Cantaloupe Cantaloupe Cantaloupe (muskmelon, mushmelon, rockmelon, sweet melon) or spanspek (South Africa) is a variety of the "Cucumis melo" species in the Cucurbitaceae family. Cantaloupes range in weight from . Originally, "cantaloupe" referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe, but may mean any orange-fleshed melon of "C. melo". China is the world's largest producer of cantaloupes, providing half of the global total in 2016. The name cantaloupe is derived via French "cantaloup" from Italian "Cantalupo," which was formerly a papal county seat near Rome, after the fruit's introduction there from Armenia. It was first mentioned in English literature in
Cantaloupe Hotels Cantaloupe Hotels Cantaloupe Hotels is the leisure arm of Cantaloupe and Company a luxury lifestyle brand in Sri Lanka that provides services in event management, jewellery and advertising. Cantaloupe Hotels currently owns and operates two hotels in the Southern Province of the country, Cantaloupe Levels and Cantaloupe Aqua. Cantaloupe Hotels commenced with the opening of Cantaloupe Aqua in Talpe, Unawatuna, in December 2010. Cantaloupe Hotels started its second hotel, Cantaloupe Levels in Galle, in 2013. The hotel opened in September 2014. In 2014, the group announced that they would be expanding with the opening of Cantaloupe Soul Surf, a 30-room