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Marc Rahola Matutes builds a hotel group outside his family's business
Marc Rahola Matutes built his own hotel business after starting his career at Palladium, the hotel group run by his uncle, Abel Matutes.
Rahola says his family name gave him an advantage, but he wanted to find out whether he could succeed independently.
He learned the hotel business at Palladium, including through its expansion in the Caribbean, before pursuing a different style of hospitality.
In 2006, he bought and managed a 40-room hotel in Ibiza, which he kept open all year and designed to attract local visitors as well as guests.
His Ramat group now manages 15 hotels under the OD, Ryans and Coral brands, along with two branded-residence projects.
The projects include The White Angel and A:B:C, with developments in Ibiza, Baqueira, Andorra and London.
His business has grown beyond the family hotel group, though the account does not describe any further plans or next steps.
Marc Rahola Matutes has built Ramat, a hotel group operating 15 hotels and two branded-residence brands.
The group’s hotel brands are OD, Ryans and Coral, while its residence projects are The White Angel and A:B:C.
Rahola, nephew of Abel Matutes, worked at his uncle’s Palladium hotel group before setting out on his own.
He says he wanted to find out whether he could build a business independently.
His first hotel, the 40-room Aire Ocean Drive in Ibiza, opened in 2006.
- Who
- Marc Rahola Matutes, founder and CEO of Ramat.
- What
- He built a hotel group outside his family’s business that now operates 15 hotels and two branded-residence brands.
- When
- He bought and began managing the Aire Ocean Drive in 2006; the article was published on October 23, 2026.
- Where
- Ramat has projects on Ibiza, in Baqueira and Andorra, and in London.
- Why
- Rahola says he wanted to find out whether he could build something by himself. He was also inspired by the Hotel Costes in Paris.
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Rahola says he visited the Hotel Costes in Paris and became interested in that style of hospitality.
He had the opportunity to buy and manage the Aire Ocean Drive in Ibiza.
Rahola says he became independent.
- Hotels
- 15
- Hotel brands
- OD, Ryans and Coral
- Branded-residence brands
- The White Angel and A:B:C
- First hotel
- Aire Ocean Drive, Ibiza; 40 rooms
- Aire Ocean Drive
- Bought and managed by Rahola in 2006
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I needed to know if I was capable of doing something by myself.
I fell in love and told myself I wanted to create that kind of hospitality, open to local people, with music, presentations, gastronomy...