verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message riu hotels tradition quality style experience service type hospitality founded 1953 headquarters mallorca spain key people carmen riu luis riu products riu hotel riu clubhotel riu palace riu plaza number of employees 27 813 2015 parent tui group website www.riu.com the riu papayas in gran canaria riu hotels & resorts was founded in mallorca spain in 1953 as a small summer business for the riu family and is currently owned by tui and run by the third generation of the family . the company s business is focused on the holiday hotel sector and over 70 % of its establishments offer an all inclusive service . with the opening of its first city hotel in 2010 riu extended its range of products with its own line of city hotels called riu plaza . riu hotels & resorts has 105 hotels in 19 countries and employs 27 813 people . in 2014 the hotel chain had hosted a total of 4 million guests . history edit riu hotels & resorts is a spanish 1 hotel chain founded by the riu family as a small holiday firm in 1953 the first hotel being riu san francisco in mallorca . 1 2 the riu hotels & resorts chain is still owned by the riu family s third generation . 2 in 2010 riu hotels & resorts launched their new line of riu plaza city hotels . these are located in the centre of large cities and cater for both business travellers and tourists . riu has hotels in spain portugal dominican republic united states mexico jamaica bahamas aruba turkey tunisia morocco bulgaria germany costa rica panama cape verde mauritius st. martin and sri lanka 2016 . it is the 30th largest hotel chain in the world according to hotels magazine s 2014 ranking . 3 references edit a b acerca de riu historia de la cadena riu primer hotel riu . riu.com . retrieved 2015 11 29 . a b 1 archived 3 january 2010 at the 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