Hotel del Parque: Charitable Foundations in Ecuador

Hotel del Parque’s sustainability was born from its charitable beginnings in 1891. The hotel originally provided shelter for the homeless, the elderly, and the disabled. Almost one hundred years later, and threatened with demolition, the property was acquired by the Central Bank of Ecuador in the 1980s and moved, piece by piece, to its current location in the Guayaquil Historical Park. There, it was meticulously restored along with three other heritage buildings. From that point the Hotel del Parque staff undertook the renovation of the façade, transforming it, with great care from an old construction to today’s luxurious property.