SOL MELIA ANNUAL REPORT 00 COMP

MILESTONES 2000· HOTEL GROWTH
Year 2000 data
dDuring the year 2000 the company added a
total of 81 hotels with 14,264 rooms as
follows:
HOTELS BY TYPE
SEGMENT
CITY HOTELS
RESORT HOTELS
HOTELS BY DIVISION
DIVISION
AMERICAS
CUBA
EUROPEAN CITY
EUROPEAN RESORT
HOTELS / ROOMS
53 hotels (7,171 rooms)
28 hotels (7,093 rooms)
HOTELS / ROOMS
7 (1,430 rooms)
6 (2,593 rooms)
46 (5,741 rooms)
22 (4,500 rooms)
“The agreement
between Sol Meliá
and Tryp creates a
giant hotel company
with Spanish
majority capital
and also unites two
complementary
strategies to take on
new projects that
will allow us to
continue our ascent
in the world
ranking”
”
Sebastián Escarrer,
Vice Chairman
Entering the “Top Ten”:
The integration of Tryp Hotels
Sol Meliá growth policy in 2000 was somewhat
marked by an event of tremendous importance
for the future: the purchase of the Tryp
Hotels chain. The deal was sealed on the 21st.
August 2000 and brought with it the extension
of the company’s leadership position in the
Spanish city and resort hotel markets, the consolidation
of its second position in the
European ranking and a position as the leading
hotel company in such important leisure tourism
destinations as Cuba and Tunisia. Above
all, however, this giant leap forward brought
about the entry of Sol Meliá in the world top
ten, the ranking of the 10 largest hotel companies
in the world.
HOTELS BY COUNTRY
COUNTRY
HOTELS / ROOMS
BELGIUM
1 (80 rooms)
BRAZIL
5 (960 rooms)
CUBA
6 (2,593 rooms)
GERMANY
2 (251 rooms)
ITALY
1 (270 rooms)
MOROCCO
1 (147 rooms)
PANAMA
1 (287 rooms)
PERU
1 (183 rooms)
PORTUGAL
2 (260 rooms)
SPAIN
51 (6,783 rooms)
TUNISIA
10 (2,450 rooms)
Commercial and strategic reasons abound for
the purchase of Tryp: the size of the company,
relatively easy to digest but, at the same time,
Tryp Fénix (future Gran Meliá Fénix)
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