Meliá Hotels International has signed Meliá Venezia Lido, marking the debut of the Spanish hotel company’s flagship brand in Venice, Italy.

Scheduled to open in June, the property will be managed by SoGes Group Spa. It will be housed in a 1920s building, which is currently undergoing extensive renovations, on a main street of Lido di Venezia, one of the two barrier islands of the famed city. Meliá Venezia Lido will open with 60 guestrooms, a restaurant and a bar.

This new addition reinforces Meliá Hotels International’s strong expansion in Italy, where it has already established its top brands. The company currently operates eight hotels in the country, with six more set to open soon, including Meliá Venezia Lido.

As Gabriel Escarrer Jaume, chairman and CEO of Meliá Hotels International, explains, “The Mediterranean remains one of the key growth regions for Meliá, and we are thrilled to partner with local groups like SoGes Group Spa, while also exploring new avenues of collaboration to expand our presence in strategic destinations. We are confident that, under the umbrella of one of our strongest brands and with the hotel management expertise of SoGes Group Spa, Meliá Venezia Lido will be a great success.”

Paolo Galardi, chairman of SoGes Group, said: “I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Meliá Hotels International for choosing to embark on this important collaboration with us. We are thrilled to have such a renowned partner, and we look to the future with great confidence, hopeful that this collaboration will pave the way for many more successful joint projects.”

Meliá is a Spanish hotel company with a portfolio of more than 400 hotels (portfolio and pipeline) throughout more than 40 countries and across nine brands: Gran Meliá Hotels & Resorts, ME by Meliá, The Meliá Collection, Paradisus by Meliá, Meliá Hotels & Resorts, ZEL, INNSiDE by Meliá, Sol by Meliá and Affiliated by Meliá.