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Check out the new restaurants, swimming pools and renovated rooms at the Grand Hyatt hotel on La Manga Club
It’s only two more weeks until the fully refurbished Grand Hyatt La Manga Club Golf & Spa resort hotel reopens on Monday May 15, after a comprehensive refitting and renovation of the old 5-star Príncipe Felipe Hotel on La Manga Club.
The hotel has been closed since the end of summer 2021 after it was taken over by the American firm Grand Hyatt. So what exactly can we expect from the new hotel facilities?
Here is the complete run-down of what we know so far about the fancy new hotel, which in the past has attracted celebs like Robbie Williams, Gloria Estefan, Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Salma Hayek, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham.
Infinity pool
This week, the new infinity pool located in the east wing of the building, next to one of the holes of the golf course, will begin to fill with water.
Those lucky enough to take a dip in the hotel infinity pool will enjoy the views of the Mar Menor and La Manga.
Spa and gym
The hotel is also opening of its own 1,700m2 Arabian-inspired spa and gym area, with its own heated swimming pool. There will be a wide range of “luxurious” treatments and beauty therapies, with six treatment rooms, a hydrotherapy area, sauna and steam room.
The hotel itself
As for the hotel building, it retains its Mediterranean-inspired architecture and design. At first glance you can see how all the exterior façades have been given a coat of paint.
However, the biggest change has taken place inside the building. It still has the same number of rooms – 192 – but among all of them, the large royal suite of 156 square metres and half a dozen additional suites stands out.
All the rooms have been redesigned based on the exclusive Grand Hyatt line, and the best-equipped rooms have 65-inch televisions and giant king-size beds.
Hotel employees
Grand Hyatt has estimated that they will need 400 members of staff to run the new hotel, which includes the staff responsible for the maintenance and services of the sports facilities at La Manga Club, such as the golf, tennis and football courses.
The total number of employees working at the hotel is far lower than it was a decade ago, when there were around 700 employees. In 2021, with the closure of the hotel by Hesperia, there was a redundancy plan and retirements that resulted in eighty contracts being terminated. Despite the drop in staff numbers, current employees themselves have apparently stated that the workload has not changed that much.
More restaurants
The new plan for restaurants in the area surrounding the Grand Hyatt La Manga Club hotel is to have an Italian restaurant, a sushi restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, a gastrobar and the historic Mediterranean restaurant Amapola all located within easy reach of the rooms.
Meanwhile, the Restaurante La Solana located on La Quinta Club, the exclusive resort-within-a-resort on La Manga Club, is also within easy reach for guests of the hotel and is one of the top restaurants on the resort.
The hotel itself also manages a cafeteria on the golf driving range, as well as bars in the bathing areas (one of them inside the new infinity pool itself!) as well as a restaurant and a beach bar on the Playa de La Cala.
Images: Grand Hyatt
Address
La Manga Club, Cartagena (Murcia) 30389 Tel: +34 968 331121
Members regularly return to their extended family at the La Quinta multi-ownership club within La Manga Club
Continuity, security and the constant drive to improve attract visitors back to La Quinta Club year after year
The 5-star La Quinta Club in the heart of La Manga Club, the most prestigious sports resort development in the Costa Cálida, has forged a reputation over more than three decades as one of the finest multi-ownership members clubs in Europe, and is currently able to offer a limited number of new membership deals on both permanent and fixed 4-year term conditions.
Located in lush tropical gardens above the par-47 pitch and putt course of La Manga Club, La Quinta Club is within easy walking distance of the tennis centre and various shopping malls. The properties are luxury air-conditioned linked villas built in the traditional Andalusian style with views out across La Manga Club towards the Mar Menor, and those occupying them can enjoy the community’s saltwater swimming pool with swim-up pool bar, where drinks and snacks are served throughout the day.
La Quinta is also home to La Solana bar and restaurant, which is open to non-members for the superb breakfast and lunch menus!
In short, to remain at the top in a resort which has on various occasions been named the best golf destination in Europe, La Quinta have worked hard to combine a number of factors in what has proved to be a winning formula, the most appreciated according to members’ opinions being the following:
* Quinta Members return for their holidays because La Quinta is “their” Club.
* Staff and Members are part of an extended family.
* Safety and security are given top priority.
* The weather is usually predictable and invariably better than at home!
* The standards both at La Quinta and throughout La Manga Club remain high.
* La Quinta always looks forward and tries to provide added interest every year!
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