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📅 Renfe y Adif's seven-day strike, set to begin on March 17 with a full 24-hour stoppage and continue with partial stoppages on March 19, 24, 28, and April 3, was called off after an 11th-hour agreement with the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. The strike would have canceled nearly 1,400 trains, impacting 428 high-speed and long-distance trains and 955 medium-distance trains. Spanish hotel chains have grown by 95,000 rooms from 2015 to 2024, with a total of 102,000 rooms added since 2013. Alegría Hotels, with a 2024 revenue over 90 million euros, announced two new hotels for 2025 and two for 2026, acquiring Hotel Mercury and managing Hotel Pino Alto in the first quarter of the year.

🏨 Alegría Hotels, after making over 90 million euros in 2024 and adding two hotels in Costa de Almería and Santa Susanna, announces two new assets for 2025 and two more for 2026. In the first quarter of 2025, acquired Hotel Mercury for about 16 million euros and added Hotel Pino Alto under management in Costa Dorada. Hotel Mercury by Alegría, a 4-star superior with 300 rooms, to open in May after a 10 million euro investment over two years, including room and common area updates and new wellness and children's outdoor areas. Hotel Pino by Alegría, a 4-star with 140 rooms near Miami Platja beach, opens April 1 and will undergo a complete renovation, with plans for an Aquafun water park. The company exceeded its 2023 revenue by 25 million euros and continues investing in renovations, including a full update of the 353-room Alegria Colonial Mar Aquafun in Roquetas de Mar, while also enhancing sustainability certifications across its properties.

🏡 Daniel Entrecanales and Cristina Lozano's luxury boutique hotel brand Cristine Bedfor, launched four years ago in Menorca, is set to open a new establishment in a historic neo-Mudejar building on Amor de Dios street in Seville, originally designed by architect Aníbal González. The former site of the Amor de Dios hospital, demolished in 1860, the building has housed both Lope de Rueda theater and Lido variety hall. The Seville hotel, joining others in Mahón (opened in 2021) and Málaga (opening June), will feature 28 rooms. Cristine Bedfor's Mahón hotel, located in a historic city center building, boasts 21 rooms, two apartments, and a 600-square-meter garden. The upcoming Málaga hotel will have 27 rooms, with bookings starting on June 1. This new chain focuses on unique destinations and immersive local experiences, combining historical elements with personal touches in collaboration with designers like Lorenzo Castillo and landscaper Álvaro de la Rosa.