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África Avanza celebrates its fifth anniversary in Cape Verde, with more than 700 surgical operations and 1,600 beneficiaries

10 Apr 2018 Proudly Commited

This week marks five years since the first charitable surgical procedure carried out by África Avanza, an organisation for Development Cooperation, which offers medical treatment to inhabitants of the island of Sal in Cape Verde. The organisation as now reached a total of 739 surgical operations and 1,600 beneficiaries. On 3rd April 2013, the doctors Koldo de Pérdigo and Luis...

“Eco-sustainable” coffee comes to the Riu Palace hotels in Spain

3 Apr 2018 Proudly Commited

RIU Hotels & Resorts continues its responsible purchasing strategy with the acquisition of “¡Tierra!” capsules and Lavazza coffee beans, developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance, the NGO responsible for the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal to show that the product is grown sustainably. RIU Hotels will offer ¡Tierra! Simple and ¡Tierra! Doble capsules, as well as ¡Tierra! Brasil Verde coffee beans at its...

“Coming to work at RIU is one of the best career moves I’ve ever made”

23 Mar 2018 Proudly Commited

Since our beginnings, at RIU Hotels we’ve always considered people our main source of value, because ultimately it’s our human team that interacts directly with our guests. If our staff is happy, they provide their services with the good cheer and friendliness that characterises us. Nipun Pathirana is Assistant HR Manager at the Riu Sri Lanka and, just like the...

Orthotic Clinic in Jamaica sponsored by RIU Hotels achieves treatment for 260 children

13 Mar 2018 Proudly Commited

In the nine years since it opened, the Paediatric Orthotic Service in Negril sponsored by RIU Hotels, has treated and monitored 260 Jamaican children with mobility problems. The hotel chain was responsible for the clinic’s creation in 2009, when it hired a nurse, an administrator and a technician with a view to improving the care that children with special needs...

Share the excitement with RIU and witness the release of sea turtles in Mexico and Costa Rica!

12 Dec 2017 Hotels, Proudly Commited

In November of this year, at RIU we enjoyed a unique experience: the release of “hawksbill” and “olive ridley” sea turtles, in Costa Rica and Mexico respectively. Our hotels in Guanacaste and Los Cabos, with the help of their employees, collaborated in the release of these peculiar animals in danger of extinction. They did it before the eyes of our...