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10 December 2018 – Diario Sur
Following the comprehensive renovation of the Don Pablo, Don Pedro and Don Marco Hotels, Meliá is preparing to change the brand to Sol Torremolinos Resort, with almost 900 rooms.
Just a few handcrafted details, commissioned in the 1970s, remind visitors of the origins and essence of the hotels Don Pablo, Don Pedro and Don Marco. They have undergone a comprehensive transformation following a €30 million investment to relaunch and consolidate them as the largest hotel complex in the Costa del Sol. The renovation work has taken three years and the only improvements left to make now, during the winter months, are in the spa located in the Don Marco Hotel, which is closed for the season, and in the indoor swimming pool, one of nine in the complex, explained Jaime Floyer, Director of Sol Don Hoteles. He added that Meliá is now preparing to change the brand to be renamed Sol Torremolinos Resort.
The three-hotel complex has modern façades, terraces that look like they end in the sea, a beach club and seven conference rooms, which have been renovated and equipped with the latest technology and with capacity for up to 500 people. It also has bedrooms and completely renovated common areas, plus 50,000 m2 of gardens and swimming pools, where the new work has improved the flow of clients from one hotel to another, to create the largest hotel complex on the Costa del Sol. “It is a resort that is looking to the future, we employ 210 people on average and we have a great diversity of nationalities amongst our loyal client base, with cases of tourists who spend up to five months here in the winter”, explained Jaime Floyer.
The new Sol Torremolinos Resort, on the beachfront, accounts for 5% of the hotel supply in Torremolinos, the town that is first in the ranking on the Costa del Sol by volume of hotel beds. This complex also has the advantage that it has an infrastructure that allows it to position each establishment in different and booming segments. In this way, Don Marco, the youngest of the hotels, inaugurated in 2004, as a four-star, 120-room property, is marketed as an establishment recommended for “adults only”.
By contrast, Sol Don Pedro is more focused on families (…); it opened to the public in 1971 and currently offers 344 rooms (…). Meanwhile, Don Pablo, with 442 rooms, is the big brother of the business (…) and opened its doors in 1974 (…).
In terms of the profile of clients, 25% are domestic, and the rest are from overseas, with Brits (24%) and Belgians (15%) standing out in particular (…).
Original story: Diario Sur (by Pilar Martínez)
Translation: Carmel Drake