January 31 (SeeNews) - US-based hotel operator Marriott International said the Opatija Marriott Hotel, which is under construction in the coastal resort of Opatija in Croatia, is expected to debut in late 2024.
Marriott International signed on Friday an agreement with Riva's Hotels & Resorts to bring Marriott Hotels, the signature flag of the company’s extraordinary portfolio of 30 hotel brands to Croatia, Marriott International said in a press release made available to SeeNews late on Monday.
The Opatija Marriott Hotel is anticipated to join Marriott International’s existing portfolio in Croatia’s key tourism and business destinations, which includes the Westin Hotel and Sheraton Hotel in Zagreb, as well as the Sheraton Dubronik Riviera, Le Meridien, Lav, Split and planned for 2023 the AC by Marriott Hotel, Split, the hotel operator added.
Opatija Marriott Hotel is expected to have 187 keys.
Riva's Hotels & Resorts is a project company established for the construction of the new hotel in Icici and subsidiary of Meszaros Group, one of the largest operators in the Hungarian economy, according to the press release.
Hungarian investor Lorinz Meszaros in partnership with Croatian real estate developer DDG Group are investing 70 million euro ($76 million) in the hotel in Opatija, business daily Poslovni Dnevnik reported on Monday. Meszaros and DDG Group did not respond to emails from SeeNews seeking details of its investments by the time this article was published.
According to earlier media reports, Meszaros has already acquired the Miramar hotel in Opatija. By the acquisition of the Miramar in Croatia and the construction of Riva's Hotels & Resorts, the hotel investments from Croatia of the Meszaros group amounts to some 100 million euro out of which Riva’s investment represents the significant proportion, Marriott said in its press release.
($ = 0.923 euro)