Happy Birthday RIU! 20 years of service in Mexico

12 Sep 2017 Destination, Hotels

This year we haven’t stopped celebrating anniversaries! It wasn’t that long ago that we were announcing our tenth anniversary in Aruba, and today we’re raising our glasses to 20 years in Mexico! Since we opened our first hotel on Playa del Carmen (the Riu Yucatan) in 1997 we haven’t drawn breath with our efforts to continue growing in a country...

Do you know what Papiamento is?

1 Aug 2017 Destination, Hotels

If the answer is “no”, then you have the perfect excuse to come to Aruba, a stunning island in the southern Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, also known by the evocative name of One Happy Island. Papiamento is none other than its language, a rich mixture of all of the influences that it has infused throughout its history....

If you like wild parties, you’re going to love the foam party at the Riu Republica

16 Dec 2016 Hotels

At RIU, we love celebrations, especially if it’s in your company. In this post, we’d like to tell you about the parties we throw at one of our hotels where summer always sets the stage. Today we’re going to show you what the foam parties we organise every Wednesday at the Riu Republica are like. And what better place is...

Did you know what they dance in…?

7 Oct 2016 Destination

Put on your best clothes and get ready to dance, because in this post we’re getting more dance-crazy than ever. Today you’re going to discover what people dance at the destinations where we have RIU hotels. The most popular and best known folkloric dance in Spain is, without question, Sevillanas. This is a vocal and dance genre that has its...