The brand new property brings “resortainment” to the Caribbean mixing premium resort facilities with extraordinary leisure
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, January 17, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Meliá Resorts Worldwide (“Meliá”) (BME: MEL), one of many world’s main leisure lodge firms working greater than 380 lodges all through 40 nations, and its three way partnership associate Falcon’s Past (“Falcon’s Past” or the “Firm”), a worldwide leisure improvement firm, at the moment proclaims the opening of Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana. It’s the first resort to open below the brand new leisure and entertainment-based model, Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá that provides a singular “resortainment” hospitality expertise.
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Meliá Resorts Worldwide and Falcon’s Past Debut Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana
The brand new model seamlessly blends premium resort facilities with extraordinary leisure experiences, together with entry to a brand new world-class theme park, Katmandu Park | Punta Cana, simply steps away from the property. Now by means of March 15, 2023, resort visitors will obtain unique entry to pick out points of interest, as a sneak peek earlier than the complete park opens to the general public. Sooner or later, visitors will even have direct entry to vibrant and curated eating, purchasing, and leisure venues as half of a bigger vacation spot expertise in improvement.
Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana, a five-star all-inclusive resort positioned on the Dominican Republic’s Bávaro Seashore, is a multi-phase transformation of two current Meliá properties, Paradisus Grand Cana and Backyard Suites by Meliá, comprising 622 rooms. Part one, has rebranded Paradisus Grand Cana and contains 432 luxurious suites, three swimming swimming pools, 9 specialty eating places and a world-class spa & health heart. Part two, the rebrand of Backyard Suites by Meliá, will embrace 190 rooms, to be accomplished by late 2023. Incorporating the fantastic thing about the Caribbean panorama, widespread areas are stuffed with brilliant, pure gentle, and designed to encourage vibrant, subtle enjoyable that complement the property’s daring particulars.
“It’s a honest honor to welcome visitors to the primary Falcon’s Resort by Meliá property in lovely Punta Cana,” stated André Gerondeau, COO of Meliá Resorts Worldwide. “Meliá has deep roots within the Dominican Republic – with our first property opening in Punta Cana over 30 years in the past. The event of Falcon’s Resort by Meliá will add a brand new stage of informal, subtle, and sudden enjoyable to the standard trip expertise.”
Past Suites
Designed for each kind of traveler, the property’s suites vary from 800 to 2990 sq. ft with spacious dwelling areas, furnished personal balconies and terraces full with spectacular views of the backyard or essential pool. The spacious suites function a eating space and bar counter for cocktails or morning espresso and a lounge space outfitted with a sensible TV and cozy seating. Resort visitors who guide a normal suite will obtain one 1-use go to Katmandu Park, per visitor.
Visitors may also improve to The Past Suite Expertise, offering an elevated room and unique advantages to reinforce their keep. These embrace a personalised Past Concierge, precedence reservations for actions and eating places, personalized turn-down, a dinner expertise across the Past Pool (one per keep) and a multi-day go to Katmandu Park. With this improve, visitors may also choose from a wide range of lodging classes, together with swim-up suites with a calming whirlpool bathtub on their personal terrace.
World Delicacies and an Elegant Spa
Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana will provide 9 restaurant ideas offering all kinds of world delicacies. Diners can take pleasure in culinary experiences from Asian, Latin, Mediterranean, and Caribbean menus providing worldwide flavors utilizing native substances. Prime-shelf liquor and wines can be found all through the property’s 4 bars.
Discerning vacationers can indulge within the companies and coverings at MAIA Signature Spa by Natura Bissé. Setting the pattern in combining avant-garde strategies with technological innovation and conventional therapies, MAIA Signature Spa supplies peace, serenity, and whole leisure.
Caribbean’s First-Ever Theme Park: Basis of Resortainment
Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana is one element of a brand new $350 million leisure vacation spot referred to as Falcon’s Past Locations that can function three distinct visitor experiences: the resort, a brand new theme park and a retail, eating, and leisure district referred to as Falcon’s Central. By way of the property’s “resortainment” providing, visitors can complement their seashore trip within the Caribbean with a theme park expertise on the all-new Katmandu Park | Punta Cana.
The state-of-the-art Katmandu Park | Punta Cana will transport visitors by means of immersive storytelling experiences, together with 4 marquee points of interest and using a number of proprietary never-before-seen trip applied sciences. Extra points of interest embrace 36-holes of mini golf, an out of doors ropes course and Katmandu-themed carousel amongst others.
“We’re thrilled to deliver one-of-a-kind ‘resortainment’ experiences to the Caribbean with the opening of Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana and Katmandu Park | Punta Cana,” stated Cecil D. Magpuri, CEO of Falcon’s Past. “Our distinctive huge expertise and small footprint theme park idea supplies our visitors with entry to progressive trip applied sciences, immersive experiences and different day and night time leisure. This mixture creates a unprecedented seashore getaway with infinite thrills and journey for households, teams, {couples} and vacationers of all ages.”
Going Past with Modern BeyondME™ Know-how
In early 2023, resort visitors may also entry BeyondME™, a brand new fan loyalty and on-line recreation platform that can allow people of all ages to attach, personalize, and be rewarded for his or her engagement throughout each digital and real-world experiences. The BeyondME sensible wearable expertise supplies entry to rooms, Katmandu Park | Punta Cana rides, park passes and particular person profiles, and allows visitors to conduct cashless transactions and work together with varied points of interest and immersive contact factors throughout the properties.
BeyondME encourages gamers to achieve “expertise factors,” referred to as XP, by collaborating in a wide range of real-world experiences throughout the resort, park, Falcon’s Central and digital experiences inside the BeyondME internet app, and by enjoying BeyondME-enabled on-line video games. XP factors might be redeemed for varied reductions and upgrades. MeliáRewards members will quickly be capable to hyperlink their account to unlock greater BeyondME standing tiers and convert MeliaRewards factors to XP. Visitors staying in a Past Suite will obtain additional XP factors and better tiered standing throughout their keep.
“This new kind of ‘resortainment’ expertise will change the best way we take into consideration the standard seashore trip,” stated Scott Demerau, Government Chairman of Falcon’s Past. “Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana and Katmandu Park | Punta Cana is redefining the tourism expertise within the Dominican Republic. We’re thrilled to associate with Meliá Resorts Worldwide to deliver this leisure vacation spot to life.”
Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana additionally options two choices for youths: the Habitat Membership and BLAST! Waterpark. Habitat Membership is a contemporary and spacious children membership that encourages youngsters of a number of age teams to discover their many curiosities by means of artistic exercise applications. On the resort’s BLAST! Waterpark, children can take pleasure in a number of points of interest and water slides to chill off from the Caribbean warmth.
Meliá and Falcon’s will develop a number of Falcon’s Past Vacation spot places throughout the globe within the upcoming years, together with websites in Tenerife, Canary Islands, and Mexico.
Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana opening charges begin at $420 per night time for normal rooms and $700 per night time for Past Suites, all-inclusive at double occupancy.
On July 12, 2022, Falcon’s Past introduced plans to turn into a publicly listed firm on Nasdaq by means of a definitive merger settlement with FAST Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FZT), a particular objective acquisition firm based by Doug Jacob and headed by Sandy Beall. Upon the closing of the transaction, the brand new mixed firm might be named “Falcon’s Past World, Inc.” and is predicted to be listed on Nasdaq below the ticker image “FBYD.” Extra details about the transaction might be discovered within the Investor Relations part of Falcon’s web site.
About Meliá Resorts Worldwide
Based in 1956 in Mallorca (Spain), Meliá Resorts Worldwide operates greater than 380 lodges (portfolio and pipeline) all through greater than 40 nations, below the manufacturers Gran Meliá Resorts & Resorts, Paradisus by Meliá, ME by Meliá, Meliá Resorts & Resorts, ZEL, The Meliá Assortment, INNSiDE by Meliá, Sol by Meliá and Falcon’s Resorts by Meliá, plus a large portfolio of affiliated lodges below the “Affiliated by Meliá” community. The Group is likely one of the main firms in resort lodges worldwide, whereas additionally leveraging its expertise to consolidate the rising phase of the leisure-inspired city market. Its dedication to accountable tourism has led the Group to turn into probably the most sustainable lodge firm in Spain and Europe, in accordance with the final S&P World Company Sustainability Evaluation (Silver Class). It additionally has ranked seventh within the Wall Avenue Journal’s listing of the 100 most sustainably managed firms on the earth (and the main journey firm) and is the one Spanish journey firm included within the listing of “Europe’s Local weather Leaders 2021” by Monetary Occasions. Meliá Resorts Worldwide can be included within the IBEX 35 Spanish inventory market. For extra data, go to www.meliahotelsinternational.com
About Falcon’s Past
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Falcon’s Past is a completely built-in, top-tier experiential leisure improvement enterprise specializing in a 360° IP Expander mannequin. The corporate brings its personal proprietary and associate IPs to international markets by means of owned and operated theme parks, resorts, points of interest, patented applied sciences, function movies, episodic collection, shopper merchandise, licensing, and past. The corporate has received quite a few design awards and supplied design companies in 27 nations world wide, turning imagined worlds into actuality.
Extra Data
In reference to the proposed transaction, Falcon’s Past intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (the “SEC”) a registration assertion on Kind S-4 (the “Registration Assertion”), which is able to embrace a proxy assertion/prospectus and sure different associated paperwork, which is able to embrace a doc that serves as a joint prospectus of Falcon’s Past and proxy assertion of FAST II, known as a proxy assertion/prospectus. A proxy assertion/prospectus might be despatched to all FAST II shareholders. No providing of securities shall be made besides by the use of a prospectus assembly the necessities of Part 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom. FAST II and Falcon’s Past will even file different paperwork relating to the proposed enterprise mixture with the SEC. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF FAST II ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. Traders and safety holders will be capable to receive free copies of the registration assertion, the proxy assertion/prospectus and all different related paperwork filed or that might be filed with the SEC by FAST II or Falcon’s Past by means of the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The paperwork filed by FAST II with the SEC additionally could also be obtained freed from cost upon written request to 109 Previous Branchville Highway Ridgefield, CT 06877. The paperwork filed by Falcon’s Past with the SEC may additionally be obtained freed from cost upon written request to 6996 Piazza Grande Avenue, Suite 301, Orlando, FL 32835.
Members within the Solicitations
FAST II and its administrators and government officers could also be deemed members within the solicitation of proxies from FAST II’s stockholders with respect to the proposed enterprise mixture. An inventory of the names of these administrators and government officers and an outline of their pursuits in FAST II is contained in FAST II’s closing prospectus associated to its preliminary public providing dated March 15, 2021, which was filed with the SEC and is accessible freed from cost on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Extra data relating to the pursuits of such members might be contained within the Registration Assertion for the proposed enterprise mixture when out there.
The Firm and its administrators and government officers may additionally be deemed to be members within the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of FAST II in reference to the proposed enterprise mixture. An inventory of the names of such administrators and government officers and data relating to their pursuits within the proposed enterprise mixture might be included within the Registration Assertion for the proposed enterprise mixture out there.
No Provide or Solicitation
This press launch is for informational functions solely and shall not represent a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed enterprise mixture and shall not represent a proposal to promote or a solicitation of a proposal to purchase any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction wherein such provide, solicitation, or sale could be illegal previous to registration or qualification below the securities legal guidelines of such state or jurisdiction. No providing of securities shall be made besides by the use of a prospectus assembly the necessities of Part 10 the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Warning About Ahead-Wanting Statements
This press launch contains sure statements that aren’t historic details however are forward-looking statements for functions of the secure harbor provisions below the US Non-public Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Ahead-looking statements usually are accompanied by phrases akin to “consider,” “might,” “will,” “estimate,” “proceed,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “count on,” “ought to,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “appear,” “search,” “future,” “outlook,” and comparable expressions that predict or point out future occasions or tendencies or that aren’t statements of historic issues.
These forward-looking statements embrace, however will not be restricted to, the expectation that the proposed transaction will happen and the mixed firm might be listed on Nasdaq and the anticipated advantages related to the opening of Falcon’s Resort by Meliá | All Suites Punta Cana. These statements are based mostly on varied assumptions and on the present expectations of the Firm and FAST II and will not be predictions of precise efficiency. These forward-looking statements are supplied for illustrative functions solely and will not be meant to function and shouldn’t be relied on by an investor or others as, a assure, an assurance, a prediction, or a definitive assertion of truth or chance. Precise occasions and circumstances are tough or not possible to foretell and can differ from assumptions. Many precise occasions and circumstances are past the management of Falcon’s Past and FAST II. These forward-looking statements are topic to a variety of dangers and uncertainties, together with, however not restricted to, the probability of which could possibly be adversely affected by (1) modifications in home and overseas enterprise, market, monetary, political, and authorized circumstances on the whole and within the leisure trade particularly; (2) the end result of any authorized proceedings which may be instituted in opposition to FAST II, Falcon’s Past or PubCo following the announcement of the proposed enterprise mixture, (3) the shortcoming of the events to efficiently or well timed consummate the proposed enterprise mixture, together with the chance that any regulatory approvals or the SEC’s declaration of the effectiveness of our prospectus/proxy assertion will not be obtained, are delayed or are topic to unanticipated circumstances that would adversely have an effect on Falcon’s Past or the anticipated advantages of the proposed transaction or that the approval of the requisite fairness holders of FAST II is just not obtained; (4) the incidence of any occasion, change or different circumstance that would give rise to the termination of the merger settlement, (5) volatility within the worth of FAST II’s or Falcon’s Past’s securities, (6) the chance that the proposed enterprise mixture disrupts present plans and operations because of the announcement and consummation of the enterprise mixture, (7) the enforceability of Falcon’s Past’s mental property, together with its patents, and the potential infringement on the mental property rights of others, cyber safety dangers or potential breaches of knowledge safety, (8) any failure to understand the anticipated advantages of the proposed transaction; (9) dangers regarding the uncertainty of the projected monetary data with respect to Falcon’s Past; (10) dangers associated to the rollout of Falcon’s Past’s enterprise and the timing of anticipated enterprise milestones; (11) the results of competitors on Falcon’s Past’s enterprise; (12) the chance that the proposed enterprise mixture will not be accomplished by FAST II’s enterprise mixture deadline and the potential failure to acquire an extension of the enterprise mixture deadline if sought by FAST II, (13) the quantity of redemption requests made by FAST II’s stockholders; (14) the power of FAST II or Falcon’s Past to situation fairness or equity-linked securities or receive debt financing in reference to the proposed transaction or sooner or later; (15) and people components mentioned in FAST II’s closing prospectus dated March 15, 2021 below the heading “Danger Components,” and different paperwork FAST II has filed, or will file, with the SEC. If any of those dangers materialize or our assumptions show incorrect, precise outcomes might differ materially from the outcomes implied by these forward-looking statements. There could also be further dangers that neither FAST II nor Falcon’s Past presently know, or that FAST II or Falcon’s Past presently consider are immaterial, that would additionally trigger precise outcomes to vary from these contained within the forward-looking statements. As well as, the forward-looking statements replicate FAST II’s and Falcon’s Past’s expectations, plans, or forecasts of future occasions and views as of the date of this press launch. FAST II and Falcon’s Past anticipate that subsequent occasions and developments will trigger FAST II’s and Falcon’s Past’s assessments to vary. Nevertheless, whereas FAST II and Falcon’s Past might elect to replace these forward-looking statements in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, FAST II and Falcon’s Past particularly disclaim any obligation to take action. These forward-looking statements shouldn’t be relied upon as a illustration of FAST II’s and Falcon’s Past’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press launch. Accordingly, undue reliance shouldn’t be positioned upon the forward-looking statements.
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