RIU Hotels
Spanish hotel chain
RIU Hotels & Resorts is a Spanish hotel chain. It was founded by the Riu family as a small holiday hotel. The first hotel was Riu San Francisco in Mallorca. The RIU Hotels & Resorts chain is owned by the Riu family's third generation. The RIU Hotels chain now expanded in most Spanish-speaking countries, but also others. It has more than 90 hotels in the main tourist destinations such as Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
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| Company type | Hospitality |
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| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | Mallorca, Spain |
Key people | Carmen Riu, Luis Riu |
| Products | Riu Hotel, Riu ClubHotel, Riu Palace, Riu Plaza |
| Revenue | $1.63 billion (Dec 2008) |
Number of employees | 25,150 (2012) |
| Website | www.riu.com |
