NEW GENERAL MANAGER FOR MELIÁ PUROSANI

Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts, the leading European hotel chain, today announced the appointment of Mr. Fredrick Arul as the General Manager for Meliá Purosani in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Mr. Arul brings to the position more than 17 years of international experience, having held senior management positions in the hospitality industry throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa.

Prior to his appointment as General Manager of Meliá Purosani, Mr. Arul was based in Spain as the Corporate Director of Food & Beverage for Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts, where he spearheaded the development of global F&B initiatives for the Group's 350 properties in 30 countries. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of Meliá Benoa All-Inclusive Resort (Bali, Indonesia).

A graduate of the University of Hawaii, Manoa and Cornell University, Mr. Arul is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Cantonese.

Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts is the leading hotel group in Spain in both the city and resort hotel markets, the leading chain in Latin America and the Caribbean, the second largest hotel group in Europe and the tenth largest worldwide. The company is also the world's largest resort hotel chain. Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts has a portfolio of more than 350 city and resort hotels in 30 countries under the brand names of Meliá, Sol, Tryp and Paradisus hotels.

Its properties in Asia include Gran Meliá Jakarta, Meliá Bali (incorporating The Garden Villas), Meliá Benoa All-Inclusive Resort (Bali), Sol Lovina (Bali), Meliá Purosani (Yogyakarta), Meliá Panorama (Batam), and Sol Elite Marbella (Anyer) in Indonesia; Meliá Hanoi in Vietnam; Meliá Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia; and Sol Twin Towers (Bangkok) in Thailand. Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts has signed contracts to take-over and manage a further 80 hotels by the year 2002.