{"id":227705,"date":"2024-12-03T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=227705"},"modified":"2024-12-03T08:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:09:23","slug":"melia-hotels-founder-gabriel-escarrer-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/melia-hotels-founder-gabriel-escarrer-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Meli\u00e1 Hotels founder Gabriel Escarrer passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gabriel-Escarrer-Melia\u0301-Diario-Libre-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227733\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gabriel-Escarrer-Melia\u0301-Diario-Libre-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gabriel-Escarrer-Melia\u0301-Diario-Libre-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gabriel-Escarrer-Melia\u0301-Diario-Libre-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gabriel-Escarrer-Melia\u0301-Diario-Libre.png 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Early on, Spaniard Gabriel Escarrer bought into the vision of the development of the Punta Cana destination and built one of the first resorts \u2013 the Melia Punta Cana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is mourned in the Dominican Republic as one of the founders of the leading Caribbean destination. The family announced Escarrer\u2019s passing on 26 November. He was 89 years old. His son Gabriel Escarrer Jaume continues as chairman and CEO of Meli\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Melia Punta Cana opened in 1991, following the opening of the Club Med Punta Cana and Barcel\u00f3 B\u00e1varo resorts. From day one, the Melia Punta Cana offered a quality vacation experience mainly marketed to Europeans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Meli\u00e1 Punta Cana was the first Meli\u00e1 hotel to open in the Caribbean. In the Dominican Republic, Meli\u00e1 would go on to open the Paradisus resort and Palma Real residential community and shopping area. In 2022, the chain opened the newly branded Falcon Resorts by Meli\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 December 2024 is the opening date for the Zel Punta Cana, created by Meli\u00e1 Hotels International in partnership with Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.majorcadailybulletin.com\/holiday\/hotels\/2024\/11\/26\/129293\/gabriel-escarrer-the-founder-the-melia-hotel-group-dies.html\">The Majorca Daily Bulletin <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/turismo\/2024\/11\/26\/fallece-gabriel-escarrer-fundador-de-los-hoteles-melia\/2923430\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/turismo\/2024\/11\/21\/melia-hotels-international-estrena-en-el-caribe-primer-hotel-lifestyle\/2919655\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 December 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early on, Spaniard Gabriel Escarrer bought into the vision of the development of the Punta Cana destination and built one of the first resorts \u2013 the Melia Punta Cana. He is mourned in the Dominican Republic as one of the founders of the leading Caribbean destination. The family announced Escarrer\u2019s passing on 26 November. He &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/melia-hotels-founder-gabriel-escarrer-passes-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[331,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227735,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227705\/revisions\/227735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}