Palma de Mallorca, 9 July 2019

RIU receives 78 "Recommended on HolidayCheck 2019” awards

  • The HolidayCheck travel review website is leader in Germany and gives these certificates of recommendation based on the high scores that guests have given to the facilities and service of the RIU hotels

HolidayCheck, the largest independent German-speaking travel review website, has awarded the "Recommended on HolidayCheck 2019” certificate to 78 RIU Hotels & Resorts. HolidayCheck has over 18 million visits and is the German market leader in vacations and travel reviews. The "Recommended on HolidayCheck" certificates are awarded for the eighth consecutive year to hotels with good guest reviews and with a recommendation rate of at least 75%.

The award-winning RIU hotels are located in the following 17 countries. Spain, Portugal/Madeira, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Morocco, Bulgaria, Mexico, USA, Aruba, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Germany and Ireland.

The criteria for winning the award are as follows:

  • At least 1 active review, written from the 1st of January 2018 until the 31st of March 2019
  • At least a 75% recommendation rate
  • At least to get a minimum score of 4,0 out of 6
  • No breach of the HolidayCheck Code of Conduct

The real value of this recognition is that it is voted by the customers themselves, recognizing the commitment and effort that RIU hotels make every day in order to exceed the guest’s expectations, offering quality products, and a careful and professional service.


The RIU hotels that have been awarded the “Recommended on HolidayCheck 2019” are:

SPAIN

Mallorca

  • Riu San Francisco
  • Riu Bravo
  • Riu Festival
  • Riu Playa Park
  • Riu Concordia
  • Riu Palace Bonanza Playa
  • Riu Bonanza Park

Formentera

  • Riu La Mola

Gran Canaria

  • Riu Vistamar
  • Riu Palace Oasis
  • Riu Palace Meloneras
  • Riu Gran Canaria
  • Riu Palace Maspalomas
  • Riu Palmeras
  • Riu Papayas
  • Riu Don Miguel

Tenerife

  • Riu Palace Tenerife
  • Riu Arecas
  • Riu Buena Vista
  • Riu Garoe

Fuerteventura

  • Riu Palace Tres Islas

Lanzarote

  • Riu Paraiso Lanzarote Resort

Torremolinos

  • Riu Nautilus
  • Riu Costa del Sol

Nerja

  • Riu Monica

Cadiz

  • Riu Chiclana

PORTUGAL/MADEIRA

  • Riu Palace Madeira
  • Riu Guarana

CAPE VERDE

Boa Vista

  • Riu Touareg
  • Riu Karamboa
  • Riu Palace Boavista

Insel Sal

  • Riu Funana
  • Riu Palace Cabo Verde

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Punta Cana

  • Riu Palace Bavaro
  • Riu Palace Macao
  • Riu Palace Punta Cana
  • Riu Naiboa
  • Riu Republica

JAMAICA

Negril

  • Riu Palace Tropical Bay
  • Riu Negril

Montego Bay

  • Riu Palace Jamaica
  • Riu Montego Bay
  • Riu Reggae

Ocho Rios

  • Riu Ocho Rios

MAROCCO

Agadir

  • Riu Tikida Beach
  • Riu Tikida Dunas
  • Riu Palace Tikida Agadir

BULGARIA

Sunny Beach

  • Riu Helios
  • Riu Helios Paradise

Obzor

  • Riu Helios Bay

Pravets

  • Riu Pravets Resort

MEXICO

Cancun

  • Riu Palace Las Americas
  • Riu Palace Peninsula
  • Riu Cancun
  • Riu Caribe

Costa Mujeres

  • Riu Palace Costa Mujeres
  • Riu Dunamar

Playa del Carmen

  • Riu Palace Mexico
  • Riu Palace Riviera Maya
  • Riu Lupita
  • Riu Playacar
  • Riu Tequila
  • Riu Yucatan

Los Cabos

  • Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas

Riviera Nayarit-Vallarta

  • Riu Palace Pacifico

Guadalajara

  • Riu Plaza Guadalajara

USA

Miami

  • Riu Plaza Miami Beach

New York

  • Riu Plaza New York Times Square

ARUBA

Palm Beach

  • Riu Palace Aruba
  • Riu Palace Antillas

COSTA RICA

Guanacaste

  • Riu Guanacaste
  • Riu Palace Costa Rica

MAURITIUS

Le Morne

  • Riu Le Morne
  • Riu Creole

PANAMA

Panama-City

  • Riu Plaza Panama

SRI LANKA

Ahungalla

  • Riu Sri Lanka

TANZANIA

Zanzibar

  • Riu Palace Zanzibar

GERMANY

Berlin

  • Riu Plaza Berlin

IRELAND

Dublin

  • Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin

About RIU Hotels & Resorts

The international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family's third generation. The company specialises in holiday resorts and over 78% of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has 97 hotels in 21 countries. In 2023, the chain welcomed 6,4 million guests and provided jobs for a total of 35,808  employees. RIU is currently the world's 36th ranked chain, one of the Caribbean's most popular, the largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the fourth largest in number of rooms.