Sol Meliá to Open its 22nd Hotel in Cuba

Spanish hotel chain Sol Meliá has just announced the grand opening of its 22nd establishment in Cuba, scheduled for early 2006. The Meliá-Las Dunas will strengthen the Majorca-based company’s stance as the number-one foreign hotelier on the island nation.

Amaury Escalona, of Sol Meliá’s Cuba Division, told Prensa Latina News Agency that the Meliá-Las Dunas, located on Cayo Santa Maria, an islet off the northern shore of Villa Clara, in central Cuba, will be ready to go in early 2006.

The announcement was made within the framework of the 25th International Tourism Fair in Cuba, where the Spanish giant celebrated fifteen years of operations on the island.

Mr. Escalona remembered that Sol Meliá got its big break in Cuba back in 1990 when it opened the 649-room Sol Palmeras in Varadero, some 89 miles east of Havana.

“As we speak, Sol Meliá runs over 8,000 rooms in 21 hotels all across Cuba. Meliá-Las Dunas will be our 22nd resort,” he said.