ZEL, the brand new resort model between Meliá Inns Worldwide and tennis participant Rafael Nadal, has introduced the grand opening of its first location ZEL Mallorca. The resort celebrated with a fiesta attended by a number of well-known faces to kick off the collaboration between Rafael Nadal and Meliá Inns Worldwide. Each Nadal and Gabriel Escarrer, Chairman and CEO of Meliá Inns Worldwide, have been in attendance to welcome greater than 300 visitors and loved a memorable Mediterranean night impressed by the values and attributes of the ZEL model, character, life-style and tradition.
A Night time in Mediterranean Heaven
Nestled alongside a half-mile stretch of Palmanova Seaside with white sand and crystalline waters, the fantastic thing about Spain’s Balearic Islands serves because the backdrop for ZEL Mallorca additional enhancing the resort’s appeal and Mediterranean essence.
The resort’s grand opening fiesta embodied all of the classical Mediterranean components with energetic music from DJ Paco Colombás and Jordi Ruz, a picturesque seafront ambiance and tastings of the resort’s new culinary expertise, in partnership with standard Spanish model Beso Seaside. The resort’s signature restaurant, Beso Seaside Mallorca brings its decade of expertise in Mediterranean and Basque Nation delicacies to visitors with a seashore club-style restaurant and a menu that includes signature seafood dishes together with Carabinero prawns, lobster tails, mussels and extra.
The Finest Stored Secret
Fiesta attendees acquired to see and expertise first-hand the much-anticipated options that make the ZEL resort stand out from different Meliá Resort manufacturers. These options embody the patio, the open-air residing fashion, the mixing with nature and the number of areas created to embrace the ‘fiesta and siesta’ ideas which might be important to the Mediterranean life-style.
The resort design celebrates the enjoyment of open areas and conceptualizes rooms with colours, textures, and shapes that allude to nature. The design components generate a sensation of peace, well-being and rest for visitors.
The interiors of ZEL Mallorca display a harmonious mix of influences, together with references to key options of the Mediterranean tradition from Italy and Greece, Mallorcan-inspired patterns and finishes with earthy and ocean tones that create an energizing ambiance. The renovation and inside design undertaking was created by ASAH studio, which is run by architects Álvaro and Adriana Sans.
The patio, a vital aspect of Mediterranean structure, is the center of ZEL Mallorca and serves because the epicenter and core of the resort’s vitality. The patio features as a foyer because it interconnects the completely different areas of the property creating a way of freedom by way of open-air residing. Upon coming into, the very first thing you’ll discover is the absence of a conventional reception space as ZEL is impressed by a Mediterranean house. As an alternative, the patio presents a retailer the place you should buy unique merchandise from each nationwide and worldwide manufacturers, a specialty café serving the model Syra Espresso and a Mediterranean lounge.
The ZEL resorts are impressed by the ‘phygital’ philosophy that mixes bodily components with technological innovation that work collectively to reinforce the expertise and luxury of visitors. Due to this fact, as an alternative of a conventional reception, visitors will discover a digital kiosk on the patio the place they will get their room card through the use of their cellphone to scan the QR code that was obtained after they beforehand registered on-line. If visitors haven’t already executed this, they will register utilizing their cellphone upon arrival whereas having fun with a welcome drink. Equally, when it’s time to take a look at, visitors obtain a notification to test their bills, validate bills, and pay on-line or they will take a look at on the patio with a member of the resort employees if they like.
The primary pool subsequent to the Mediterranean Sea served as the very best backdrop for the long-awaited launch of Beso Seaside the place visitors can sit at tables with their ft within the sand. The Beso Seaside was designed by architects and founders Angie L. Grijalbo and Rafa Viar.
All through the night, visitors have been in a position to go to a choice of the 165 rooms, 21 of that are Suites or Junior Suites. Visitor rooms provide sought-after beautiful sea views and unimaginable character.
Two Very Mallorcan Hosts
Other than their Mallorcan roots, Nadal and Escarrer have lots in widespread. Each males like to sail, spend time on the seashore, bask in good meals and embrace the simplicity of Mediterranean life. It was these commonalities that impressed them to collaborate and develop the ZEL model with the hopes to increase their ardour and love of their tradition to visitors throughout the globe. For each Nadal and Escarrer, ZEL Mallorca represents the beginning of what they hope shall be an extended success story.
Collectively on the grand opening fiesta, Nadal and Escarrer hosted a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony the place they expressed their gratitude for the dedication and laborious work of their groups in bringing their dream undertaking to life. Chatting with attendees instantly, Escarrer inspired visitors to benefit from the spirit of ZEL and shared the model’s plans to open the second ZEL property in Mexico coming in 2025.
“This resort is an distinctive jewel born from the mix of our expertise in resort administration and the inspiring management of a worldwide icon like Rafael Nadal, and the primary instance of the alliance of two teams of household origins and strong shared values,” mentioned Escarrer. “For us, right now marks the beginning of a brand new enlargement and development section for the ZEL model and I’m glad to mark the celebration with the announcement of our first ZEL resort in Mexico: ZEL Sayulita, which can open in 2025”.
“The opening of ZEL Mallorca is a dream come true for me,” mentioned Nadal. After seeing the outcomes, I’m surer than ever earlier than that ZEL shall be a terrific entrepreneurial undertaking and a unbelievable ambassador of the Spanish and Mediterranean values and essence.”
Charges begin at $288 per night time. For extra info, www.holazel.com.
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Zel Mallorca
Carrer Duc Estremera, 16
Calvià, 07181
Spain
+34 971 68 01 50