Sofitel returns to Spain with five-star hotel redevelopment

Sofitel, the luxury brand of France’s Accor Hotels Group, has re-entered the Spanish market following Swiss boutique real estate investor Propreal Capital Partners completion of the €40 million ($40.7 million) redevelopment of the five-star hotel in Barcelona’s Vila Olímpica.

Sofitel Barcelona Skipper has 225 guest rooms over 19,000 square meters (204,514 square feet) and was officially opened by Propreal CEO Yves Miorcec de Kerdanet and Maud Bailly, CEO of Accor Southern Europe.

Marcus Siggelow, head of asset management at Propreal Capital Partners, said, “Sofitel Barcelona Skipper represents a spectacular entry by Accor’s Sofitel brand into the Spanish market on a prime location opposite the city’s best-known beach, Barceloneta, and a few minutes’ walk from the Gothic Quarter historic center. Since Propreal acquired the property for our investors, we’ve succeeded in unlocking the value potential of the hotel by applying cutting-edge design in the ren