Meliá Appoints Rocío Galán as General Manager of Andalusia with 35 Hotels Under Her Charge

The executive from Malaga, Rocío Galán, has just taken another leap in her professional career. Meliá Hotels has appointed her as the managing director of Andalusia. Galán, who feels very fortunate while clearly respecting the challenge this role presents, has been in charge since last Friday of the 35 hotels the company operates in Andalusian destinations, including new additions planned for this year, which are already under intense preparation. "I am very happy. It's an incredible challenge, which involves greater responsibility and being part of Meliá's management committee. I feel very fortunate," she tells this newspaper. Galán leads a team of about 3,000 professionals across Andalusian destinations.

It was at the beginning of last year when this hotel group, a leader in establishments in the Andalusian Community, appointed her as the Director of Operations for Eastern Andalusia, adding to her control over the entire province of Málaga and nine other hotels, including gems like Meliá Zahara Resort & Villas and Palacio de Sancti Petri. In total, she was in charge of 18 hotels from Gabriel Escarrer's chain. At that time, Galán, who has a degree in Tourism from the University of Málaga, was already the Director of Operations for the entire Costa del Sol, where the chain has some of its major stakes such as Don Pepe in Marbella and ME Málaga, also known as Piqué's hotel, the fifth five-star hotel that opened its doors at the end of the year in the capital of the Costa del Sol.

These promotions are how Meliá Hotels responds to Rocío Galán's journey in this group, which she joined in 2003 starting at the Bahía del Duque hotel in Tenerife. She then moved to the Sales area, and after completing a hotel management development plan, she rose to manage the Gran Meliá Colón (Seville) and later the iconic luxury hotel in Marbella, Meliá Don Pepe. In 2022, she was named Director of Operations in Málaga. It was the beginning of a meteoric career, during which she also managed the Gran Meliá Rome Villa Agrippina (Rome), which now leads her to take the reins of Meliá in Andalusia.

Galán also highlights the appointment of María Morales from Malaga as the general manager of Meliá in the Canary Islands.