Hotel Riu Palace Meloneras Reopens Following Property Wide Renovation

Resort re-launched as a 5-star hotel with contemporary design, fully renovated rooms and new bars and restaurants - an investment of 30 million Euros

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. September 02, 2014

Palma de Mallorca, September 2, 2014 - The Hotel Riu Palace Meloneras, which originally opened in 1997, shows its new image today, the 29th of August, with an increase from 4 to 5 stars. The refurbishment of this iconic hotel located in the south of Gran Canaria involved a 30 million Euro investment; it has been carried out both on the complex's exteriors and interiors, following the new style that the RIU Hotels chain is introducing for its latest projects.

The 449 rooms, both in the main building and in the garden villas, have been fully refurbished with contemporary furniture and modern services, such as 42-inch satellite flat screen televisions, electronic safes and free Wi-Fi Internet throughout the hotel. One novelty will be a new 32-room building located right on the Meloneras promenade, in which all the rooms have a unique view of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Riu Palace Meloneras exteriors have also been fully redesigned to give them a modern, relaxed and sophisticated design. The resort will have six swimming pools. Two of these are infinity pools, which feature the Blue de Mar pool bar and the Ocean's View pool snack-bar, which at night will offer guests all the pleasures of Spanish cuisine; another three pools are dedicated to water sports and full relaxation by a solarium terrace; and another is for the hotel's young visitors. All these are heated during the winter months.

With its refurbishment, the resort also has a new main restaurant, the Magnolia, which has a spacious terrace with capacity for most of the hotel's guests; so diners can have breakfast or dinner in the open air enjoying the marvellous climate of the Canary Islands, 365 days a year. Furthermore, the resort will continue to offer the Krystal restaurant, a favourite among guests for its originality and quality, and which also has new, up-to-date, interior decor.

Night-time entertainment is guaranteed in the renovated lounge bar Le Baroque, with live music and shows several times a week, as well as the Rose Mar lobby bar, which also has a large outdoor terrace.

The style and service of RIU Hotels, as well as an exceptional location on the seafront, just 800 metres from the famous Maspalomas dunes, have made the Riu Palace Meloneras one of the world's most popular RIU hotels. This resort has a very popular client base, and 65% of its guests repeat the experience; they are waiting expectantly for its reopening.

For further information and reservation: www.riu.com

About RIU Hotels & Resorts

The international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family's third generation. The company specialises in holiday resorts and nearly 70% of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has more than 100 hotels in 16 countries which welcome over 3,5 million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 27,107 employees. RIU is currently the world's 29th ranked chain, one of the Caribbean's most popular, the largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the third largest in number of rooms.