The development of this establishment is taking place via a joint venture between the Spanish hotel group Barceló Hotels & Resorts and Tikida group (formed by the Benabbés and Macca families) with a view to the management and renovation of the Rivoli hotel. The latter previously belonged to the ActifInvest fund, a subsidiary of FinanceCom, and closed its doors in 2013. The work is expected to last 15 months, at an estimated cost of 19 million euros. Located on one of the city’s main arteries, on Boulevard d’Anfa, the property will ultimately be positioned in the high-end segment and will offer 206 rooms. It will also offer two restaurants, seven seminar rooms, a fitness room, a spa and a swimming pool. Its opening is planned for 2018.
Barceló Hotels & Resorts is a division of the Barceló family group, created in Palma de Mallorca by Simón Barceló in 1931. It already has an address in Casablanca (85 rooms). As of January 1, 2016, Barceló Hotels & Resorts was ranked 37th in the global ranking of hotel groups with 105 establishments totaling 32,547 rooms. The operator is in the process of being merged and absorbed by a Chinese group, Jin Jiang International, making the new group the fifth largest hotel group in the worldbased on data published by Hospitality ON.
