The CEO of the multinational Palladium Hotel Group and the Executive Vice President of the Matutes Corporate Group will take part in the event, which is due to be held on May 30th, 2019.
With some 50 hotels in: Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Sicily and Brazil, and 10 hotel brands; the corporate group will launch its Bless brand in 2019, a new five-star hotel chain in Ibiza.
The CEO of the Palladium Hotel Group and Executive of the Matutes Corporate Group, Abel Matutes Prats (born in Barcelona in 1977), will be on the jury at the twelfth edition of the PORCELANOSA Grupo Awards.
With a degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Madrid Business Institute, this businessman has headed up the Palladium Grupo, developing its international growth for over ten years.
With some 50 hotels and over 10 corporate brands: TRS Hotels, Grand Palladium Hotels & Resorts, Ushuaïa, Bless Collection Hotels, Only You Hotels, Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza-Tenerife, Palladium Hotels, Fiesta Hotels & Resorts, Palladium Boutique Hotels and Ayre Hotels; the Palladium Hotel Group is present in: Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Sicily and Brazil.
Its commitment to product diversification, exclusivity and innovation would take it to winning the Gold Medal for Merit in Tourism in 2012. Recognition given by the Spanish Government to those people, institutions, companies or entities whose work has contributed to the development, encouragement and promotion of tourism. That very same year, it was also awarded with the Entrepreneur Prize of the Balearic Islands, which was promoted by Ernst & Young.
Luxury tourism and sustainable architecture
The great change that Ibiza has undergone over these years is a result of luxury tourism which Abel Matutes has banked on with the Ushaia hotel brand. A fact which turned this island into the favourite holiday destination for tycoons, celebrities and aristocrats from around the world. In 2017, the Palladium Group Hotel chain amassed 600 million euros in revenue, as well as investing 125 million in hotels in Europe and America. It also spent 88 million on refurbishment work for some of its establishments.
The expansion of the Palladium Group Hotel all over the Caribbean Islands, the extension of its services and the internationalisation of its ten companies, are just some of the main challenges for 2019. It will also launch its new Bless brand, five-star hotels which will be open for business in Ibiza over the course of this year. One of the other objectives for this year is to allocate 50 million for refurbishment work and 180 million for new buildings in Europe and America.
