Aperturas de hoteles

🏖️ European tourism is turning to new destinations such as Laponia, Iceland, Greenland, Georgia, Armenia, and Jordan, with Morocco as a mature star and Senegal trying to break through. Cabo Verde is experiencing a 'boom' with hotel constructions led by Spanish companies and increasing air routes. Tui, TAP from Portugal, and recently Easyjet have launched flights to Cabo Verde's islands, with Easyjet announcing four routes to Sal. Neos connects Boa Vista with Milan, while Transavia will fly to Boa Vista and Sal from Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Marseille. Tui Fly promotes Cabo Verde in Belgium, Germany, and other European countries.

🏡 Bypillow Group expands with a 19th-century hotel in Begur, Empordà, featuring 12 individually decorated rooms, a library, and a terrace with local breakfast offerings. Marc Molas highlights the group's focus on year-round operational urban and traditional vacation destinations such as Costa Brava, Ibiza, Mallorca, and Costa del Sol. Bypillow Group aims for 1,500 rooms and 40 hotels by 2026, currently operating or renovating 33 hotels across 13 destinations in Spain and Italy, emphasizing quality, uniqueness, and non-seasonal services.

🏗️ The Loft House Group opened The Loft House Sevilla, their third premium hostel and first in Andalusia, located on Sierpes Street, Sevilla. With a capacity of 70 beds across 11 private, mixed, and female rooms, it features a specialty coffee bar, local pastries, coworking space with mute labs, and a fully equipped kitchen. The Sevilla hostel opened on April 7. The expansion plan includes new hostels in the Basque Country and the Valencian Community.

🏨 Hyatt's main brand The Standard, with the motto “We are anything but standard,” operates 13 properties in New York, Miami, Ibiza, London, Bangkok, Singapore, and Melbourne, focusing on vibrant cultural centers that celebrate local communities and culture. Bunkhouse Hotels, another Hyatt brand, has properties in Texas, Kentucky, California, and Mexico, emphasizing design, music, and local experiences. The StandardX, with hotels in Melbourne and Bangkok, offers industrial spaces and minimalist rooms with intuitive, uncomplicated hospitality. Lastly, The Manner in New York has joined The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, aiming to provide a discreet, refined, and intimate guest experience in a thoughtfully designed setting.

🏨 Hyatt Hotels Corporation is reinforcing its growth in the EAME region, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula and its archipelagos. Spain, with over 50 hotels and 12,720 rooms, is their most significant market in the region. Notable upcoming openings include Thompson Sevilla and a development project in Macenas, Mojácar. The expansion strategy also includes the all-inclusive market, where Hyatt leads globally with over 120 resorts across 10 premium brands. The alliance with Grupo Piñero aims to increase Hyatt's all-inclusive room portfolio by approximately 30% and strengthen its market position in Baleares and Canarias. Hyatt evaluates expansion opportunities across various Spanish cities and is committed to ESG criteria, incorporating practices that reduce carbon footprint and improve energy efficiency. Looking ahead, Hyatt is optimistic about 2025, aiming to consolidate its presence in luxury, lifestyle, resorts, and essential markets in Spain.

📌 Merkel Capital, with a portfolio of over 4,000 beds in Spain, announced a new student residence opening in July in Sevilla with 500 rooms. Located on La Cartuja island, near multiple academic institutions, it includes dual hotel services, two pools, a paddle court, a fully equipped gym, and 24/7 reception. Starting price is €616/month, VAT included. Sevilla has over 70,000 higher education students, and the demand for accommodations exceeds 24,500 from non-local students. Additionally, Merkel Capital has residences in Granada (300 rooms), Málaga (300+ rooms planned), two in Pamplona (700 rooms), and one under construction in Madrid (500 rooms), with future expansion plans in Valencia, Italy, and Portugal.

🏨 Room Mate Hotels opened Mia Room Mate Collection in Rome, a 4-star hotel with 65 rooms near the Colosseum and Roman Forum. The chain, led by Kike Sarasola, now has seven properties in Italy, emphasizing the Italian market's priority. The hotel, a converted early 20th-century school with a neoclassical façade, features a boutique design by Luis García Fraile, with amenities including a rooftop terrace, breakfast until 12 pm, pet-friendly policy, gym, restaurant, bar, 24/7 concierge, and event spaces. The room types are 5 executive, 34 superior, 11 triple, and 15 deluxe.

🏕 Soho now manages over 1,000 beds in Ibiza, Menorca, and Cullera (Valencia) previously under Mij Hotels, focusing on the vacation segment with its Moon Dreams brand. The portfolio includes the 3-star Moon Dreams Coral Beach with 255 rooms in Ibiza, the 4-star Aparthotel Moon Dreams Atlantic with 123 rooms near Es Canar beach, Ibiza; the 3-star Moon Dreams Cullera with 69 rooms near Platja de Sant Antoni (Valencia), and in Menorca, the 4-star Moon Dreams Marina Parc with 240 rooms, Moon Dreams Los Lentiscos Apartments with 180 units, and Cabo de Baños with 42 apartments. Reservations are open from May, except for Aparthotel Moon Dreams Atlantic, Ibiza. Mij Hotels shifts towards the urban segment with seven new additions in prime areas of Madrid, Málaga, and Cádiz, alongside a restructuring plan including a new website launch.

🏡 Casual Hoteles opens its first establishment in Greece, Casual Kubic Athens, as part of its 2025 expansion plan in Europe. After launching a hotel in Milan in February, the company now surpasses 1,000 rooms and approaches its goal of 30 hotels. The Athens hotel is its largest yet with 112 rooms, featuring a buffet breakfast, café, gym, massage room, and roof solarium with panoramic city views, including the Parthenon. The chain plans to theme the hotel with cubist artistic elements, reflecting Greek art and architecture from the 1920s and 30s. With the recent opening of Casual Bahía Ibiza, the brand now operates 27 establishments with 1,026 rooms across 16 destinations in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece.

🏠 Gaiarooms, a digital hotel manager launched earlier this year, expands to Portugal by partnering with Blissful Suites Oporto, marking their first establishment outside Spain. Located in Oporto's metropolitan area, Blissful Suite features over 28 tourist apartments with equipped kitchens. This move is part of Gaiarooms' expansion plan in Portugal, aiming for new additions in key cities. They plan to manage 4,000 rooms by 2028, responding to the high demand for flexible, quality accommodations in Oporto. Enrique Domínguez highlighted Oporto's tourism potential and the fit of Gaiarooms' modern, efficient, and digitalized services.