The Riu Puerto Marina Benalmádena will be opening its doors in June '05

In June 2005, the RIU chain will inaugurate its seventh establishment in Malaga and its tenth in Andalusia: the Riu Puerto Marina Benalmádena in the locality of the same name.

This new 4-star establishment will have 280 rooms and offer the classic half-board formula.

The hotel will boast the ultimate in comfortable installations, excellent cuisine and the hallmark service that distinguishes the RIU chain.

Other RIU establishments in Malaga are: Riu Mónica in Nerja, Riu Belplaya, Riu Nautilus and Luca Costa Lago in Torremolinos, Riu Rincón Andaluz in Marbella and Riu Ferrara in Torrox.

The chain also has 1 hotel in Cadiz (ClubHotel Riu Chiclana) and 2 in Huelva (Riu Canela and Riu Atlántico).

For the past five years, Andalusia has been one of RIU's preferential growth areas, with high levels of occupancy and a clientele from a wide range of origin markets.

RIU Hotels & Resorts (www.riu.com) is one of the world's leading holiday chains and the 29th ranked chain in terms of number of rooms.

Since it was founded in Majorca in 1953, the chain has been exclusively devoted to sun and sand holiday tourism.

The chain has hotels in 15 countries all over the world, a total of 111 hotels and 16,000 employees in all