was founded in Mallorca, Spain, in 1953, as a small family holiday business by the Riu family, the original and current owner, now in its third generation. The company specializes in the holiday hotel trade, and 75% of its establishments offer RIU’s recognized all-inclusive service.

With the launch of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU expanded its product range with its own line of urban hotels, called RIU Plaza. At present, RIU Hotels & Resorts has 100 hotels in 20 countries which last year welcomed more than 4.2 million guests and in which a total of 28,004 employees work.

RIU is currently the world’s 32nd ranked chain, one of the Caribbean’s most popular, the second largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the fourth largest in number of rooms.