Meliá Hotels International, the first Spanish hotel to operate in China, announced further growth in the country with the signature of a management agreement for a new hotel in the city of Chongqing, the result of an intense globalization process that defines the growth strategy of the company.

RIU Hotels & Resorts touches down in the city of New York. The chain has just entered into a contract to purchase a plot in the heart of Manhattan, just a stone’s throw away from Times Square. The Riu Plaza New York Times Square will be situated where 8th Avenue meets 46th Street, surrounded by the most famous theatres on Broadway and next to Restaurant Row.