The hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts (www.riu.com) opened last Friday January 30th, the Riu Palace Las Americas a high-quality property which is the company�s third hotel in Cancun and its eighth in Mexico. 

The company has invested 60 million Euros in this 5-star hotel. 

This beachfront property is located just 5 minutes walking distance from the Cancun Convention Center. It features 368 guestrooms including 24 suites, 8 Jacuzzi suites and 4 accessible suites for disabled guests. 
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Riu Palace Las Americas
Blvd Kukulkan, Lote 4
Hotel Zone
Cancun, Q. Roo, Mexico
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In addition, Riu Palace Las Americas presents an extraordinary gastronomic offer: main restaurant, cafeterias, pool bar, 6 Theme restaurants with Italian cuisine, Brazilian Rodizio, Japanese cuisine, A la Carte Gourmet-restaurant, a Steak House  and a Spanish Tapas restaurant. 

The hotel offers modern and comfortable facilities, two outdoor swimming pools with Jacuzzi, a children�s pool and a myriad of sports for the active ones. A beauty salon and spa are available at an additional charge. 

Riu Palace Las Americas also features a 100 persons capacity conference room for companies and business meetings. 

RIU Hotels is the third major Spanish hotel chain with a 780 million Euros-invoicing in 2003. The Swiss and Belgian travel agents selected RIU �The best hotel chain of the world� for two consecutive years. 

RIU Hotels has 107 properties in 13 countries. In Mexico it operates 8 hotels: 3 in Cancun (Riu Cancun, Riu Caribe and Riu Palace Las Americas), 4 in Playa del Carmen (Riu Yucatan, Riu Palace Mexico, ClubHotel Riu Tequila and Riu Playacar) and one in Puerto Vallarta (ClubHotel Riu Jalisco). 

The hotel chain foresees the opening of its ninth hotel in Mexico: Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas with an investment of approximately 85 million Euros. 

The company created 50 years ago as a small family business in Majorca, is considered as one of the best sun-and-beach hotel chains of the world.