The company expects the same success they have had with the Mexico City Gran Meliá product in luxury accommodations, fine dining, high service levels and state-of-the-art convention center facilities to occur with the new Gran Meliá Cancun product.  "Our product diversity is a big key to our success, especially in Mexico," said Emanuel Schreibmaier, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Sol Meliá's Americas Division.  "We have also been getting rave reviews for

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Schreibmaier said the success and demand for the Paradisus luxury all-inclusive brand has prompted the company to expand the product offering by converting a current five-star Meliá brand hotel in Costa Rica (the Meliá Playa Conchal All-Suite Beach & Golf Resort) to a Paradisus resort later this year.  Sol Meliá's signature Royal Service room category which is a standard option in all Gran Meliá brands, will also become a standard option in all Paradisus Resorts by 2003.  Royal Service features include private check-in, butler service, concierge service, an exclusive pillow menu, private breakfast and cocktail lounge, late check-out and more. 

Travel agent response to Meliá, Gran Meliá and Paradisus product offerings continues to be very strong.   According to Schreibmaier, Sol Meliá has more than 33,000 travel agents in North America and Mexico who are members of the company's Club Amigos travel agent loyalty program and 25 percent of them book actively each month.  There are more than 60,000 Club Amigos members worldwide. 

Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts is one of the world's most successful hotel companies with its four brands � Meliá Hotels, Tryp Hotels, Sol Hotels and Paradisus Resorts � with over 350 hotels in more than 30 countries worldwide.