Iihotele kunye neeholide zeRIU igqibe ukuthenga kwayo Ihotele iRiu Buena Vista, esezantsi kweTenerife, eneembono ezimangalisayo zeAtlantiki ukusuka kwindawo yayo ebalaseleyo eCosta Adeje. Ikhonkco isebenze ihotele ukususela ngo-2008, kodwa ngoku ikwazile ukuthenga isakhiwo, ngenjongo yokutyala imali kwi-rehault enkulu eya kuphucula ihotele kwaye yandise umgangatho weenkonzo zayo.
I-RIU ineehotele ezintathu kumazantsi eTenerife. I-Riu Palace Tenerife kunye ne-Riu Arecas zahlaziywa ngokupheleleyo kwi-2015. Yonke into esele yenziwe ukugqibezela ukuhlaziywa kweendawo zayo kule ndawo yayikuhlaziywa kweRiu Buena Vista, kwaye oku kuya kwenzeka ngoku emva kokuthengwa kwayo.
“Oku kufunyanwa kubonisa inyathelo eliya phambili ekuzibopheleleni kwethu ngamandla kwiZiqithi zaseCanary, apho savula khona ihotele yethu yokuqala ngo-1985, kunye nokonyuka komgangatho weenkonzo zethu zizonke. Ukuthenga kwethu le hotele kuthetha uzinzo lomsebenzi kunye nempilo yabo bonke abasebenzi emva kwexesha lokungaqiniseki phambi kokuqinisekiswa kwentengiselwano yokuthenga, "ucacisa uLuis Riu, i-CEO yeRiu Hotels & Resorts.
U-Luis Riu ukholelwa ukuba "ukuzinikela kumgangatho kuphela kwendlela yokugcina abathengi kunye nokubamba indawo yethu yemarike, ngakumbi ngoku ukuba iindawo ezikhuphisanayo ezifana neTunisia, i-Egypt kunye neTurkey zifumana ukuthandwa kumazwe aseYurophu aphambili, nawo angamazwe azisa uninzi lwabathengi kwiiCanary Islands. Ndiqinisekile ukuba olu hlaziyo luya kunceda ukugcina ukuthandwa kwethu kubathengi bethu, kuquka namaBritane, abenza intengiso ebalulekileyo yale ndawo kwaye ingakumbi le hotele.”
Iqela le-RIU linesicwangciso esinamabhongo sokwandisa kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, ngokuzibophelela ngamandla kwiindawo ezintsha, ngakumbi e-Asia, nakwizixeko ezikhulu zehlabathi apho liceba ukuvula iihotele zasezidolophini zaseRiu Plaza.
