Hanover, 12 June 2019

First TUI hotel opens in Santorini

Tourism group expands its portfolio in Greece to 49 hotels

The opening of TUI Sensimar Meltemi Blu marks the debut of TUI Group’s own hotel brands in the Greek island of Santorini. The world’s leading tourism group will continue to expand its hotel business in Greece with a total of six new openings scheduled for this Summer. TUI Group’s portfolio in Greece will grow to 49 hotels. 

TUI Sensimar Meltemi Blu in Perissa opened its doors to guests at the beginning of June 2019. The newly built hotel, designed in a contemporary style, features only 96 rooms and targets couples expecting a relaxed, child-free break in a hotel designed for couples. 

Apart from the new TUI Sensimar Meltemi Blu hotel, the adults-only TUI Sensimar brand has opened three additional hotels in the Greek islands of Kos, Crete and Zakynthos. From this Summer, TUI’s hotel portfolio will also include a new TUI Family Life in Crete and the Atlantica Beach Resort hotel in Kos.

About TUI Group

The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the MDAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover. TUI Group offers its 19 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 17 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.  

Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.

About Atlantica

Atlantica is the only Cyprus-based hotel company and a joint venture partner of TUI Group, the world's leading tourism group. The company's portfolio includes around 50 hotels in Cyprus, Greece and Egypt.