The founder of Meliá Hotels International, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, has died this Tuesday, November 26 at 89 years of age, as company sources have confirmed to Europa Press.
The founder of Meliá, one of the largest hotel companies in the world, In June 2023, he left his presidential position at the head of a company that he ran for almost 70 years after being recognized as one of the drivers of the internationalization of Spanish companies in the world.
Honorary President of Meliá
He was then appointed by unanimous honorary president, while his son, Gabriel Escarrer Jaumewas appointed new president, maintaining his responsibilities as CEO at the head of the company.
Gabriel Escarrer Juliá was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1935. From a young age, he demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for the hotel industry.. He was 21 years old when in 1956 he founded what is now the Meliá Hotels International group.buying and running a 60-room hotel on the island of Mallorca, where he was born, and where he still maintains his headquarters.
During almost seven decades, under his presidencythe tourism group consolidated its leadership in Spain, the cradle of vacation tourism in Europe, to later extend it to the American Caribbean and Southeast Asia.