InterContinental Hotels has opened a 213-room Crowne Plaza hotel in the city of San Jose. The Crowne Plaza Corobici San Jose Costa Rica is the third IHG hotel in the city, following in the footsteps of the Real InterContinental Costa Rica and the Holiday Inn Aurola San Jose. Formerly affiliated with Sol Melia, it has been fully renovated, has 10 meeting rooms, is capable of catering for up to 1,000 people for a corporate function, and is the first Crowne Plaza in Costa Rica.