Meliá Hotels Adds Spain’s Villaitana Resort to Portfolio

Spanish hotel group Meliá Hotels International announced the addition of the Villaitana resort, on the Costa Blanca in Alicante, Spain, to the company’s portfolio. The property will be operated under a lease agreement and will open shortly under the company’s Meliá Hotels & Resorts brand.

The resort occupies 1.6 million square meters and is located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sierra de Finestrat mountains, set amidst two Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses. The property consists of 25 separate buildings that are intended to emulate a Mediterranean village with its own church, main square and 455 rooms.

The new Meliá Villaitana also boasts 5,000 square meters of outdoor swimming pools, 12 restaurants and bars, tennis and paddle tennis courts, kids club, artificial beach and a fully equipped spa with treatment rooms, thermal pools, gym and relaxation area. The 6,000-square-meter convention center can be divided into 17 rooms, as well as a main function room.

The Spanish hotel company has also begun work on a comprehensive regeneration project in Magalluf. The first phase of the project will be ready to open in June of this year.

Calvià Beach Resort by Sol Hotels is the name of the resort which will open its doors this summer, integrating four different hotels -- the Sol Antillas and Sol Barbados, and the two hotels added in 2011 through a joint venture with its partner Evert -- the Royal Beach and Mallorca Beach. Both hotels are being fully renovated.

The Royal Beach Hotel will feature outdoor sports and the installation of two wave pools by Wave House, accompanied by a modern bar, a sports bar, a grill and snack bar, and a Wave House store. In addition, the hotel will also renovate all of its guestrooms and public areas. The Mallorca Beach Hotel will change its name to Beach House Hotel by Sol, boasting a Nikki Beach club.