On average, more than 80 million tourists visit Spain every year, with Catalonia in first place with 18 million, followed by the Balearic Islands with 14 million and the Canary Islands with 13 million. For this reason, there is no shortage of work in hotels in Spain.
An option to consider to work in the summer, and not only, is the tourism sector and of course the hotel industry. During the summer season, the hospitality industry offers many opportunities for those interested in working in this sector.
In Spain there are almost 20,000 hotels distributed throughout the country and have almost 2,000,000 rooms.
The professionals who work in the hotel industry are numerous: waiters, cooks, entertainers, gardeners, lifeguards, drivers, security guards, cleaners, receptionists, personal care staff, computer staff, sales, marketing, photographers, administrative staff, etc. Note that during the summer season, some hotels also offer the possibility of accommodation.
Hotel chains usually do not accept resumes submitted in person, so your only option is to access their websites and respond to a job offer or send your CV.
For those interested in the topic of working in Spain, I recommend reading the guide published in this blog.
Below I would like to provide you with the links of the main hotel groups in Spain where you can check their vacancies. Alternatively, you can also send your application to CV to be considered for future recruitment.
- Abba Hoteles, a chain of twenty hotels in Spain
- ADH, chain with several hotels
- Aqua Hoteles, a chain with 4 hotels on the Costa Brava
- Aranzazu,, a chain of hotels in the Basque Country
- Ayre Hotel, a hotel chain with 10 hotels in different Spanish cities (belongs to the Palladium Group)
- Axel Hotel, chain with 5 hotels in Madrid, Barcelona, Maspalomas and Ibiza
- Be Cordial, hotel chain based in Gran Canaria
- Be Live, a hotel chain with 40 establishments, belonging to the Globalia Group
- Best Hotel based in Tarragona. and has about 30 hotels in different cities: Malaga, Barcelona, Almería, Mallorca and Tenerife, but also has hotels in other places such as Andorra
- Blue Bay,, chain with more than 60 hotels, 22 of them in Spain, in the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Costa del Sol
- Blue Sea, chain with more than 20 properties
- BQ, a chain with 15 establishments in Mallorca and one on the Costa del Sol
- Castilla Termal Hotel, chain with 4 wellness hotels in Spain
- Catalonia Hotels & Resorts, has 68 hotels with more than 12,000 rooms and 7,000 employees. The company currently has 68 facilities in 21 different locations: 56 hotels in Spain, 2 in Brussels, 1 in Berlin and 8 resorts in the Caribbean.
- Casual Hoteles, a chain of 10 hotels in the main Spanish cities
- City Hotels, a chain of hotels in Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona and the Balearic Islands
- CLC World, is a British company that owns 14 high-end resorts on the Costa del Sol and Tenerife
- Dante Hotels, chain of hotels in Tossa de Mar
- Derby Hotels, a chain of 4 luxury hotels in Paris, London, Barcelona and Madrid
- Domus Hotels, a chain of hotels in the north of Spain (Asturias, Cantabria, etc.)
- Dunas, hotel chain based in the Canary Islands
- Elba, a hotel chain of 4 and 5 star hotels, with about 10 hotels in the Canary Islands and Andalusia
- Eurostars, is a hotel chain with 65 hotels in the main Spanish cities
- Fergus Hotels, a chain of 11 hotels between the Costa Brava and the Balearic Islands
- Garden Hotel, 3- and 4-star hotel chain, with 11 hotels mainly in the Balearic Islands
- Gargallo, hotel group Gargallo with twenty hotels in Barcelona and Catalonia
- GHT Hotel, hotel chain with 8 hotels on the Costa Brava
- Globales Hotel, a hotel chain with 34 properties in Spain, mainly in the Balearic Islands, but also in the Canary Islands, Madrid and Cadiz
- Golden Hotels, a chain with 7 hotels on the Costa Brava and the Costa
- Grupotel, has 5-star luxury hotels in: Mallorca (22 houses), Menorca (7 houses), Ibiza (4 houses), Barcelona (2 houses)
- Gruppo Barcelò, based in Palma de Mallorca, has a hotel division and a travel division, which make it one of the most important companies in the sector worldwide. The company operates mainly in Europe, America and North Africa and has about 150 hotels in 19 countries and 685 travel agencies in 22 countries. Although it is an international chain, many areestablishments are in Spain. In addition to the classic jobs in the hotel industry, you can find staff-related offers for your travel agencies.
- Grupo el Fuerte, Fuerte Hotel, chain of hotels with different structures on the Costa del Sol
- Guadalpin, hotels located in Marbella
- Guitart Hotel, chain of hotels with 6 establishments on the Costa Brava and in Barcelona
- HACE, chain of hotels in Cadiz
- HM Hotels, hotel chain with hotels in Mallorca and Mexico
- Hipotels, a chain of 24 hotels between Cadiz and Mallorca
- Hotels Saint Michel, a chain of about twenty hotels in Mallorca
- Holiday World, hotel chain with 5 establishments on the Costa del Sol
- Hospes, a chain with a dozen hotels in different Spanish cities
- Hoteles Center, a luxury hotel chain that owns 3 hotels in Barcelona, 4 in Andalusia, 1 in Valencia and 1 in Badajuz
- HotelIntur, chain with several hotels in several Spanish cities
- Hoteles Elba, chain with 14 establishments mainly in the Canary Islands and Andalusia
- Hoteles Monte, chain with hotels in Seville and Cadiz
- Hotel Santos, a chain of hotels present in the main Spanish cities
- Hotel Servigrup, a chain with about twenty hotels in Benidorm and on the Costa Blanca
- HotusaHotels, a hotel consortium of independent hotels around the world, which today has over 2,500 hotels in more than 50 countries. Hotusa provides its affiliated hotels with all the tools to help them compete with the major international hotel chains
- H Top, a chain with about twenty establishments, especially on the Costa Brava
- H 10 Hotels, a hotel chain based in Barcelona. The chain has 55 hotels in 18 locations with a total of more than 12,000 rooms, most of them in Spain
- Ibersol, offers hotels and apartments on the Costa Dorada and other Spanish resorts
- Iberostar, is a Spanish multinational company operating in the tourism sector, based in Palma de Mallorca. Currently, the hotel division of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has more than 114 hotels in 35 countries in three continents: Europe, America and Africa and employs nearly 30,000 people.
- Inturhotel, Majorcan hotel chain
- Inturjoven, Andalusian hotel chain with around twenty properties
- Ilunion, a chain with about thirty houses in the main Spanish cities
- Invisa Hotel, a chain with several hotels in several Spanish cities
- JS Hoteles, a chain with 10 hotels in Mallorca
- Leana, chain with 3 hotels in the region of Murcia
- Lopesan Group, a company that owns 12 properties in the Canary Islands
- Mac Hotels, chain with hotels in Majorca and on the Costa del Sol
- Macia Hoteles, hotel chain with 8 properties in the main Andalusian cities
- Magic costa blanca, chain with 14 hotels, mainly in Benidorm
- Meliá Hotels International, in Spain the company is the market leader in both the resort and city sectors. The hotel chain currently operates 374 hotels in 40 countries on 4 continents. It has around thirty million guests per year and employs more than 50,000 people. It has a particularly strong presence in Mexico, the Caribbean and throughout Central and South America, where it is the market leader.
- Medsur, chain of hotels in Benidorm
- MHG, chain of about 10 hotels between Barcelona and the Balearic Islands
- N H hotels, a luxury hotel chain founded in Spain. It is the largest Spanish city hotel group and has more than 400 hotels in 30 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. NH is a company that pays great attention to the improvement and professional growth of its employees with greater skills. In this sense, NH Hotels has a university with 5 locations to offer specific training programmes to its employees
- Nunez e Navarro Hotel, a chain of 12 hotels in Barcelona
- Oca Hotel, a chain of hotels in the north (Galicia, Asturias, etc.)
- OD Hotels, hotel chain with 5 properties in the Balearic Islands and Barcelona
- Palaldium Hotel Group, the seventh Spanish hotel group based on the island of Ibiza, which has been operating in this sector for 50 years, which started on the island and then expanded worldwide. It has 43 hotels, mainly in Spain, but also in other countries (Italy, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Jamaica and Brazil). The company employs about 12,000 people.
- Palia Hotels, hotel chain with hotels in Mallorca, Costa del Sol and Tenerife
- Parco Port Aventura, is an amusement park located near Tarragona with more than 5 million visitors per year. Inside the park there are about ten hotels.
- Pinero Group, has 27 facilities, mainly in the Balearic and Canary Islands, but also in the Caribbean.
- Port Hoteles, a chain of a dozen hotels on the Costa del Sol
- Protur, a chain of 20 hotels in Mallorca and Almería
- Raffael Hoteles, a chain of 6 hotels between Madrid and Barcelona
- Relais Termal, Spanish chain of wellness hotels
- RH Hoteles, a chain of about twenty hotels on the Costa Blanca
- RIU Hotel, a hotel chain with more than 100 hotels distributed in many countries around the world. I have listed them here because most of them are located in Spain
- Roc Hotel, a hotel chain with about thirty hotels in Spain (mainly in the Balearic Islands and the Costa del Sol)
- Room Mate Hotels, a hotel chain with about 15 hotels in the main Spanish cities
- Selenta Group, a group that operates several hotels in Spain
- Sercotel, the ownership group, owns more than 170 hotels in Spain (in the main Spanish cities and tourist centers) and in Central America
- Serva Tour, a hotel chain in Gran Canaria
- SH Hoteles, chain of 4 hotels between Alicante and Valencia
- Silken Hoteles,, a chain of hotels with about 30 hotels in the main cities of Spain
- Sirenis chain of hotels in Ibiza, Mexico and the Dominican Republic
- Still Hotel, hotel chain in the Balearic Islands
- The Hotel, a chain of about twenty hotels in the Balearic Islands
- Torreluz, hotels in Almeria
- Valentin Hotel, chain with hotels in the Balearic Islands, Cádiz, Cuba and Mexico
- Vincci Hotel, a 4-star hotel chain, with nearly 40 hotels in the main Spanish cities, is also present in Tunisia and Portugal
- Viva Hotel, chain with 6 structures in Majorca
- V P Hotels, Madrid hotel chain
- Zafiro Hoteles, a chain of 11 hotels in the Balearic Islands
- Zenit Hoteles, a hotel chain of about 25 hotels distributed in the main Spanish cities
- ZT hotels, hotel chain with 5 hotels located in Barcelona and on Peñíscola beach
- 4R Hotels, chain of 6 hotels in Tarragona
If you want to have all the information about living in Spain, you can read the article: Moving to Spain
