Following the recent announcement that The Coffee Company Malta Limited, has been awarded the right to develop the Costa Coffee brand in the territory of Spain, it has now been announced that Raphael Cauchi will head this venture as Chief Executive Officer of the Coffee Company Spain Limited. 

Raphael joined Island Hotels Group in 1997 before the opening of Radisson Blu Resort, St Julian’s responsible for the setting up of the food and beverage department. This was followed by a promotion to General Manager of the resort, In 2005 he was appointed Pre-Opening General Manager of the Radisson Blu Resort & Spa Golden Sands, a role which he occupied until April 2010. During this period Raphael also worked at Director of Operations at the Radisson Blu in Brussels. In April 2010 he was then promoted to Chief Operating Officer responsible for Radisson Blu Resort, St. Julian’s, The Coastline Hotel and Island Caterers  Limited. 

When commenting about his recent carrier move within the Group Raphael admitted “This is an exciting move for the Group and myself. We intend to open six Costa Coffee Outlets within our territory by the end of 2014 and a total of seventy five outlets by the end of 2019, I’m confident that Costa Coffee will be as well received in Spain as it was in Malta and I look forward to this new challenge”