Casual Hoteles mobilizes more than 23,000 euros to support children through the UNICER Spain Hotels Friends program

May 26, 2025. This morning, Casual Hoteles delivered the funds raised from awareness and fundraising campaigns carried out during 2024 at the hotel chain's properties to the UNICEF Valencian Community Committee, totaling 23,772.91 euros.

Through its support for the "Hoteles Amigos" (Friendly Hotels) program, Casual Hoteles contributes to UNICEF programs aimed at saving, protecting, and empowering the most vulnerable children around the world. These programs address fundamental areas for the survival and development of children most in need, both in humanitarian crises or emergencies and in times of peace, ensuring their survival, nutrition, health, protection, education, and hygiene.

During the event, the president and founder of Casual Hoteles, Juan Carlos Sanjuán, emphasized that “at Casual Hoteles, we firmly believe in balancing business growth with a real social commitment. That is why, from our beginnings, social responsibility has been present in every aspect of our operations, integrating it into both the day-to-day life of our teams and the experience of our guests. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has been part of our solidarity campaigns, contributing to improving the lives of thousands of children around the world.”

For his part, Celestino Suárez, President of the UNICEF Valencian Community Committee, highlighted that “The tourism sector is a clear engine for economic growth and development, but it also has the capacity to be an outstanding vehicle for social change. The commitment of Casual Hoteles has been constant and sincere since we began this valuable collaboration in 2017.”

About UNICEF Spain's Hoteles Amigos:

Hoteles Amigos is a UNICEF Spain initiative aimed at the tourism sector, promoting tourism that is responsible and committed to childhood. Through this program, hotels, hotel chains, and other agents in the sector support UNICEF programs for the most vulnerable children worldwide and ensure that their activities and spaces are safe, protective, and free from violence for children and adolescents.

About Casual Hoteles:

Casual Hoteles is a Valencian hotel company, founded in 2013 by Juan Carlos Sanjuán with the goal of becoming the benchmark for thematic urban accommodation in Spain. All its hotels feature personalized decoration inspired by the destinations where they are located, and offer quality standards and central locations at affordable prices.

They are fun, surprising, and provocative, making Casual Hoteles a disruptive chain that, in 2018, was recognized with the Hostelco Award for “Best Hotel Concept”; in 2023, it obtained the First HOSBEC Tourism Sustainability Award in the “Best Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy” category; and in 2024, it was chosen as the “Chain with the Best Corporate Social Responsibility” at the 14th edition of the Roca Awards for Hotel Initiative.

In this sense, the group also stands out for its policy of strong social and environmental commitment through its own Code of Ethics, and for its collaborations with NGOs such as Save the Children and UNICEF, among others.

Currently, Casual Hoteles has 27 hotels and 1,026 rooms in 16 cities across Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, of which 1 is under management, 18 are operated under a lease regime, and 8 are franchised. Additionally, in 2025, it plans to incorporate 1 new hotel in Naples (34 rooms), which is currently under construction.