Best Western opens first U.S.-branded business hotel in Haiti next month


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Best Western is the first of several U.S. and international brands building in Haiti and preparing the island for a tourism growth that the country would like to see take the place of aid workers and diplomats.

The first U.S. brand -- and Haiti's second luxury hotel to open in three months -- will welcome its first guests Thursday. Designed for the business traveler, the Best Western Premier, a 106-room seven-story hotel in tony Petionville is finally making its debut. A soft-opening is planned for April 4, but guests will get their first glimpse before then. "It feels amazing," said Haiti-born Chris Handal, who had planned the h