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🏨 Meliá and Rafa Nadal launched ZEL Punta Cana, the first ZEL hotel in America, on Friday, featuring 190 rooms, seven restaurants, and a beach club. Renfe and Adif's strikes will disrupt rail transport in the second half of March, including seven days of partial and total stoppages. One of Spain's most luxurious hotels is on sale for €150 million. B&B Hotels has opened its first hotel in Gijón, adding to its rental portfolio. Cuba's tourism crisis deepened with a 50% decrease in tourists compared to 2019, receiving only 2.2 million international visitors last year. The UK's Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) can be requested since March 5, with the requirement starting April 2. Castilla-La Mancha's Social Tourism Program for 2025 now includes international destinations and cruises, offering 277 routes. Grupo Alting bought a Madrid office building for €35 million to convert into a 4-star superior hotel. Palladium Hotel Group plans to invest €650 million in hotel expansion and repositioning over the next three years. Grupo Costa acquired Bonmont Hotel & Spa in Tarragona for €6.7 million.

🏡 Sercotel to manage the renovated former Leonardo hotel in Granada, reopening in September as the 4-star Sercotel HMO Martina Granada with 205 rooms. Owned by Molina Olea Hotelera, the property features a 360-degree rooftop view of Granada and Sierra Nevada, an all-year-round heated indoor pool with a glass ceiling, private parking, four meeting rooms, and a dedicated bus stop area. This adds to Sercotel's presence in Granada alongside Sercotel Palacio de los Gamboa and Sercotel Granada Suites, as part of their expansion in Andalusia. The company operates 86 hotels, with 76 in Spain, 1 in Andorra, 53 managed directly, 24 franchised, and 9 under construction.