He self-sufficient hotel Meliá Trinidad Peninsula, capable of generating its own electricity, should start operations in October, announced Cubadebate.
The installation will produce its energy thanks to 1,500 photovoltaic panels that are added to a battery station to store excess electricity. “We will also have 250 solar panels that will generate hot water,” said its general director, Juan Pereira.
Meliá Trinidad Peninsula, which will have 401 rooms between standard and The level, has a cistern to collect rainwater from the rooftops, which will make it possible to irrigate the green areas.
Pereira considered these characteristic strengths that will allow stability in the hotel’s operation. Its rooms will have a home automation system to regulate room temperatures.
“This will be vital for saving energy, because if a client leaves the air conditioning on and leaves the room, it will turn off after two hours,” he said. In the same way, when the registration is done, the room climate system will automatically turn on so that when guests arrive they feel a comfortable temperature in the room.
Among the attractions of the new hotel are the views of the sea and the Escambray mountains.
Meliá Trinidad Peninsula is located 10 kilometers from the Historic Center of Trinidad, holds the Five Star category and will have its own transportation system for excursions to the tourist attractions of the third town founded by the Spanish in Cuba.
Chain Meliá Hotels International will develop four new hotel projects on the island, where it has a total of 33 establishments through which the bulk of the 3.5 million tourists expected by Cuba are expected to pass.
Cuba received around 1.6 million international travelers in 2022, below the official forecasts that initially predicted the arrival of around 2.5 million. For this year it has been proposed to receive 3.5 million, a difficult figure to reach in the opinion of specialists.
