The brand’s second hotel in Mexico pairs compact, connecting rooms with two locally focused dining concepts a block from Plaza Fundadores.
Motto by Hilton Guadalajara Centro Historico brings 154 rooms, locally inspired dining and flexible accommodation to Guadalajara’s historic center.
- Motto by Hilton Guadalajara Centro Historico has 154 rooms in a restored 1950s Art Deco building and is the brand’s second property in Mexico.
- The hotel includes 69 connecting rooms, with configurations that can link up to three rooms for families and groups.
- Its location one block from Plaza Fundadores puts guests close to Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara Cathedral, Museo Cabañas and Mercado San Juan de Dios.
- Two food-and-beverage concepts, La BienQuerida and Doña Elvira, bring locally inspired cantina dining, Mexican breads and artisanal coffee into the hotel’s public spaces.
(NEWS) GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico, 2026-Aug-31 — /Travel PR News/ — Guadalajara’s historic center has a new lifestyle hotel built around the idea that the neighborhood, rather than the guest room alone, is part of the stay. Hilton has formally opened the 154-room Motto by Hilton Guadalajara Centro Historico, placing the brand’s compact-room concept inside a restored 1950s building just one block from Plaza Fundadores.
Owned and developed by Grupo Megaterra, the property was originally designed by architect Agustín Acevedo as a residential apartment building. Hilton describes the structure as a local expression of functionalist Art Deco architecture and says the conversion was designed to preserve that mid-century character while giving the building a new hospitality use. The opening is Motto by Hilton’s second property in Mexico.
A hotel built around the historic center
The location is central to the proposition. Guadalajara’s municipal tourism office describes the Centro Histórico as the city’s cultural and architectural heart, bringing together landmarks, museums, plazas and markets. From the hotel, Hilton places Teatro Degollado about 0.2 kilometers away and Guadalajara Cathedral about 0.45 kilometers away, while the Cabañas complex, Plaza Tapatía and Mercado San Juan de Dios are also part of the surrounding historic district.
That proximity gives the hotel a particularly strong fit with Motto’s neighborhood-led model. The nearby Hospicio Cabañas, now home to Museo Cabañas, has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 1997 and is noted for its early-19th-century architecture and murals by José Clemente Orozco. For travelers staying in the center, the concentration of cultural sites means much of the immediate sightseeing can be done on foot rather than treated as a separate excursion.
Compact rooms with more flexibility for groups
Motto’s room design emphasizes efficient use of space, but the Guadalajara property also builds in flexibility for families and groups. Hilton says 69 rooms can connect, with configurations allowing up to three rooms to be linked at one time. Multi-functional furniture is used throughout the guest rooms, while Hilton’s Confirmed Connecting Room technology allows qualifying guests to reserve connecting configurations in advance.
The shared spaces extend that neighborhood focus into food and drink. La BienQuerida, the hotel’s full-service restaurant, is positioned as a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Mexican cantina, while Doña Elvira serves Mexican breads and artisanal coffees. Hilton says both concepts are intended for local customers as well as hotel guests, making the lobby and dining areas part of the property’s social rather than purely residential function.
For practical trip planning, Hilton’s current property page lists eight floors, a 4 p.m. check-in and an 11 a.m. check-out. It also currently shows no self-parking, valet parking or airport shuttle, points that travelers arriving by car or from Guadalajara International Airport may want to factor into their plans.
Part of Hilton’s wider Mexico expansion
The Guadalajara opening comes as Hilton continues to build its presence across Mexico and the wider Caribbean and Latin America region. The group says it now operates more than 300 hotels across the region, with more than 150 additional properties in development. In a July 2026 update, Hilton said Mexico alone had more than 100 operating hotels and nearly 50 more in the pipeline, making the country one of its most important regional growth markets.
Maxime Verstraete, Hilton’s vice president of brand management for the Caribbean and Latin America, said in the opening announcement that Guadalajara’s culture, creativity and energy made the city a natural fit for Motto. The hotel participates in Hilton Honors, with eligible direct-booking members able to use services such as digital check-in, room selection and Digital Key through the Hilton Honors app.
For Guadalajara, the result is a new international-branded option that leans on an existing historic building rather than a purpose-built hotel footprint, while placing guests within a dense cluster of the city’s best-known cultural attractions. For Hilton, it adds another urban lifestyle address to a Mexico portfolio that continues to expand across brands and destinations.
