The hotel
will add to the collection of ‘bleisure’ hotels focused on combining business
travel with urban leisure and lifestyle
Meliá Hotels International and Discovery Fund announced
the signature of an agreement by which the hotel chain, the third largest in
Europe, will add the 5-star hotel, Meliá Lisboa, to its portfolio as part of
an ambitious project which aims to return life to a strategic location in the
city, with the hotel set on the corner of the central Antonio Augusto de Aguiar
and Fontes Pereira de Melo avenues.
The hotel will open in early 2018 with 239 rooms, a
24-hour restaurant adapted to the lifestyle needs of guests, and a panoramic
lounge-bar on the upper terrace with stunning views of the city.
In the essence of ‘bleisure’ (business + leisure)
concepts, the hotel will provide everything needed by guests visiting Lisbon
for a combination of business travel and leisure, while also providing
residents in the city with a meeting point in which to "see and be
seen", with attractive options for dining, drinks and music. Therefore,
the Meliá Lisboa will feature the most modern facilities for conferences and
conventions for between 50 and 550 people,-two floors of parking, and a health
club and a Yhi Spa, the Meliá hotels’ Spa brand, with the highest standards.
In one of the most important destinations for European
tourism, with a growing strength in urban hotels, the new Meliá Lisboa means
Meliá Hotels International continues to grow in Portugal, this time hand in
hand with Discovery Portugal Real Estate Fund, focused on Real Estate &
Tourism assets management in Portugal, with a specialized Real Estate &
Tourism team.
Pedro Seabra, Partner of Discovery Fund, highlighted the importance of this signature to bring an internationally reputed hotel brand into this hotel’s management: “This alliance and the Meliá Lisboa’s project represent the continuation of the excellent work of the Discovery team, with the aim of re- evaluating the Fund's assets. We are also excited to be able to count with the best professionals to make this project a successful reality from 2018.”
For the Vice Chairman and CEO of Meliá, Gabriel Escarrer
Jaume, “We are very excited about the Meliá Lisboa because it combines
architectural innovation in a hotel with the highest standards of quality and
service, with the history of such an emblematic corner of the city of Lisbon,
with the attractiveness that you only find in the centre of the great historic
capital cities in Europe.”
About
Discovery Fund
Discovery Portugal Property Fund manages tourism real
estate assets in Portugal since September 2012, thanks to its specialized team
Real Estate and Tourism. Discovery has an integrated management which produces
economies of scale, synergies, and a high bargaining power to significantly
improve the performance and management of its business and liquidity of its
investors, through the sale of the assets or units of the Fund for
Institutional Investors with exposure to the tourism sector in Portugal. In
carrying out its activity, it acts on the advice Discovery Explorer Investments
SCR, SA, a private investment management company with more experience in the
Portuguese market, and one of the most important in Europe.
About
Meliá Hotels International
Founded in 1956 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Meliá
Hotels International is one of the largest hotel companies worldwide as well as
the absolute leader within the Spanish market. At present, it operates and
distributes more than 365 hotels throughout 40 countries and 4 continents under
the brands: Gran Meliá, Meliá Hotels & Resorts, Paradisus Resorts, ME by
Meliá, Innside by Meliá, Tryp by Wyndham and Sol Hoteles. The strategic focus
on international growth has allowed Meliá Hotels International to be the first
Spanish hotel company with presence in key markets such as China, the Arabian
Gulf or the US, as well as maintaining its leadership in traditional markets
such as Europe, Latin America or the Caribbean. Its high degree of
globalization, a diversified business model, the consistent growth plan
supported by strategic alliances with major investors and its commitment to
responsible tourism are the major strengths of Meliá Hotels International,
being the Spanish Hotel leader in Corporate Reputation (Merco 2014). www.Meliahotelsinternational.com
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