One boat carrying 66 people was located 10 nautical miles south of Gran Canaria, Spain's Red Cross said
"Unfortunately, 11 people were killed and 19 were injured in a fire," Giorgi Gakharia, Georgia's interior minister, told reporters.
The fire started late on Friday on one floor of the Leogrand hotel and spread quickly. Batumi is about 360 km from Tbilisi, Georgia's capital.
The hotel has been scheduled to be a venue for the Miss Georgia beauty contest on Sunday. According to officials, no participants of the contest, who were staying at the hotel, were injured in the blaze.