Prime Minister Joseph Muscat inaugurated the db San Antonio Hotel + Spa as part of a new chain – db hotels and resorts which also includes the db Seabank Resort & Spa. With an investment of €32 million in refurbishment and extension, the db San Antonio was completed in a record time of six months and it is now the Maltese hotel with the second largest number of rooms.

Architecturally built in a Moorish style, its 515 rooms spread across 10 floors, enjoy state-of-the-art comforts and amenities. Residents and non-resident guests can choose from its five restaurants offering cuisines from around the world. Two of the restaurants will open their doors by the end of the year.

The db San Antonio Hotel also boasts four indoor, outdoor and rooftop pools, a fitness centre, spa facilities with Moroccan treatments and conference facilities.

Silvio Debono, chairman of the Seabank Group said: “In the last three years, our group has invested a total €72 million in the db Seabank and the db San Antonio to offer excellence to all our guests. We have ambitious plans for our new hotel chain and we are looking at both the local and foreign markets.”

Vincent Degiorgio, director of db Hotels + Resorts asserted: “Over 30 companies employing around 900 people worked on this investment project. In addition, over 1,000 employees worked to supply it with goods and services to get it up and running. The job was executed with positive synergies throughout, making it possible to complete it in a record time of six months.”