Aperturas de hoteles

📅 EasyJet will offer 39.2 million seats globally for the 2025/26 winter season, including over 3.6 million seats for approximately 20,000 flights to and from Spain, available from December 15, 2025, to March 22, 2026. Meliá Hotels International will soon brand a hotel in central Palma, formerly part of UR Hotels. Munich Airport expects over 1,600 flight cancellations due to a 48-hour strike on Thursday. Similarly, strikes will affect German and Greek airports, including a general strike at Athens Airport on Friday. Lufthansa is the lead candidate to acquire 25% of Air Europa for €240 million. Online travel agencies (OTAs) are increasingly selling tickets for tourist attractions. Euroairlines launched a new weekly direct flight between Punta Cana and Paris on February 8, 2025, using an Airbus A330-300 with 388 seats. Renfe's €116 million fine on Talgo for a two-year delay in train deliveries poses a challenge for the manufacturer's stability. Costa Cruceros' Luigi Stefanelli highlights the growth in perceived customer value as the most important indicator, noting an increase in occupancy and price in 2024.

🏡 La Casa del Limonero, a 15th-century palace in the Sevillan neighborhood of Santa Cruz, is now a luxury boutique hotel with 14 rooms across three floors, each uniquely designed. The hotel features a central patio with Mudéjar arches, a garden with lemon and orange trees, a private pool, hammam, and a rooftop with views of Seville's old town. It houses a collection of contemporary art, including works by Olga de Amaral, Manolo Valdés, Joana Vasconcelos, and Malick Sidibé. Managed by Martina Cam, the hotel offers exclusive hospitality with a focus on privacy and comfort, aiming to create unforgettable memories.

✈ World2Fly will launch direct flights between Madrid and Mauritius on June 24, with the route operational from June to September, offering weekly flights every Tuesday. Round-trip tickets are available from 360 euros. In 2025, the airline will also introduce direct flights to La Romana (Dominican Republic) from Madrid and Lisbon with a weekly departure, and to Montego Bay (Jamaica) every Wednesday starting this summer.

🎡 In Benalmádena, Mayor Juan Antonio Lara and Grupo Tremón signed an agreement to transform Tívoli World, including two hotel constructions and a commercial center. Estimated investment ranges from €100-200 million. A urbanistic agreement will be approved within three months, with plans for a thematic park, a 4-star hotel, and at least 200 rooms. The project aims to increase visits and year-round activity, creating around 1,000 jobs. In April 2023, the municipality limited land use to leisure parks, but a November court ruling reopened development options. No opening date is set yet.

🏨 Sirenis Hotels & Resorts expands in Colombia with the addition of the 5-star Grand Sirenis Karmairí Cartagena in partnership with OxoHotel Hospitality Management Group. The hotel offers 147 rooms, all-inclusive experiences, outdoor pool, spa, Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, ice fountains, gym, event space, restaurants, bars, sports areas, and a beach club. Grand Sirenis Karmairí Cartagena complements their San Andrés location, also managed by Oxo Hotels since 2023.

📍 Garden Hotels abrirá un nuevo hotel sostenible en Gomila, Palma de Mallorca, en junio, con 60 habitaciones, espacios de coworking y piscina en la azotea; aCapital asesoró la operación, sumando 14 propiedades de la cadena en Mallorca. ACAVE lucha en Bruselas contra el Real Decreto 933/2021, que exige a agencias de viajes registrar datos de clientes, y amenaza con recurrir la ley si no se excluyen. Grupo Aerticket adquiere Servivuelo en España, anticipando crecimiento y más servicios digitales para 2025.

🏢 In 2024, building reconversions doubled with nearly €900 million invested in asset purchases for transformation, surpassing the €330 million from 2024. Over 200,000 square meters previously functioning as offices became hotels since 2015, with "flex living" gaining prominence recently. Almost 70 use changes identified in 2024, representing over 390,000 m2 undergoing transformation, with 75% of transactions being under €20 million. CBRE reports 80% of reconversions are for living and hotels, with the Living sector leading at 45%, including subproducts like flex living. Madrid leads reconversions, with Generali's building on Alcalá Street becoming the first Radisson Collection in 2027 and other cities like Barcelona and Málaga also registering changes. Over €560 million was invested in flex living from 2019 to mid-2024.

🏕 A family-owned chain will formalize the acquisition of a hotel in Mallorca from a German tour operator on Tuesday. The hotel, located in Cala Ratjada, was part of the R2 Hotels chain owned by Schauinsland Reisen and operated as an adults-only establishment. The four-star property, recently renovated, boasts 119 rooms.

🏡 In New York, 75.5% of new luxury hotels under construction will be independent, positioning as premium destinations. The average daily rate (ADR) for independent hotels has risen by 21.4% since 2019, and the revenue per available room (RevPAR) gap between branded and independent hotels decreased from 18.4% to 11.1% by 2024. The city saw the conversion of 16,000 rooms into immigrant housing and lost 20,000 tourist apartments in 2023 due to Local Law 18. Despite the increased ADR and RevPAR, profitability is challenged by a 22% inflation rate from 2019 to 2024 and rising labor costs.

🏠 In Europe, as of the last quarter of 2024, there are 1,661 hotel projects underway, with 244,464 rooms, 40% of which are under construction. High-category hotels lead with 352 projects and 54,687 rooms, followed by upper-midscale with 322 projects/47,634 rooms, and upscale with 276 projects/43,428 rooms. The UK tops the list with 286 projects/40,305 rooms, Germany with 161 projects/26,461 rooms, and Turkey with 130 projects/19,038 rooms. London has the most developments with 77 hotels/14,820 rooms, followed by Istanbul with 49 projects/7,903 rooms. The five leading countries account for 49% of Europe's hotel projects.