Meliá Expands Solar Ambitions in Southeast Asia

Meliá Hotels International looks to solar power in Vietnam and Thailand

HO CHI MINH CITY (5th November, 2024) - Two Meliá hotels in Vietnam and one in Thailand are taking their green goals to the next level with ambitious solar panel projects that have seen over 2,600 solar panels added to Meliá Vinpearl Cua Hoi Beach Resort and Meliá Vinpearl Cua Sot Beach Resort, both along Vietnam’s north central coast, and Meliá Phuket Mai Khao on the tropical island of Phuket.

These seafront destinations are making the most of the sunshine with the addition of 1,450 panels at Meliá Vinpearl Cua Hoi, 546 at Meliá Vinpearl Cua Sot, and 622 at Meliá Phuket Mai Khao. In Vietnam, panels have been added to several areas including rooftops, in parking areas, offices and other back of house locations. In Thailand, they have been installed on ten different buildings at the oceanfront resort, including the YHI spa and lobby area.

The new systems in Vietnam are projected to supply between 10-30% of each hotel’s total electricity consumption. The new panels at Meliá Phuket Mai Khao will generate energy of 39,414.94 Kw each month.

Following these installations, Meliá Vinpearl Cam Ranh Beach Resort will be the next property to implement solar panels later this year.

“Solar panels are just one of the sustainable initiatives that our hotels are pursuing to ensure a healthier future in places where we have properties,” “Our hotels and resorts are also investing in circular food economies, community projects focused on restoring local natural environments, and plastic reduction or elimination, to name a few initiatives.”

Ignacio Martin, managing director for Meliá Hotels International in the APAC region

Vietnam is Southeast Asia’s largest solar power market with an operating utility-scale solar and wind capacity of 19 GW, according to Global Energy Monitor. Thailand and The Philippines follow with a capacity of 3 GW each.