Aperturas de hoteles

🎭 Mundosenior, a tourism operator for seniors, prepares for the 2024-2025 season with 11 new cultural circuits due to high demand, especially in Cádiz and Málaga. Senator Hotels & Resorts will manage a new 40-room 'Hotel Indigo' in Gandia, opening June 2025, with a €7 million investment. During the pandemic, Spain lost 5% of its lower category hotels (from 9,750 to 9,270) but gained 5% in higher categories, adding 30 five-star and 168 four-star hotels.

🏨 España perdió 500 hoteles de categorías inferiores durante la pandemia de 2020, dejando un total de 9.270 establecimientos en 2023, una reducción del 5% desde 2019. Por el contrario, hoteles de cuatro y cinco estrellas aumentaron un 5%, sumando 2.852 establecimientos. Esto incluye 30 nuevos hoteles de cinco estrellas y 168 de cuatro estrellas. El promedio de plazas hoteleras abiertas en 2023 alcanzó 1.536.124, 18.540 plazas más que antes de la pandemia. Hay 193 proyectos hoteleros en desarrollo, sumando 24.363 habitaciones.

🏖 Puro Group to open Purobeach Resort Santa Ponsa-Oasis del Mar in Santa Ponsa (Mallorca) in summer 2025. The resort, formerly Hotel Club Santa Ponsa, purchased by 12.18 group, will feature 160 rooms, two pools, restaurants, bars, sports and relaxation areas, spa and wellness services. Puro Hotels has four establishments in Mallorca and beach clubs in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. CEO Beltrán Álvarez de Estrada highlights the resort as an innovative market experience and a milestone for the group.

🏢 Wolrd2Meet (W2M) has surpassed 200 sales points, reaching 202. The premium brand Grand Azulmarino boasts 16 physical stores. The retail division aims to close 2025 with 300 points of sale, including 100 franchises, focusing on expansion in key Spanish regions. Viajes El Corte Inglés leads with 540 agencies in Spain, followed by Ávoris' Halcón (476 offices) and B travel (365). Nautalia, with around 235 sales points, focuses on maximizing profits over expansion.

🏡 CEO Jacob Fernández from a specialized distribution company has announced hotel availability for the upcoming season: 14 in Andalucía, 8 in Comunidad Valenciana, 7 in Cataluña, 5 in both Baleares and Canarias. Bookings can be made from October to June of the following year. Mundiplan, supported by Iberia, IAG7, and Alsa, offers hotels not included in the Imserso program, with exclusive destinations for this season using regular and charter flights.

📖 Turoperador Mundiplan, a partnership of Iberia, IAG7, and Alsa, offers a senior tourism program with over 100,000 spots across national and international destinations, including special programs. Sales start on September 12 for travel in the upcoming autumn at 39 hotels in five autonomous communities in Spain. The company saw a 20% growth in its second season, exceeding first-year figures. New destinations include European capitals, Northern and Central Africa, South America, and Asia.

📅 Azulmarino, part of World2Meet (W2M), enters the franchise business with about 30 sales points, planning to expand to 100 by the end of 2026. Manuel Millán, franchise director, aims to modernize franchises, focusing on quality in-store travel experiences with online reach, targeting high-value customers preferring personalized service. Competitors include Viajes Carrefour, Halcón Viajes, and B travel. ????

🏗️ Dubai to open four new hotels in 2024, adding to its current over 820 hotels and 150,000 rooms. The Delano Dubai in Bluewaters Island will feature 251 rooms, 81 suites, and will open in October. Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab, a five-star hotel designed by architect Shaun Killa, is set to open by the end of 2024. Six Senses The Palm Dubai promises 60 rooms, 162 private residences, and a world-renowned spa, opening in the latter part of the year. Mama Shelter caters to millennials and budget travelers with 197 rooms in Business Bay, also launching this year.

🏡 In Barcelona, the iconic Gran Meliá Torre Melina, originally inaugurated for the 1992 Olympics, reopens in 2023 after a €40 million investment. Under Meliá Hotels International, it has recovered nearly all former employees and created 150 new jobs, totaling around 400 staff. The hotel's indirect economic impact is estimated at €100 million annually. It boasts 25,000 m² of modernist gardens, 391 rooms and suites, 18 event spaces, and a new rooftop with meeting facilities.

💰 Imserso's 2024-2025 senior tourism program to start in October with sales in September. Airbnb in New York faces restrictions on short-term rentals under a law implemented in September 2023. The Airbus A350 fleet, operated by a few airlines, is under scrutiny after Cathay Pacific's inspection. Canarias launches a senior tourism program "Canarias se mueve +55". Riu Palace Bavaro in the Dominican Republic reopens with a complete renovation, now offering 994 rooms. Meliá and Rafa Nadal's first urban Zel hotel to open on Madrid's Gran Vía 25 by 2025. Hotel bookings show a shift towards shorter stays and fewer families. One in three of the world's top restaurants is Spanish, with Disfrutar leading the 2024 rankings. Steps for seniors to register for Imserso travel for the first time are outlined.