Delfines Hotel & Convention Center
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General information | |
Address | Calle Los Eucaliptos 555 |
Opened | July 15, 1997 |
Owner | Jacques Levy Calvo |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 14 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 206 |
The Delfines Hotel & Convention Center, formerly known as the Delfines Hotel & Casino[1] and commonly known as the Hotel Los Delfines, is a five-star hotel in San Isidro District, Lima, Peru. From its opening in 1997 until 2010,[2] the hotel was best known for its two bottlenose dolphins, Yaku and Wayra, who gave the hotel its name.[3]
History
The hotel, owned by Jacques Levy Calvo—a Peruvian businessman and banker of French-Jewish descent[4][5]—and his siblings, opened on July 15, 1997, intended to attract foreign businessmen visiting the city.[6] Its name came from the two dolphins that were trained by Levy's (then)[7] wife, María Elena Llanos.[8] At the time of its opening, it was the first hotel able to host more than 1,000 in an event hall.[1]
In 2008, the hotel's "Salón Mediterráneo" event hall was one of the locations where meetings of that year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation were held.[1]
Dolphins
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Yaku (born c. 1988) and Wayra (born c. 1992) are two male and female bottlenose dolphins that served as the hotel's namesake and main attraction from 1997 to 2010. Born off the coasts of Cuba, they were smuggled to Mexico, where they became known as "Yoyo" and "Laly" until their arrival to Peru, where they were moved to the hotel and renamed to the Quechua words for "water" and "air", respectively.[9]
The dolphins' arrival to Peru in 1997 after their purchase the year before[9] led to an immediate response by animal welfare groups in the country, with the Judiciary of Peru ruling in favour of the hotel, concluding that the pool where they were kept was built prior to the creation of any regulations regarding the maintenance of captive dolphins.[10] Consequently, the dolphins remained in the hotel, accessible to its guests[11] and reportedly exposed to the show lights and street noise.[12]
In 2010, both dolphins were moved from the hotel to another pool in a hill near La Herradura, a beach in Chorrillos District.[2] The new site's poor conditions were condemned by local media,[2] with its small size (12 m in diameter and 3.5 m deep)[12] being highlighted. All visits ceased to be allowed in 2011.[2]
During the entirety of her captivity, Wayra became pregnant four times with ultimately no calf surviving due to the conditions they lived in.[9][12][13] The one calf she gave birth to is alleged to have been crushed by her due to the small size of the hotel pool.[9][2]
Both dolphins were reportedly moved to Dolphin Cove Jamaica, a dolphinarium in Jamaica, on July 18, 2014.[14][15] These claims have since been disputed, however, by former caretaker Ursula Behr,[5] who was once denied a visit to the dolphins in June 2014.[16] María Elena Llanos, Levy's ex-wife, also denounced the lack of transparency[17] and possible abuse[18] in the animals' transport, highlighting that Yaku's cardiac issues could be fatal if not treated properly.[18][19]
See also
- Country Club Lima Hotel, located next to the hotel
References
- ^ a b c Sosa Coronel, Janet (2017-08-31). "Hotel Los Delfines: Haz un viaje al interior de este hotel especializado en el sector corporativo". El Comercio.
- ^ a b c d e Sandoval del Águila, Pamela (2014-03-20). "Dos delfines sobreviven en pésimas condiciones en Chorrillos". El Comercio.
- ^ "Fin familiar". Caretas (2034-2038 ed.). 2008. p. 74.
- ^ Levy Calvo, Jacques. "La Familia Levy". Robo al Banco Nuevo Mundo.
- ^ a b Meier Miró Quesada, Martha (2014-07-30). "Yaku, Wayra y los derechos animales". El Comercio.
Aseguran [...] estos insensibles, expulsados de la comunidad judía por sus malas artes empresariales.
- ^ "Hotel Los Delfines cuenta con helipuerto que lo convierte en sede ideal de convenciones internacionales". Aeronoticias. 2009-12-14.
- ^ "Empresario Jacques Levy rompe su silencio y habla de la infidelidad de su ex esposa". EnLínea.pe. 2010-10-18.
- ^ "Pasó hoy: Delfines Yaku y Wayra fueron trasladados a Jamaica, Perú condena ataques en la Franja de Gaza y en Israel y Dictan 18 meses de prisión preventiva a presidente de Loreto". RPP Noticias. 2014-07-18.
- ^ a b c d Galarza Cerf, Gonzalo (2013-05-14). "Los delfines Yaku y Wayra, un caso que cuestiona el cautiverio y la ley". El Comercio.
- ^ "Historia". Áreas Costeras y Recursos Marinos (ACOREMA).
- ^ Minster, Crit (2009). V!VA Travel Guides: Peru. Viva Publishing Network. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-9791264-3-7.
- ^ a b c Carlín, Carlos (2013-05-18). "La historia de Yaku y Wayra". Perú 21.
- ^ "Muestran imágenes sobre las penosas condiciones en que viven los conocidos delfines Yaku y Wayra". Actualidad Ambiental. 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Produce: Yaku y Wayra salieron de Perú en buenas condiciones". El Comercio. 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Pasó hoy: Delfines Yaku y Wayra fueron trasladados a Jamaica, Perú condena ataques en la Franja de Gaza y en Israel y Dictan 18 meses de prisión preventiva a presidente de Loreto". RPP Noticias. 2014-07-18.
- ^ "Activistas realizaron vigilia por delfines Yaku y Wayra". El Comercio. 2014-06-19.
- ^ "Denuncian traslado irregular de delfines Yaku y Wayra". Canal N. 2014-07-17.
- ^ a b "Denuncian maltrato a delfines Yaku y Wayra durante traslado". El Comercio. 2014-07-18.
- ^ "Denuncian que delfines Yaku y Wayra sufren tortuoso traslado". RPP Noticias. 2014-07-18.
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