Luis and Roberto Riu Rodríguez: key figures in the generational handover at the RIU Community
Palma de Mallorca – Luis Riu Rodríguez and Roberto Riu Rodríguez, the sons of Luis Riu Güell and members of the fourth abilities of the Riu family, be pleased conducted a truly crucial characteristic at the chain for numerous years, leading expansion projects and analysing investment opportunities, to boot to working in the RIU Community’s Technical Recommendation Place of job (GAT), which is guilty for the chain’s essential refurbishment projects and designing, constructing and fitting out all of the company’s recent hotels. Having in the foundation implemented this process alongside their father, they’re now flying solo and each of the brothers oversees certain areas and projects.
As well, they both promote and organize RIU’s strategic decarbonisation challenge in preserving with self-offer. Since the begin of this initiative, they’ve analysed and supervised the create and set up of 24 photovoltaic projects in 23 hotels, which be pleased enthusiastic an investment of greater than 8,6 milliona total of 7,375 tonnes of CO2 emissions shunned.
RIU’s enterprise model is in preserving with supervising every challenge all of the fashion down to the final detail so the chain can preserve watch over the products and companies and products that it provides to its guests. This vogue that a member of the family leads your entire route of, from deciding on the put of an establishment to overseeing the create, building, amenities and operation of a hotel. That’s why the work of both brothers performs a key characteristic in guaranteeing the continuity of this enterprise model now that the RIU Community has undertaken the generational handover.
Luis Riu Rodríguez is Luis Riu Güell’s eldest son. He studied economics at the College of Kent in the UK and additionally holds a grasp’s level in economics from america in California and each other grasp’s level in marketing from the EAE in Barcelona. Old to becoming a member of RIU, he labored in investment banking with BBVA in London. At RIU, he has abilities in both beach and metropolis destinations equivalent to Miami and Modern York, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Canary Islands, the establish he additionally labored on the refurbishment of the Riu Buenavista. Luis additionally leads the RIU Celebration challenge, the chain’s modern entertainment belief launched in Mexico in 2018 that he’s now taking to many other destinations both in Spain and further afield.
Roberto Riu Rodríguez is Luis Riu Güell’s youngest son. He studied a bachelor’s level in enterprise administration at IQS in Barcelona with a six-month alternate in Montreal (Canada), and he additionally holds a grasp’s level in negotiation from the IESEG College of Administration in Paris. He moved to the Netherlands for a year to work for TUI Netherlands. He has undertaken internships in diversified hotel and head place of work departments. He executed his coaching in operations in Jamaica and Miami and learnt about building projects with the refurbishment of the Riu Palace Jandia.
About RIU Hotels & Hotels
The world RIU chain used to be primarily based in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a tiny holiday company and is peaceable owned by the family’s third abilities. The corporate specialises in holiday accommodations and over 78% of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU carrier. With the inauguration of its first metropolis hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its vary of products with its be pleased line of metropolis hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Hotels now has 97 hotels in 21 international locations. In 2023, the chain welcomed 6,4 million guests and equipped jobs for a total of 35,808 staff. RIU is currently the arena’s 36th ranked chain, one of many Caribbean’s most standard, and the fourth finest in Spain in number of rooms.
For further data please visit: www.riu.com.
RIU Press Division
+34 971 743 030
RIU
