Aperturas de hoteles

🏖️ Secrets Playa Blanca Costa Mujeres features 507 rooms, including Preferred Club rooms with terrace bathtubs, seafront suites, and 10 with access to exclusive pools, as well as butler service and access to the Preferred Club Lounge, a beachfront bar, and an infinity pool. The resort offers nine dining establishments, eight bars and lounges, four pools (two infinity pools facing the sea, one private Preferred Club pool), over 9,000 square feet of meeting space, and 11 outdoor venue options. It will also feature a gym expected to open this summer and a spiritual pool inside the Secrets Spa. Gabriel Felip, President of Latin America and the Caribbean at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, highlighted the resort’s commitment to luxury and its strengthening of Hyatt's presence in the Mexican Caribbean. Bernardo Cuento, Secretary of Tourism for Quintana Roo, emphasized the investment's impact on the region's global tourist appeal and economic growth. Secrets Playa Blanca was also the venue for the Cancun Travel Mart welcome cocktail during its official inauguration.

💰 Rafael García Garrido, director of Nautalia since September 2015, emphasizes profitability over volume in the travel agency business. Nautalia, one of Spain's top five agencies, has had three consecutive years of record profits, including positive results in 2018 and 2019. By the end of the fiscal year on October 31, the agency expects an Ebitda exceeding eight million euros, up 20% from the historic 2023. The sale of Wamos Air allowed Nautalia to pay off its SEPI debt and achieve zero debt status.

🏨 Travelodge is expanding in Spain with three new hotels totaling 263 rooms in San Sebastián, Cádiz, and Alicante. The San Sebastián hotel will have 78 rooms and begin construction in 2025. Cádiz's hotel will offer 103 rooms with construction starting in spring 2025, while the Alicante hotel will feature 82 rooms with a summer 2025 construction commencement. The chain currently operates 11 hotels in Spain, targeting further expansion into major cities.

🚀 CEO Carlos Muñoz of Volotea aims to double the airline's business in five years due to the surge in short-haul connections. Europe's potential market of 510 million people includes 330 million in cities with limited air links. Volotea currently operates 450 routes, targeting 1,000 profitable ones. Aegean's investment in Volotea could reach 21% by 2025, contributing €25 million of a planned €50 million injection, with another €50 million expected before the next year's first quarter. Volotea is eyeing Milan Linate airport slots amid Ita Airways' acquisition by Lufthansa.

🏠 Grupo Numa, with its headquarters in Berlin and managing over 8,000 units across Europe, is set to expand in the Iberian Peninsula by opening 132 boutique apartments in Valencia's old town, 200 meters from the Mercat Central in Q2 2026. The apartments are owned by Straco Real Estate Iberia. This marks a significant milestone in Numa's strategic growth, targeting both the tourist and business travel markets. Last year, Numa acquired a service apartment platform in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, and signed an asset in Málaga slated to open in 2025, aiming to grow in Spanish cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Santander, and Palma de Mallorca.

🏨 Juan Socías, founder of JS Hotels, passed away at 98 on Friday in Can Picafort, Mallorca. Born in 1926 in Sa Pobla, Socías started his hotel career in 1956, buying Hotel Miramar in Puerto de Alcudia with his wife, Catalina Fornés. Now led by his daughter Margarita Socías Fornés and grandson Juan Socías Beltrán, JS Hotels owns 13 hotels, including the first urban hotel, JS Palma Plaza, opened in April 2023. His funeral is scheduled for Monday, October 21, at 19:30 in Can Picafort's church.

🏡 Renaissance Hotels, a Marriott International brand, opened the Renaissance Panama City Hotel, featuring 214 rooms and suites, with 174 currently operational. Located in Panama City's financial heart, the hotel provides a gastronomic offering with its Lila restaurant and Jota's Bar, 24-hour Renaissance Fitness gym, an outdoor pool, and 11 meeting spaces. Marriott International's president for the Caribbean and Latin America, Brian King, highlights the design and discovery elements of the brand.

🏙 Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG), based in Dubai, led by Spaniard Antonio González and Lebanese-Canadian Nazih Hafez, expands with METT Singapore joining Sunset Hotels & Resorts—its hotel division directed by Spaniard Jaime Buxó. METT Singapore becomes the third establishment under the brand, alongside Marbella-Estepona and Bodrum, and Barcelona's Gran Hotel La Florida. SHG pursues its global expansion strategy, reinforcing its presence in Southeast Asia after opening Sushisamba Singapore in Capital Tower. The historically rich Fort Canning hotel, located in the heart of Singapore, will be fully renovated in phases and will operate under the METT Hotels & Resorts brand, embodying luxury and authenticity. Antonio González, SHG's President and CEO, emphasizes commitment to expansion in key global markets while respecting cultural and historical roots, recognizing Singapore and South Asia's potential.

🏦 Grupo Wamos completed a third repayment of €67.4 million plus interest to Sepi, following partial repayments of €9.6 million in July and €8 million in December 2023. The Grupo Abra acquired Wamos Air, maintaining its brand and team post-CNMC approval in August, after a deal in May. A portfolio of nine 4-star Silken Hoteles in Spain, with over 1,600 rooms, is up for sale between €240-250 million by Pygmalion and CBRE Investment Management.

🏨 Mercure Hotels opened its 1,000th establishment, a significant milestone since its inception in 1973. Key openings contributing to this number include Mercure London Earls Court, UK; Mercure Chandigarh Tribune Chowk, India; Mercure Fukuoka Munakata Resort & Spa, Japan; Mercure Marival Emotions Resort, Mexico; and Mercure Nantong Renmin Road, China. The brand has expanded notably in China with 30 new hotels in 2023, 9 in August alone, and doubled its presence in Japan with 11 new Mercure openings in April. Mercure celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, emphasizing its commitment to "local discovery" with over 1,000 hotels in 68 countries. Interesting new openings include the first hotel in Albania in March, the world's largest Mercure in Singapore with 989 rooms, and the Mercure London Earls Court in July.