The Hotel Princess Mundo Imperial is a

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located in

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. The hotel features eight

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courts, including a 6,000-seat stadium court. It was the host of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, an annual event on the

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and the

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History and architecture

The Acapulco Princess was built by billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig and designed by William Rudolph and Leonides Guadarrama to resemble an ancient Aztec pyramid. It opened in 1971. In the summer of 1982 a third tower was added. The Acapulco Princess was the final residence of

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. On April 5, 1976, Hughes was carried out of his penthouse suite of the hotel, unconscious, and carried onto the chartered jet (N855W). He died shortly thereafter, en route to

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. In 1998, Canadian Pacific Hotels purchased the Princess Hotels situated in

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and

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. In October 1999, CP purchased Fairmont Hotels, creating the company Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was renamed the Fairmont Acapulco Princess. It remained part of the Fairmont chain until September 2015, when a legal dispute occurred between the owners, Grupo Autofin, and Fairmont Hotels. The hotel was renamed Hotel Princess Mundo Imperial. The resort suffered severe damage during

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on October 24, 2023.

Facilities

Princess Mundo Imperial hotel sits on over of gardens with palms framing the view of the Sierra Madre in the Acapulco Diamante area. Built in the form of an ancient Aztec pyramid, the hotel contains 1,011 rooms. The resort features four freshwater pools with waterfalls and one saltwater pool, all overlooking Revolcadero Beach; a golf course; and eight outdoor and two indoor tennis courts.

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