In 2023, a year before he retired from tennis, Rafael Nadal prepared for life after the sport by launching the Zel hospitality brand with Meliá Hotels. This month, after opening properties in Mallorca and Spain’s Costa Brava, the 22-time Grand Slam champion is serving up his third hotel—Zel Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The 190-suite property has eight restaurants, a spa, beach club and, yes, plenty of tennis courts. “I have been traveling for 20-something years,” Nadal told Forbes Travel Guide at the hotel’s opening. “I have been lucky enough to visit, probably, the best hotels in the world, and I learned what I like and what I don’t like. It’s a completely different experience [now].”