Spanish hotel group Riu Hotels & Resorts has completed its 25 years in Mexico and to mark the historic occasion, the hotel group has inaugurated a new 5-star establishment with 428 rooms on the beach in Cancun, Riu Palace Kukulkan.
The new hotel offers 24-hour all-inclusive service and is adults only. Over the past 25 years, Mexico has become Riu’s main international destination with 22 hotels in five Caribbean and Pacific states, which have a total of 12,000 rooms and provide employment to almost 9,000 collaborators, says a press statement.
The statement adds that the rooms at the new hotel are bright and spacious with views of the Caribbean Sea and a colour palette dominated by natural and earth tones, giving the rooms a warm feel. Reception has sophisticated decor with ever-elegant marble and wood, which, in combination with the indirect, modest lighting, give guests a warm welcome. Enormous green columns preside over the lobby and contrast with the comfortable curved white sofas that add distinction in combination with the spectacular lighting fixtures.
The new hotel offers guests a wide array of culinary choices with a total of seven restaurants. While the main restaurant is Don Julio that offers a great buffet with terrace, it also has a Japanese restaurant Sunakku, the Krystal with fusion food, a Mexican restaurant la Casa de las Flores, an Italian restaurant Rossini, a poolside steakhouse perfect for meat lovers, and the grill Pepe’s Food with barbecue delights served throughout the day.
The hotel also offers four pools in addition to direct beach access from the hotel. The guests will also have wellness and beauty services available at Renova Spa. The new Riu Palace Kukulkan boasts a privileged location on the beach and across from the popular “La Isla” shopping centre. It is also well connected to the archaeological areas of the Yucatan as well as the city of Cancun and its international airport (CUN).
One of the new hotel’s special features is that interested guests will be able to book Elite Club by Riu rooms. Guests selecting this exclusive service will have access to separate and personalised check-in and late check-out, a welcome gift, aromatherapy and a premium beverage dispenser, among many other perks. Guests who choose the new Elite Club option will also receive a special welcome with a letter from the hotel manager, a gift with the Elite Club logo and a bottle of wine or cava to celebrate the start of their holiday.
With this new opening, the hotel chain now has 22 hotels at six destinations in Mexico. Besides the five in Cancun, the group has three each in Costa Mujeres, Los Cabos, Riviera Nayarit and six in Playa del Carmen, where the Riu Yucatan was the first hotel that the chain opened in Mexico in 1997.