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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Accommodation 55.10 - Hotels and similar accommodation
220 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The French hotel company 'Club Med', controlled by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Group, has announced an investment to open its first resort in Marbella (Andalusia) in May 2022. This new resort will directly hire 220 people and subcontract another 100. The profile of the positions offered is heterogeneous: receptionists, bartenders, cooks, therapists, salespeople, sports instructors, and nurses. Club Med operates in almost 70 resorts in 32 countries and employs almost 25,000 people.
Eurofound (2021), Club Med, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 105485, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105485.
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