Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement with Cap Vermell Hotel Proyectos y Promociones, S.L, a Spanish real estate development company, for a new Park Hyatt hotel in Mallorca. Park Hyatt Mallorca will be the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Mallorca, an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain.
The Spanish hotel market has proven to be resilient when compared to other economic sectors, despite the country falling into a double dip recession. Interest for well-located properties in Spain is still high, with international investors keeping their eyes on the country's main cities and waiting for distressed opportunities that offer high-performing assets at affordable prices.
We should take certain facts into consideration in order to explain why the hotel business is more complex than not long ago. These facts are new business issues and complicate more things. Some of these business issues are uniquely happening in Spain, but others also happen everywhere in our hospitality industry.
The portfolio ofFour Seasonshotels set in historic buildings in Europe's most important cities is expanding again with the development of the Canalejas Project in Madrid, Spain. With a planned opening within the next four years, the Hotel will be the company's first in Spain.
TTI Technologies International, the hospitality industry's leading provider of Driver's License/Passport Scanners, Business Centers, Concierge Services and other hotel solutions has secured a strong reseller relationship in Spain with Aero Information Technology, LLC.
A tourism investment forum for Africa and a debate on tourism prospects in the Middle East and North Africa are among the many UNWTO events planned for the International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR (Madrid, Spain, 30 January – 3 February 2013).
Spain’s first DoubleTree by Hilton hotel opened its doors this week, bringing a unique blend of contemporary upscale accommodation and traditional Catalan flavor to the Costa Brava. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Spa Emporda features 87 guestrooms and offers a prime location for travelers looking to sample the delights of one of Spain’s most popular tourist destinations.
Meliá Hotels International has announced its third Innside by Meliá hotel in Madrid: the Innside Madrid Suecia, scheduled to open in 2014. The hotel will join the other two properties announced just a month ago: the Innside Madrid Genova and the Innside Madrid Luchana.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading global hotel companies, today announced the signing of its third Holiday Inn hotel in Madrid, the Holiday Inn Madrid Calle Alcala. Holiday Inn Madrid Calle Alcala will open in April 2013, following a conversion from a Velada hotel and will operate under a franchise agreement with Rentas Hoteleras Socimi S.A.
Hilton Worldwide confirmed the signing of a franchise agreement with Layetana to open its second DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Spain. The deal will see the conversion of the existing La Mola Hotel & Conference Center to the upscale DoubleTree by Hilton brand, with the renovated property set to open at the beginning of 2013.
The first of them will be the Innside Madrid Gnova, located in the central Alonso Martnez square, which will be based in a fully-renovated historic building to create a lifestyle four star hotel with 65 rooms. The second hotel will be the Innside Madrid Luchana, with 43 rooms. Meli Hotels International will open its first two Innside by Meli hotels in Spain in early 2013. The first of them will be the Innside Madrid Gnova, located in the central Alonso Martnez square, which will be based in a fully-renovated historic building to create a lifestyle four star hotel with 65 rooms. The second hotel will be the Innside Madrid Luchana, with 43 rooms.
Set to convert by the end of the year, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Spa Emporda will be an upscale, 87 guestroom property located on the site of Emporda Golf Club. The site boasts two 18-hole golf courses created by Robert von Hagge, the award-winning golf course designer. Only five minutes drive to the nearest beach, the hotel will provide a contemporary, new accommodation offering for holidaymakers on the Costa Brava.
The recently renovated Riu Don Miguel in Gran Canaria is, beginning November 1st, the first Adults Only hotel for RIU in Spain. Since it reopened in late July the hotel has positioned its new concept among the clients who are looking for a quiet, sophisticated and modern atmosphere ideal for a couples getaway. The new pool area is the new central focus of the hotel and its 'Divine Lounge' has become a very popular venue for an evening drink.
To cut costs and provide truly "green" events, the supplier of audiovisual services to European operators will showcase event technologies that make events more sustainable; Visit PSAV 27 to 29 Nov. at Stand N250 @ EIBTM at the Fira Gran Via, Montjuic 2 Exhibition Center
Renaissance Hotels, Marriott International's signature lifestyle brand, has opened its second hotel in Barcelona this year, the spectacular 357-room Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel, under a franchise agreement with Hoteles Catalonia. Located in Plaza Europa and designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Ribas & Ribas, the hotel is destined to become a city landmark, remarkable for its stunning and unique design and architecture.
The Gran Meliá Colón Hotel, in the historic heart of Seville, has become a member of the prestigious organisation The Leading Hotels of the World, which represents the best and most exclusive hotels, resorts and spas in the world. This makes it the only luxury hotel in Seville to belong to this exclusive club.
FastBooking, one of the world's leading e-marketing and online technology solutions providers for the hospitality industry, today announces a new consulting partnership with José Ramón Villarrubia and welcomes a number of prestigious, luxury hotels in Spain and Portugal as clients.
Meliá Hotels International and its partner company Wave House hosted a grand opening event for the inauguration of the new Sol Wave House, located on the beach in Magaluf (Mallorca), and the Wave House leisure area, the first European project for the American brand which combines music, bars, restaurants, boutiques and outdoor parties with spectacular wave simulation facilities, bringing the famous lifestyle of the beaches in California to the Mediterranean.
Eight months after announcing a revolutionary project designed to transform tourism in Magaluf in Majorca, today the Spanish hotel company will end in record time the first phase of the Calviá Beach Resort development by opening the Beach House Hotel which will join the recently renovated Sol Wave House Hotel to revive the Magaluf beachfront and become the first lifestyle destination on the island.
The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened their very first hotel on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria: the Radisson Blu Resort, Gran Canaria featuring 189 rooms. It offers an outstanding waterfront location on the island"s south western coast, near the village of Arguineguín; ca. 40 minutes away from Las Palmas.