The volume of data processed in the system and from which the Purchasing Department gets its knowledge on purchasing patterns according to geographical location, category and hotel brand for 2008 were:
| Purchases | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Spain | 2.950 |
| Dominican Republic | 884 |
| Mexico | 2.038 |
| Venezuela | 373 |
| Costa Rica | 266 |
| Puerto Rico | 250 |
| Germany | 180 |
| Italy | 186 |
| UK | 117 |
| Brasil | 562 |
| Perú | 379 |
| France | 87 |
| Chile | 138 |
| Argentina | 94 |
| Portugal | 85 |
| TOTAL | 8.589 |
The hotels and corporate offices with purchasing data in the system are located in 15 countries, with the relative importance of each country being the following:
| COUNTRY | VOLUME | % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 304.228.218,71 | 98,58% |
| Dominican Republic | 83.551.944,15 | 95,95% |
| Mexico | 24.341.702,69 | 97,30% |
| Venezuela | 10.820.631,56 | 99,85% |
| Costa Rica | 7.226.429,14 | 95,52% |
| Puerto Rico | 5.260.541,77 | 91,07% |
| Germany | 3.863.836,37 | 99,57% |
| Italy | 3.620.109,28 | 95,69% |
| UK | 2.137.402,59 | 91,10% |
| Brasil | 1.933.789,24 | 100,00% |
| Peru | 1.055.291,47 | 99,34% |
| France | 916.509,54 | 83,92% |
| Chile | 378.246,19 | 100,00% |
| Argentina | 190.997,22 | 100,00% |
| Portugal | 170.239,89 | 93,77% |
| TOTAL | 449.695.889,81 € | 97,8% |
The percentage of purchases from local suppliers is over 80% in every country.
Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts is the world's largest resort hotel company and the largest hotel chain in Spain in both resort and city hotels. Sol Meliá is third in the European ranking and the twelfth largest hotel chain in the world. As well as being the resort chain in the world it is also the largest hotel company in Iberoamerica and the Caribbean. The company currently operates more than 300 hotels in 30 countries on 4 continents. Sol Meliá includes Melia, Tryp Hotels, Sol Hotels, Gran Melia, Innside, Paradisus Resorts and Me by Melia.