Meliá Accommodations Worldwide and Tennis Participant Rafael Nadal launch ZEL, A New Life-style Resort Model

A Celebration of The Mediterranean Life-style, ZEL Will Open its First Location
in Mallorca in 2023 With International Enlargement Plans Over the Subsequent 5 Years.

MADRID, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tennis participant Rafael Nadal and Gabriel Escarrer, CEO of Meliá Accommodations Worldwide, have introduced the launch of ZEL, a brand new model of resort and concrete leisure accommodations that may first function in Spain, and increase in key locations all through Europe, the Center East, Asia and the Americas.

The three way partnership between Rafael Nadal and Meliá Accommodations Worldwide, each from Mallorca, Spain, goals to create a novel hospitality expertise centered on basic Mediterranean character all through numerous world locations. The new model will even have a spread of various companions in delicacies, design, well-being and know-how.

“Melia’s worldwide expertise of greater than 65 years in creating and managing luxurious accommodations and Rafael Nadal’s inspirational management and have come collectively to create this distinctive model we current in the present day,” stated Gabriel Escarrer, CEO of Meliá Accommodations Worldwide. “ZEL, an revolutionary, energetic resort model, will appeal to and shock a brand new technology of vacationers which can be in search of new methods to concentrate on well-being and journey sustainably. We’re so completely happy to announce this particular partnership with such an admired icon like Rafa.”

“As a Spaniard, a Mallorcan and a worldwide traveler, the launch of this resort model is a challenge that I’ve had in my thoughts for a very long time,” stated Rafael Nadal. “ZEL can be synonymous with feeling good and having fun with the Mediterranean way of life. I used to be actually drawn to this new idea with Meliá from the beginning and I’m assured that ZEL can be a big success and can be loved by each sort of traveler.”

The expansion plan contains greater than 20 ZEL accommodations in 5 years, specializing in locations that appeal to leisure vacationers in key areas the place Meliá Accommodations Worldwide operates. The model will open its first resort in Mallorca in 2023, with plans to open in locations on the Mediterranean coast and in main cities comparable to Madrid, Paris and London.

ZEL will embody the Mediterranean, centered on a ardour for the outside, scrumptious delicacies, designed with spacious, brilliant areas, providing a connection to nature, the sky and the ocean. ZEL resort visitors will be capable of rejuvenate their physique and soul via uniquely curated well-being experiences with each private and group actions centered on bodily train and health. 

ZEL will provide an inspiring new home-away-from-home resort expertise that evokes the Mediterranean lifestyle, with a courtyard on the coronary heart of every resort, serving as a heart for circulation and connection. The courtyard, an architectural function that’s outstanding all through the Mediterranean, will result in different public areas together with terraces, rooftops or seashore golf equipment, providing visitors panoramic views of gorgeous locations.  Friends of ZEL will even have entry to a digital group the place they’ll share their experiences and proceed having fun with the Mediterranean way of life as soon as their keep is over. 

One in all the many highlights of the resort expertise can be rotating pop-ups, that includes native crafters, artists, magnificence merchandise and culinary choices, encouraging exploration and interactions with the local people. 

All of these choices mixed with a vibrant environment, a informal, but upscale design, genuine delicacies, considerate well-being programming, and surprising experiences will create a brand new journey model that can be cherished by all vacationers. 

About Meliá Accommodations Worldwide

Based in 1956 in Mallorca (Spain), Meliá Accommodations Worldwide operates greater than 380 accommodations (portfolio and pipeline) all through greater than 40 international locations, underneath the manufacturers Gran Meliá Accommodations & Resorts, Paradisus by Meliá, ME by Meliá, Meliá Accommodations & Resorts, ZEL, The Meliá Assortment, INNSiDE by Meliá, Sol by Meliá and Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá, plus a large portfolio of affiliated accommodations underneath the “Affiliated by Meliá” community. The Group is likely one of the main firms in resort accommodations worldwide, whereas additionally leveraging its expertise to consolidate the rising phase of the leisure-inspired city market. Its dedication to accountable tourism has led the Group to grow to be probably the most sustainable resort firm in Spain and Europe, in keeping with the final S&P International Company Sustainability Evaluation (Silver Class). It additionally has ranked seventh within the Wall Road Journal’s record of the 100 most sustainably managed firms on the planet (and the main journey firm) and is the one Spanish journey firm included within the record of “Europe’s Local weather Leaders 2021″ by Monetary Instances. Meliá Accommodations Worldwide can also be included within the IBEX 35 Spanish inventory market.  For extra info, go to www.meliahotelsinternational.com

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