"Resortainment" comes to Falcon's Resorts by Meliá

Meliá Hotels International (Meliá) and its joint venture partner Falcon’s Beyond  (“Falcon’s” or the “Company”), a global entertainment development company, announced today a new, leisure and entertainment-based resort brand, Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá. 

The resorts will be featured within world-class entertainment destinations, to be branded Falcon’s Beyond Destinations, being jointly developed by the two companies in prime leisure markets across the globe.

“Resortainment” hospitality experience  

Leveraging Meliá’s 66 years of expertise in travel and hospitality and Falcon’s extensive experience as a fully integrated entertainment development company, Meliá says that Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá will offer a unique “resortainment” hospitality experience that will blend premium resort amenities with extraordinary entertainment experiences in a way that’s casual sophisticated fun for everyone. 

The resorts will provide direct access to vibrant and curated dining, shopping, and entertainment venues as part of a larger destination experience.  

Cecil D.  Magpuri, CEO of Falcon’s Beyond shared that they have built more than a decade-long business relationship with Meliá, beginning with its successful entertainment hospitality property in Mallorca, Spain. 

They are delighted now to be bringing a further enhanced version of that model to Punta Cana by year-end. 

Magpuri added: “With Falcon’s 22-year history creating story-driven  entertainment and hospitality experiences for some of the world’s largest brands, we are  leveraging all of our unique expertise and capabilities for Falcon’s Resorts by Melia to deliver an unprecedented vacation experience that goes beyond expectations.”  

A distinctly different vacation experience from competitors

Gabriel Escarrer, vice chairman and CEO of Meliá says the partnership with Falcon’s is a tremendous opportunity to offer a distinctly different vacation experience from its competitors by incorporating immersive and interactive entertainment elements and technologies in the resort experience in ways it has never been done before.

“We are thrilled to debut our  first Falcon’s Resort by Meliá in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, an exceptional location where we’ve been operating for over 30 years and have a robust network of resorts and loyal  guest base.”  

The first of these new resorts, Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana, will be a multi-phase transformation of two existing Meliá properties in the Dominican Republic, Paradisus Grand Cana and The Reserve at Paradisus Palma Real, comprising a total of 622 rooms.  

Phase one: December 2022

Phase one, which is expected to open in December 2022 and begin accepting reservations in  October, will be an all-inclusive resort with multiple high-end bars and restaurants, pools, swim-up suites, a water park, and a kids’ camp.

Through the re-brand, the Paradisus Grand Cana resort will receive enhancements to the facilities, amenities, and experiences across the property, and will integrate a unique interactive platform that is expected to be announced soon.

Phase two: 2023

The completion of the re-brand of The Reserve at Paradisus Palma Real, is expected in 2023.  

Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana will be one of three components of a new multi-faceted $350 million entertainment destination, Falcon’s Beyond Destination | Punta  Cana, the first Falcon’s Beyond Destination to debut. 

Falcon’s Beyond Destination locations

The overall destination will also feature Katmandu Park | Punta Cana, a cutting-edge new theme park expected to open by late 2022 or early 2023, and Falcon’s Central | Punta Cana, a signature retail, dining, and entertainment district currently in development.  

As the first world-class theme park in the Caribbean, Katmandu Park will feature several patented, never-before-seen ride technologies, interactive storytelling, and captivating mega-park-level attractions. 

Falcon’s Central will connect guests with world-renowned brands through curated location-based entertainment venues, experiences, amenities, content, restaurants,  shopping, and retailtainment. 

Both Katmandu Park and Falcon’s Central will be directly accessible to guests of Meliá’s vast network of area resorts and hotels, comprising 1,825 rooms,  as well as to guests of hotels in Punta Cana’s Bavaro region — an additional 42,000 rooms —  and to over 43,000 local residents within a 30-minute drive.  

Meliá and Falcon’s will develop multiple Falcon’s Beyond Destination locations across the globe in the upcoming years, including sites in Tenerife, Canary Islands, scheduled to open in  2024, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, scheduled to open in 2025, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,  whose opening date will be announced in the future.

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