What is RIU Hotels?
{{Infobox company | company_name = RIU Hotels | company_logo = | company_type = Hospitality | foundation = 1953 | location = [[Mallorca]], Spain | key_people = Carmen Riu, Luis Riu | num_employees = 25,150 (2012) | logo =Riu Hotels & Resorts.jpg | products = Riu Hotel, Riu ClubHotel, Riu Palace, Riu Plaza | revenue = [[U.S. dollar|$]]1.63 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] (Dec 2008) | homepage = [http://www.riu.com/ www.riu.com] }} '''RIU Hotels & Resorts''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[hotel]] chain. It was founded by the Riu family as a small [[holiday]] hotel. The first hotel was Riu San Francisco in [[Mallorca]]. The RIU Hotels & Resorts chain is owned by the Riu family's third generation. The RIU Hotels chain now expanded in most [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking countries, but also others. It has more than 90 hotels in the main tourist destinations such as Europe, America, Africa and Asia. {{Europe-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Hotel chains]] [[Category:Companies of Spain]] [[Category:1953 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1950s establishments in Spain]]