Mexico City - Last week, citing the "impressive growth of tourism," Hilton Worldwide announced that between now and 2019 it will open nine new hotels in Mexico.

The new properties, which will operate under five Hilton brands: Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Curio - A Collection by Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, and Homewood Suites by Hilton, the properties collectively will have nearly 1,200 rooms.

Hilton's newly-signed properties are:

• Hilton Guadalajara Midtown: 226 rooms, expected to open in early 2018.

• The Fives Downtown Hotel Playa del Carmen: the company’s first hotel in this Quintana Roo beach destination in the Riviera Maya will have 93 rooms.

• 1970 Hotel Posadas Guadalajara: 160 rooms in the center of the city.

• Zacatecas Centro Histórico: scheduled to open in early 2018, the hotel is located in a 19th-century building and will have 32 rooms.

• Hilton Garden Inn Mérida: a 128-room hotel in Altabrisa, scheduled to open in the first quarter of this year.

• Hilton Garden Inn Mexico City Santa Fe: the 189-room property in Centro Santa Fe will be Hilton’s first double-branded property in Mexico. The 172-room DoubleTree, the other half of the development, opened last month.

• In Saltillo, Coahuila, the Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites will be operated by Hilton Saltillo hotels.

• Hampton Inn Cancún: the 134-room hotel will open in the second quarter of this year in the Pabellón Cumbres area of the city.

These nine new properties will join the portfolio of more than 45 Hilton hotels already operating in Mexico.

"Mexico continues experiencing impressive tourism growth, and the addition of these hotels will help satisfy the increasing demand from both leisure and business travelers," said Juan Corvinos, Hilton's managing director of development for Mexico, Central America, and the Hispanic Caribbean. "With nearly 100 open properties in Latin America, Hilton continues to actively pursue growth opportunities in the region."