Impact on protected heritage The city of Cusco, the former capital of the Inka empire, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To build the hotel, Corrales Ingenieros, Inmobiliaria R&G and Marriott demolished the existing Huacapunku Temple and conducted excavations to build the foundations. In this process, an Inka cemetery was desecrated, five ceremonial burial sites removed and valuable Inka artifacts removed from the site. This activity has been a direct attack on Peruvian cultural heritage. In addition, it has directly affected the Quechua people who used the site as a place of worship.

UNESCO and ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites, which advises UNESCO) have sent letters to the Peruvian State requesting the demolition of the hotel. In September 2019 the Cusco Court of Appeals ordered the demolition of the hotel; an order which was welcomed by ICOMOS. However in November 2020 the district court in charge of executing that decision decided that only 10% of the hotel would be demolished. The decision of the district court will be re-examined by the Court of Appeals.

Impact on livelihoods The project has affected the livelihoods of the people living in the surrounding area. When the cultural site was intact there was a harmonious relationship between the normal activities in the neighbourhood and the landscape. The destruction of the site has altered the configuration of the city. The removal of the cemetery is a desecrating activity that has inflicted psychological suffering to the Cusco population.

Impacts on Indigenous peoples' rights The project has impacted human rights of the entire Peruvian population, but particularly the human rights of the Quechua people, one of the world’s largest indigenous populations. This is a limited list of impacts on human rights:

1. The right of the conservation of their culture, recognised in article 15(2) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the UNESCO Declaration concerning the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage.
2. The right to religious freedom, freedom of worship and the right to manifest its religion, recognised in article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
3. The right to ethnic and cultural identity, recognised in article 2(19) of the Peruvian Constitution.
4. The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), as recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which allows Indigenous peoples to give or withhold consent to a project that may affect them or their territories.

The construction of such a large-scale project in this area has caused unusual pollution to nearly 3,000 people living in the surroundings. The use of heavy machinery to extract and transport construction material and the debris generated has seriously impacted the community.