Meliá Hotels International vs Ritz-Carlton

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Meliá Hotels International is the older of the two, founded in 1956 — 27 years before Ritz-Carlton.

Founded: 1956; 1983
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Palma, Spain; Chevy Chase
Industry: hospitality industry; hospitality industry
Founders: José Meliá Sinisterra; Albert Keller
Employees: 44,461; 35,001
Legal form: sociedad anónima; limited liability company
Listed on: Madrid Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Marriott International
Website: meliahotelsinternational.com/en; ritzcarlton.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Meliá Hotels International and Ritz-Carlton.