cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message camino real the camino real in nuevo laredo product type hotel owner grupo empresarial ngeles country mexico introduced 1958 1958 related brands quinta real real inn markets mexico united states website caminoreal.com.mx camino real hotels is a mexican based hotel chain that operates 18 hotels in mexico and one in the united states . contents 1 history 2 amenities 3 references 4 external links history edit the first hotel to use the camino real name was the camino real guadalajara opened in 1958 . the name of the hotel was taken from that given by 16th century spaniards to the road that led to the capital of new spain today known as mexico . in 1960 banamex and a group of private investors created hoteles camino real . their efforts would be bolstered in 1962 with an affiliation agreement with western international hotels renamed westin in 1980 . the relationship between westin and camino real established the first internationally backed luxury hotel chain in mexico and ended 31 years later in 1993 . in 2000 camino real was bought by business group grupo empresarial ngeles for us 252 million . 1 the deal included six hotels plus operating rights to 16 total hotels . currently there are 18 camino real hotels in mexico with one us unit in el paso texas which was built in a historic hotel originally constructed in 1912 . grupo real turismo the unit of gea that operates hotels also operates quinta real resorts and real inn hotels which cater to business travelers . 2 amenities edit one camino real hotel in mexico city features a restaurant owned by masaharu morimoto . 3 references edit camino real . travel agent . april 2000 . access date requires url help lortia arcelia 2012 01 15 . grupo real turismo abrir nueva cadena de hoteles de negocios . el economista . retrieved 2015 06 12 . toledo jorge 2011 10 30 . morimoto el iron chef llega a m xico . el economista . retrieved 2015 06 12 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title camino real hotels & oldid 735609571 categories hotel chainshospitality companies of mexicocompanies established in 19601960 establishments in mexicohotels in mexicomexican brandsgrupo empresarial ngeleshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlarticles lacking sources from april 2015all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 22 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view