The Hoti Hoteis hotel chain is in an excellent position conceiving successful new hotel products, thanks to its understanding of how the market evolves and of its new trends, as well as to the experience and know-how it has gained over 39 years of promotion, management and commercialisation within the hotel industry according to the standards of international hotel chains.
HOTI HOTEIS - HOTEL MANAGEMENT
Hoti Hoteis is a 100% Portuguese hotel chain dedicated to providing hospitality services through ownership, management, operation, or franchise models. This range of options allows the group to best serve property owners without hotel management expertise and business partners seeking successful ventures, while also supporting the chain’s own strategic development. To meet the demands of its diverse business models, the group has established several companies that operate collaboratively within the Hoti Hoteis Group Network.
Founded in 1978, Hoti Hoteis has been involved in numerous landmark projects across Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries. Among its most notable properties are Hotel D. Henrique in Porto, Grande Hotel do Porto, Grande Hotel da Figueira da Foz, Hotel Solverde Granja Espinho, Hotel Montebelo Viseu, and Hotel Hottiin Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.
The company was selected to provide hotel services during Expo’98, marking the opening of the current Meliá Lisboa Oriente. In 2017, the group acquired the Golden Residence Hotel in Funchal and inaugurated the Meliá Setúbal. That same period saw the construction of Moxy Lisboa Oriente and, in celebration of its 40th anniversary, the opening of Meliá Maputo Sky.
Hoti Hoteis has also developed and strengthened its own brands, including Star inn — with three modern, affordable hotels in Lisbon, Porto, and Peniche — and Hotel da Música, a boutique hotel located in Porto’s Mercado do Bom Sucesso, offering a unique urban hospitality experience. On Madeira Island, the group continues to expand with the Golden Residence Hotel, known for its comfort, panoramic views, and exceptional service.
In recent years, the company has pursued continuous growth and modernization. In 2022, it rebranded the Meliá Lisboa Oriente, followed by the acquisition of Hotel TRYP Montijo Parque and the renovation of TRYP Lisboa Caparica Mar in 2023. In 2024, Hoti Hoteis launched the INNSiDE brand in Portugal with the opening of INNSiDE Braga Centro Hotel.
Most recently, in August 2025, the group expanded its portfolio with the inauguration of the Meliá São João da Madeira, reinforcing its presence in the Portuguese market. Hoti Hoteis remains committed to quality, innovation, and excellence, continuously investing in new projects and renovations.
The Hoti Hoteis Brochure is available for consultation here.
Corruption and Related Offenses Risk Prevention Plan (CRORPP)
The Hoti Hoteis Group is committed to ethics, transparency, and integrity in its operations. In this regard, we provide the Corruption and Related Offenses Risk Prevention Plan (CRORPP), a document outlining the measures implemented to identify, prevent, and mitigate risks associated with corruption and other offenses.
You can consult the document here for more information on the guidelines and best practices adopted by the Hoti Hoteis Group, as well as the Annual Assessment Report on the Implementation of the Risk Prevention Plan.
COOPERATION WITH MELIÁ HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
Since 1996, when a Cooperation Agreement was celebrated, a significant part of the Hoti Hoteis’ business activity is performed in cooperation Meliá Hotels International (in 2011, the international hotel chain Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts changed its name to Meliá Hotels International – see all press releases | institutional videos), which is why 9 of the 11 hotel units which currently hold contracts with the Hoti Hoteis chain operate under Meliá Hotels International brands (Meliá Hotels & Resorts or Tryp by Wyndham). Similarly, 5 of the 9 hotel units which Hoti Hoteis currently has in the pipeline at different stages will have the Meliá Hotels International brand.
This agreement is aimed at developing the Hoti Hoteis hotel group as a manager (and, in some cases, also part of the proprietary company), using the Meliá Hotels & Resorts, Tryp by Wyndham and Sol Hotels & Resorts brands, thereby enabling this cooperation to harness a clear competitive advantage: on one hand, the marketing strength and prestige of Meliá Hotels International, a hotel chain which is over 50 years old, the world leader in the leisure hotel market, the leader in the hotel market in Iberia, Latin America and in the Caribbean, lent this agreement the public awareness of Spain’s most well-known hotel chain; and on the other hand, its abilities in terms of management, permanent monitoring, attracting new hotel units and promoting new strategic projects are facilitated by having a national partner.
The Meliá Hotels International brand structure enables us to cover a broad range of clients and simultaneously focus on new market trends, with a capacity to respond to emerging niches. The Meliá Hotels International brands are well recognised worldwide and are the most appealing and preferred brands in the tourist and business market in Spanish-speaking countries.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BRANDS AND NEW POSITIONING
Within the remit of this strategy, the Hoti Hotéis hotel chain recently launched its own brand - Hotel Star inn (www.hotelstarinn.com) – the first Low Cost hotel brand in Portugal. The significant growth of low-cost airlines is creating a new customer profile, the New Traveller. This customer profile, which can be subdivided into business, cultural, adventure and shopping tourists, can not be characterised according to their economic capacity, but it is a market based on speed of information and on the use of on-line commercialisation platforms. For these customers, travelling has become an ordinary habit, greatly facilitated by the purchasing process and by the low cost airlines. Therefore, these customers seek equally economical and easy-to-use solutions for their accommodation, since they are not prepared to pay for luxuries they do not need.
The process to requalify the Bom Sucesso Market in Porto, drawn up to build a hotel integrated into this complex and the proximity of the Casa da Música have all come together to create a development space suited to a themed concept inspired by Music, resulting in Hoti Hoteis own brand - Hotel da Música (www.hoteldamusica.com). It is a niche product, with an image carefully designed to tie in with its concept, capitalising in all its spheres of marketing on its link with the city’s main cultural institutions and events. It is, for this reason, a content-rich concept which offers customers a décor with a touch of design, inspired by musical themes, whilst opening up the doors to the entire landscape of urban cultural tourism.
Located on the south coast of Madeira, the Hotel Golden Residence (www.goldenresidencehotel.com.pt) was acquired by Hoti Hoteis Group in 2017.