By Gabriel Escarrer Jaume

Vicechairman & CEO

In recent years, Meliá Hotels International hotel has been signing a new hotel every 2 or 3 weeks, with the result that we currently have the largest ever hotel pipeline in our history (number of hotels currently in the process of opening or scheduled to open in the future): 61 hotels with over 16,000 rooms.

This ambitious expansion has brought a gradual acceleration in the rate of new hotel openings, imposing high demands in terms of organization, efficiency, systems, and talent and diversity management. In 2016, the following openings are scheduled:

Europe & Africa

Innside Ostend Frankfurt (Germany)

Innside Aachen (Germany)

Innside Leipzig (Germany)

Meliá Siracusa (Italy)

Sol Costa Atlantis (Tenerife, Spain)

Meliá Llana (Cape Verde)

Sol House Tagazhout (Morocco)

Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques (Madrid, Spain. Rebranding)

America:

Meliá Braco Village (Jamaica)

Innside New York Nomad (USA)

ME Miami (USA)

Meliá Costa Hollywood (USA)

Meliá Trinidad (Cuba)

ME Caracas (Venezuela)

Gran Meliá Nacional Río (Brazil)

Meliá Barra (Brazil)

Asia:

Innside Yogjakarta (Indonesia)

Innside Legian (Indonesia)

Innside Makasar (Indonesia)

Sol Beach House Koh Samui (Thailand)

Meliá Surabaya (Indonesia)

Innside Zhenzhoug (China)

Meliá Shanghai Hongqiao (China)

Meliá Yangon (Myanmar)

Sol House Phu Quoc (Vietnam)

This expansion perfectly illustrates the main aspects of company strategy: firstly, consolidation in 'traditional' destinations in which Meliá and its brands have a high level of brand recognition and competitive advantages, such as the Caribbean, Latin America and European capital cities; and secondly, our growing presence in emerging markets, either with urban brands such as Innside, ME or Meliá, or in resorts with our new Sol concepts.

These 25 hotels in 15 different countries on four continents, with nearly 6,000 rooms all offering the high service standards of our brands and the most efficient management systems, reveal the global nature of our Company more than ever.

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