Founded in 1975, Peruvian hotel group Inkaterra has been a pioneer in Ecotourism, now a growing industry around the World. Multiple award winner and nominee, the group has as its objective the provision of a top quality experience whilst ensuring the preservation of Peru’s natural ecosystem, indigenous culture and heritage, and educating visitors about the importance of these, thus promoting responsible tourism in a country receiving over two million visitors each year.
-* Hotels: 5 (3 hotels Inkaterra and 2 hotels byInkaterra) -* Rooms: 217 rooms (131 Inkaterra hotels - 86 rooms byInkaterra) -* Turnover: 14 million dollars projected for 2012 -* Founded: 1975 -* Owner: Family Group Koechlin von SteinThe hotel group has come a long way since its humble origins. The inauguration of its first hotel in 1976, long before the rise of Ecotourism in the 1990s, was unprecedented in South America. Now welcoming over 65,000 visitors each year, Inkaterra owns five locations around Peru, with plans to expand within the country. The company is reported to have generated $11 million in revenue last year, with a projected $14 million’s objective in 2012.Company Development Finalist in last year’s Hospitality Awards in the Best initiative in sustainable development category, Inkaterra illustrates its original approach for almost 40 years. Inkaterra has won the WT&TC 2012 award for Conservation; earlier this year it was awarded the Green Choice Sustainable Tourism certification, the first for a hotel group in South America. Its debut hotel, Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, is located next to the Madre de Dios River and consists of 35 private thatched-roof lodges or “cabañas” offering luxury shelter in the middle of the rainforest, not far from the Brazilian and the Bolivian borders. In 1991 Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel followed, and is now arguably the most successful of the locations, having been declared one of the “World’s Best Hotels” and nominated as South America’s Leading Green Hotel for the fifth consecutive year. Inkaterra La Casona in Cusco, set a 16th century colonial mansion right in the centre of the city on the Plaza Las Nazarenas, was opened in 2008. It is the first and only Relais & Château hotel in Peru, offering 11 lavish suites, a proof that luxury and...
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