RIU Hotels

Infobox_Company
company_name = RIU Hotels
company_
company_type = Hospitality
foundation = 1953: RIU Hotels founded 1993: Partnered with TUI
company_slogan = "Tradition, Quality, Style, Experience, Service"
location = Majorca, Spain
key_people = Carmen Riu, Luis Riu
num_employees = 18,000 (2006)
clients = 2.1 billion industry = Tourism industry
products = RIU Hotel, RIU ClubHotel, RIU Palace, Riu Grand Palace
revenue = $1.3 billion (2006)
homepage = [http://www.riu.com/ www.riu.com]

RIU Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain jointly owned by tour operator TUI AG and the Riu family.cite press release | title = Riu Hotels: From a Small Family Business to an International Company | publisher = Hotel Online | date = September 2001 | url = http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2001_3rd/Sept01_RIU.html | accessdate = 2006-07-16 ] The business was founded in 1953 by the Riu family when they bought a modest 80-bed hotel in Majorca.cite press release | title = Dynamic Leisure Corporation Signs a Net Rate Contract with RIU Hotels & Resorts | publisher = AllBusiness.com, Inc. | date = April 26 2007 | url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4326083-1.html | accessdate = 2007-07-13 ] The company, in 2007, is Spain's second largest hotel chain with 45,000 beds in 110 hotels in 18 countries. It has 18,000 employees and serves 2.1 million clients per year. There are RIU Hotels in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, Europe and Africa.

Hotels and Resorts

Aruba

Palm Beach

* Hotel Riu Palace Aruba

Bahamas

Paradise Island

* Hotel Riu Paradise Island

Bulgaria

Obzor

* ClubHotel Riu Miramar
* Hotel Riu Helios Bay

Sunny Beach

* ClubHotel Riu Evrika
* Hotel Riu Helena Park
* Hotel Riu Helios
* Hotel Riu Palace Helena Sands

Cape Verde

Boa Vista

* ClubHotel Riu Karamboa - "opening 31st October 2008"

Island of Sal

* ClubHotel Riu Funana
* ClubHotel Riu Garopa

Croatia

Island of Brac

* Hotel Riu Velaris

Cyprus

Paphos

* Hotel Riu Cypria Bay
* Hotel Riu Cypria Maris
* Hotel Riu Cypria Resort

Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

* Hotel Riu Palace Macau
* Hotel Riu Palace Punta Cana
* ClubHotel Riu Bambu
* Hotel Riu Taino
* Hotel Riu Naiboa

Puerto Plata

* ClubHotel Riu Merengue
* ClubHotel Riu Mambo
* ClubHotel Riu Bachata

Jamaica

Negril

* Hotel Riu Tropical Bay
* ClubHotel Riu Negril

Ocho Rios

* ClubHotel Riu Ocho Rios

Montego Bay

* "Hotel Riu Montego Bay" Opens September 2008

Madeira

Caniço de Baixo

* Hotel Riu Palace Madeira

Malta

Mellieha Bay

* Hotel Riu Seabank

Mexico

Playa del Carmen

* Hotel Riu Palace Riviera Maya
* Hotel Riu Palace Mexico
* ClubHotel Riu Tequila
* Hotel Riu Yucatan
* Hotel Riu Lupita
* Hotel Riu Playacar

Cancun

* Hotel Riu Palace Las Americas
* Hotel Riu Cancun
* Hotel Riu Caribe

Puerto Vallarta

* ClubHotel Riu Jalisco
* Hotel Riu Vallarta
* "Hotel Riu Palace Pacifico" OPENING SOON

Cabo San Lucas

* Hotel Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas
* Hotel Riu Santa Fe

Morocco

Agadir

* ClubHotel Riu Tikida Dunas
* Hotel Riu Tikida Beach

Portugal

Olhos D'Agua

* ClubHotel Riu Guarana
* Hotel Riu Palace Algarve

Spain

Andalusia

* ClubHotel Riu Chiclana
* Hotel Riu Atlantico
* Hotel Riu Belplaya
* Hotel Riu Ferrara
* Hotel Riu Monica
* Hotel Riu Nautilus
* Hotel Riu Puerto Marina Benalmadena

Catalonia

* Hotel Riu Olot

Balearic Islands

* ClubHotel Riu Romantica
* ClubHotel Riu Tropicana
* Hotel Riu Bonanza Park
* Hotel Riu Bravo
* Hotel Riu Camp de Mar
* Hotel Riu Concordia
* Hotel Riu Festival
* Hotel Riu La Mola
* Hotel Riu Palace Bonanza Playa
* Hotel Riu Playa Cala Millor
* Hotel Riu Playa Park
* Hotel Riu San Francisco

Canary Islands

* Apartamentos Riu Olivina Coral
* Aparthotel Riu Adeje
* Aparthotel Riu Flamingo
* ClubHotel Riu Gran Canaria
* ClubHotel Riu Oliva Beach Resort
* ClubHotel Riu Paraiso Lanzarote Resort
* ClubHotel Riu Vistamar
* Hotel Riu Arecas
* Hotel Riu Calypso
* Hotel Riu Don Miguel
* Hotel Riu Garoe
* Hotel Riu Grand Palace Maspalomas Oasis
* Hotel Riu Olivina
* Hotel Riu Palace El Palacete
* Hotel Riu Palace Jandia
* Hotel Riu Palace Maspalomas
* Hotel Riu Palace Meloneras Resort
* Hotel Riu Palace Tenerife
* Hotel Riu Palace Tres Islas
* Hotel Riu Palmeras / Bung Riu Palmitos
* Hotel Riu Papayas
* Hotel Riu Waikiki

Tunisia

Hammamet

* Hotel Riu Palace Oceana Hammamet
* Hotel Riu Park El Kebir

Island of Djerba

* Hotel Riu Palace Royal Garden

Mahdia

* Hotel Riu El Mansour

Port el Kantaoui

* ClubHotel Riu Bellevue Park
* Hotel Riu Green Park
* Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba

United States

Florida

* Hotel Riu Florida Beach

Former Hotels

Riu Turquesa and Riu Las Morlas, Varadero, Cuba

References

External links

* [http://www.riu.com/ Official RIU Website]
* [http://www.pharveyrice.plus.com/RiuBambu/RiuHotels&Resorts.kmz Unofficial Google Earth Overlay showing all Riu Resort locations (needs Google Earth)]