Snoecks named general manager of Meliá Chiang Mai
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Meliá Chiang Mai appoints GM

Thailand: The Meliá Chiang Mai hotel, which is set to open later this year, has announced Edward E. Snoecks as its general manager. Snoecks has over thirty years of hospitality experience in both Europe and Asia. Most recently, Snoecks managed the pre-opening of Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel Bangkok & The Residences

Meliá sells eight Spanish properties
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Meliá sells eight Spanish hotels

Spain: Meliá Hotels International has sold a 92.5 per cent share in eight properties to Bankinter, with GMA Corp acting as managing partner of a newly formed brand Victoria Hotels & Resorts. The eight hotels are set to undergo full renovations and upscale repositioning following an investment of €125 million. Once

Meliá Hotels International to open Chiang Mai property
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Meliá Hotels to open Chiang Mai property

Thailand: Owned by Asset World Corporation and launching by Meliá Hotels International, a 260-key hotel next to the River Ping in Chiang Mai is slated to open its doors in Q4 2021. Meliá Chiang Mai will comprise a 22-floor tower fronted by an adjoining seven-floor podium building.  It will feature

Meliá Hotels partners with Gino D'Acampo for UK INNSiDE by Meliá hotels
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Meliá Hotels announces UK partnership with Gino D’Acampo

UK: Meliá Hotels International will roll out a series of Italian dining restaurants and bars in partnership with Italian chef Gino D’Acampo across INNSiDE by Meliá hotels. The menus at these dining locations will only include dishes created by D’Acampo and his team. INNSiDE Manchester will be the first collaboration

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Meliá INNSiDE Newcastle appoints senior team

UK: Ahead of the new opening from Meliá Hotels International, a cluster general manager, cluster director of sales, cluster revenue manager and sales manager has been appointed at the Newcastle hotel. Following the government’s announcement of Tier Three restrictions in Newcastle, INNSiDE Newcastle has postponed its mid-December opening until 2021.

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Meliá Hotels announces opening of INNSiDE Newcastle

UK: Spain’s largest hotel group, Meliá Hotels International, will open the 161-room INNSiDE Newcastle hotel on 14 December 2020. Located on the historical Quayside with views across the River Tyne, the hotel has been designed by Faulknerbrowns Architects.  It has five creative meeting spaces with maximum capacity for 170. The

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Gran Meliá Arusha opens in Tanzania

Africa: Luxury Spanish hotel brand, Gran Meliá Hotels & Resorts, have announced the opening of their first property in Africa – Gran Meliá Arusha. Gran Meliá Arusha is the latest addition to the collaboration between Meliá Hotels International and Albwardy Investment LLC, its parent company. Based in the heart of

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Meliá to expand INNSiDE by Meliá Brand into resort destinations

Spain: Meliá Hotels International has announced plans to revamp its INNSiDE by Meliábrand. Previously focused on centrally located, urban lifestyle hotels, in 2019 INNSiDE by Meliá will expand to resort destinations in order to bring a stronger leisure and wellness offering to its portfolio, Meliá said. Meliá said the move