RPT-Dashed hopes for Mexico oil boom leave Gulf Coast hotels idle
February 16, 2018 at 07:00 AM EST
MEXICO CITY, Feb 16 (Reuters) - When a Mexican real estate investment trust bought four hotels along the country's Gulf coast operating under the Marriott, Quality Inn and Fiesta Inn brands, it expected the government's recent energy reform to attract droves of oil executives, engineers and technicians.