Category: Experiences

Meliá Hotels International has announced the opening of its twenty-eighth hotel in Cuba for the end of 2017 in the area of the iconic International Hotel of Varadero. The signing of the agreement with the company Gran Caribe was attended by special guests, the founder and president of the Spanish chain Gabriel Escarrer Juliá and the vice-president Gabriel Escarrer Jaume at the recent inauguration of the hotel Meliá Jardines del Rey, in the framework of the XXXVth International Tourism Festival FITCuba 2015, which will take place on May 5-7 at Jardines del Rey.

A quarter of a century has passed from the moment when Meliá Hotels International dropped anchor in Cuba with the opening of its first hotel, the Sol Palmeras, with an inaugural ceremony on May 10, 1990, in Varadero, until it has currently taken over first place among the foreign chains with a major presence on the Cuban archipelago. For the celebration of the hotel company’s 25th anniversary, its founder and president, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá and its vice-president Gabriel Escarrer Jaume, attended an event at Cayo Coco in honor of the newly inaugurated hotel Meliá Jardines del Rey, in the context of the official activities program of the 35th International Tourism Festival #FITCuba 2015, which took place from May 5 to 7 at Jardines del Rey.

Meliá Hotels International and Cuba: 25 years of history On 10 May 1990, the first hotel by Meliá Hotels International in Cuba, the Sol Palmeras opened its doors in Varadero. Since then, 25 years have passed and today, the chain boasts 25 hotels located in eight of the best tourist destinations on the island, with almost 13, 000 rooms and four of its most renowned brands: 3 Paradisus, 14 Meliá, 8 Sol and 2 Tryp.