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Spanish Hotel Chain Ratifies Leadership in Cuba

CUBA, December 23, 2010.-The Spanish hotel chain Sol Melia ratified in 2010 its leadership in the Cuban tourism industry with the inauguration of its 25th hotel Meliá Buenavista, in Santa Maria Key.

With this new tourist facility, the hotel chain now runs 21 percent of Cuba’s total lodging capacity.

President of Sol Melia Cuba Operation Gabriel Garcia said the Spanish chain is interested in expanding its operations in Cuba.

Thirty-one percent of Cuba’s four and five star hotels are run by the Spanish group.

In 20 years of operations in Cuba, Melia has accommodated more than 50 million tourists with revenues amounting to some 3.7 billion dollars.

He said that 30 percent of the two million visitors to Cuba every year prefer to stay at the Melia hotels.

The Spanish chain has received several international and Cuban awards, as well, for the high quality of the services it provides, particularly its five-star hotels, among them Melia Cohiba in Havana and Meliá Varadero and Tryp Península Varadero in the world-famous beach resort.

On May 10, 1990, Melia started its operations in Cuba with the opening of the hotel Sol Palmeras in Varadero.

Nowadays it operates 10,444 hotel rooms distributed nation wide.  (Cubaminrex-Cuban News Agency)

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