Meliá chain will manage the Senator hotel in Marbella starting from 2027.

Meliá Hotels International will manage the Senator hotel establishment starting from 2027, the year in which it hopes that renovation works on the premises will be completed. The hotel chain indicated that, until then, it "will not hold any operational responsibility or intervention capacity" in the establishment, located a short distance from the Don Pepe Gran Meliá hotel, which it already operates in Marbella. The hotel chain will take over management of an establishment that will be operated by Grupo Hoteles Playas until the end of October, when the lease of the building expires. The closure of the hotel to undertake the reforms and the change of operator have plunged the staff of the establishment, consisting of about 90 people, into uncertainty about their future employment. The CC.OO union fears that the employees will become part of a Workforce Adjustment Plan and asks that the property owner or Meliá take over the management of the staff. The union assures that the regulations and agreements governing the sector include the obligation to subrogate the staff in the case of the transfer of a productive unit and has announced protests against possible layoffs. The first rally is scheduled for October 9 in front of the hotel, which is a four-star establishment. Meliá assures that it is unaware of any decisions that may have been made regarding the hotel workers.