza Panama - Panama City, Panama". Northstar Meetings Group. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Moya, Eric (March 11, 2015). "Work, play at Riu hotels in Panama". Travel Weekly. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Myers, Gay Nagle (September 16, 2009). "Riu's first city hotel to be in Panama City". Travel Weekly. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Riu abrirá un hotel en Panamá en 2010 y firma un contrato con Kaya Holding para introducirse en Turquía". El Confidencial (in Spanish). September 17, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Ardila, Laura (April 9, 2026). "RIU eleva su propuesta urbana en Panamá y Guadalajara". Ladevi (in Spanish). Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Hotel Riu Plaza Panama". Cvent. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Los tres retos del mundo". La Prensa (in Spanish). June 5, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  11. ↑ Sánchez, Iranela (April 1, 2012). "Final del Miss Panamá 2012". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Yomatzy Hazlewood ganó la corona de Miss Panamá 2014". Telemundo (in Spanish). November 19, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Heads of State and top business leaders to participate in the II CEO Summit of the Americas". Inter-American Development Bank. March 5, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Remarks at the CEO Summit of the Americas in Panama City". GovInfo. April 10, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2026.


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