Meliá lines up lisbon hotel

Meliá Hotels will open a new hotel in Lisbon in 2018.

Europe's third largest chain aims to "return life to a strategic location in the [Portugese] city", with the hotel set on the corner of the central Antonio Augusto de Aguiar and Fontes Pereira de Melo avenues.

The hotel will boast 239 rooms, a 24-hour restaurant adapted to the lifestyle needs of guests, and a panoramic lounge-bar on the upper terrace with stunning views of the city.

The hotel is designed to offer both business and leisure facilities - "bleisure", as the company terms it - while also providing residents in the city with a meeting point in which to "see and be seen".

Pedro Seabra, Partner of Discovery Fund, highlighted the importance of this signature to bring an Internationally reputed hotel brand into this hotel’s management: "This alliance and the Melia Lisbon’s project represent the continuation of the excellent work of the Discovery team, with the aim of revaluating the Fund's assets. We are also excited to be able to count with the best professionals to make this project a successful reality from 2018."