The Desert Springs Resort, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course in the Almeria region of Andalucía, south-east Spain, has received a prestigious award from the world’s largest travel website.
TripAdvisor has recognised the first-class accommodation, facilities and level of service provided at the Desert Springs Resort by awarding the luxury venue with a coveted 2013 Certificate of Excellence.
The accolade, which recognises hospitality excellence, places destinations in the top-performing ten per cent of all venues worldwide on the website, and is only awarded to businesses that consistently achieve outstanding reviews and ratings from TripAdvisor travellers. These trustworthy reviews then enable other travelers to plan their own trips in confidence.
To qualify for a Certificate of Excellence, venues must maintain an overall rating of at least four or higher, out of a possible five, as reviewed by travellers on TripAdvisor, and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months. Additional criteria include the volume of reviews received within the last 12 months.
Simon Coaker, Sales and Marketing Manager of The Almanzora Group, said:
“This award is especially gratifying for all at the resort as it directly represents the views posted from our guests which are completely unsolicited and reflect the opinions of real people describing their actual experiences whilst at Desert Springs Resort.
We believe that these result from a continual and consistent effort of staff at the resort to ensure customer satisfaction through quality of product and service on a daily basis; this is the corner stone of the Desert Springs Resort”.
TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site, enabling travellers to plan and have the perfect trip. It offers advice from travellers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 60 million unique monthly visitors, and more than 75 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com.
For details of Family, Golf & Sports Holidays, Sports Training Camps, Corporate Events and Meetings at the Desert Springs Resort:
- Call: 0034 678 679 387
- Email: desertsprings@almanzora.com
- www.almanzora.com
Additional background Information
Already renowned as a resort specialising in golf and family holidays, Desert Springs is gaining popularity as a centre of excellence for warm-weather training camps for cricketers and footballers.
Desert Springs is easy to reach from the UK, thanks to three international airports. They are: Almeria Airport, around 40 minutes away by road; Murcia Airport, 80 minutes by car, and Alicante Airport which is a drive of less than two hours. Airlines currently flying to the region from the UK include easyJet, Monarch, Ryanair, Jet2, Jetair Fly and Thomas Cook.
Accommodation is provided through The Lodge @ Desert Springs in a wide variety of serviced luxury apartments, townhouses and country villas available for holidays and short breaks. Meals are served in the resort’s Croc Restaurant, part of the family-friendly Crocodile Club that is geared up for a wide variety of leisure activities and the award winning El Torrente Restaurant at the Club House.
The Desert Springs Resort
Facilities include:
- a 72 par 18-hole USGA Indiana golf course designed by former Great Britain and Ireland Golf Team Captain Peter McEvoy who was inspired by the desert courses of Arizona and California;
- a golf academy whose PGA qualified teaching professionals cater for several international teams, for the women’s elite squads of the Golf Union of Wales and for many of the English County Union’s elite squads; PGA European Tour and LET players.
- two hard tennis courts, two paddle courts, beach volley ball and two football pitches – one is a full-size grass pitch; the other is designed for five-a-side games;
- a Cricket Academy
- a Football Academy
- a Spanish colonial style Golf Club House with a lounge, bar, restaurant, locker rooms, TV and reading rooms, and a Ralph Lauren Golf Boutique;
- The Crocodile Club which provides family fun at the heart of the resort with pools, equipped sand play areas, a kid’s battery powered John Deere Gator circuit and a games room as well as a jacuzzi, sun lawns and a pool bar;
- a health and fitness club and spa.
Awards
In 2005 Desert Springs won the Daily Mail Best Almeria Award and the Bentley International Property Awards for the Best Spain Development and Best Architecture. In 2006, it was awarded the Spanish National Madera Verde Prize for Environmentally Sensitive Development. In 2007, the El Torrente Restaurant received the New Millennium International Gastronomy Award for the Tourist, Hotel and Catering Industry. This award was created by the Trade Leaders Club with the aim of distinguishing companies from all countries, for the outstanding quality of their products or services.
The climate of the Almanzora coastal region
Desert Springs takes it name from the region’s desert microclimate, which is unique in Europe. It has the warmest winter weather on the continent with an annual average of more than nine hours of daily sunshine and maximum daily temperatures of between 16°C (60°F) and 30°C (86°F) throughout the year. Annual rainfall is less than 200 mm. The Almanzora’s coastal waters are among the cleanest and warmest in Europe, attracting both fish and diving enthusiasts.
Simon Coaker
The Almanzora Group Ltd
The Manor, Boddington, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire GL51 0TJ
Tel: +44 (0) 1242 680116
e: tag@almanzora.co.uk
www.almanzora.com
