“OUR MOËT & CHANDON SUITE HAS ITS OWN PUTTING GREEN.”
If its walls could speak… The Gran Meliá Don Pepe, in its more than half a century of history, has been visited by monarchs, Nobel Prize winners and the most famous Hollywood actors. Its name has been unfailingly linked to Marbella’s glamour. This five-star luxury hotel, located in a strategic location on the beachfront at the beginning of the famous Golden Mile, is part of the recent history of Marbella.
-Why should a tourist coming to Marbella to play golf choose this hotel?
-For our facilities, where you can find everything without having to leave the hotel, our attentive and caring service, and our excellent location within the urban core of the city of Marbella, strategically located for easy access to the main golf courses in the area.
-For golf fans, the Don Pepe even has a suite with its own putting green. It is clearly not a normal suite…
-This is the first Möet & Chandon suite in the world. It is an impeccable display of luxury and distinction and is located on the top floor of the hotel, from which to enjoy the wonderful views of the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. The terrace of the suite is the best kept secret of Marbella, where a spectacular bar of unique design will welcome you, and you can enjoy a glass of Moët & Chandon at the bar, in the whirlpool or in the Balinese bed. In addition, the suite also features an outdoor putting green overlooking the coast.
-The Gran Meliá Don Pepe has a reputation for having a loyal clientele, who regularly repeat their stays. What is the key for a hotel to maintain the loyalty of its clientele?
-We are fortunate to have a very loyal clientele that year after year returns to Marbella to enjoy their vacations. The Gran Meliá Don Pepe is synonymous with quality and a very careful attention to customer service. These values, together with its facilities worthy of a 5-star Grand Luxury and its unbeatable location in the center of Marbella and with direct access to the promenade, are undoubtedly the main attractions that keep our customers coming back to the hotel year after year.
-Quality gastronomy is becoming more and more important in the tourist’s appetite. What does the hotel offer in this respect?
-Our guests can enjoy a wide variety of services. Among them, we have several restaurants and bars open to the public not staying at the hotel and offering excellent value for money. There is the T-Bone grill, with traditional Basque grill cuisine with a modern twist, the Pool Bar in summer, with sea views and cocktails and snacks during the day along with “a la carte” lunches with international specialties, the Whisky Lounge, a meeting place par excellence with an extensive menu of spirits and cocktails, the Oyster & Caviar Champagne Bar, where you can savor a wide range of spirits and cocktails, and the Oyster & Caviar Champagne Bar, where you can enjoy the best cocktails and cocktails. Caviar Champagne Bar, where you can savor our selection of caviar, champagne and other delicacies in a chill-out atmosphere, the Tahini Restaurant & Sushi Bar, with the best Japanese cuisine, the Gran Café Capuccino with its unbeatable chill-out atmosphere in the heart of Paseo Marítimo, and Darcis, a space where you can find a wide selection of top quality artisan sweets, including ice cream, macarons, waffles and smoothies. I take this opportunity to invite our neighbors in Marbella to come and discover our gastronomic offer.
-The facilities and services aimed at taking care of the body are also an incentive to choose one lodging or another. What does this type of client find at the Don Pepe?
-We have an exclusive health area and Beauty Clinic. It is a space designed for the health of our clients, purification and beauty of the body, and the balance of the mind, in which we find three different concepts in an integrated and simultaneous way: Medical Clinic, YHI Spa with a wide range of treatments and massages, and Fitness Center open 24 hours.
-The hotel has become a regular venue for weddings and large celebrations. What facilities does it have in this regard?
-The hotel can host weddings and social events of all kinds. The Gran Meliá Don Pepe is known for its wonderful gardens where civil ceremonies, cocktails and banquets can be held, in addition to having a large soundproofed hall with a capacity to host banquets for 250 people. The hotel is a unique and privileged place to celebrate an exclusive wedding in Marbella.
-In addition to having the advantage of being located next to the Marbella Convention Center, the Gran Meliá Don Pepe is characterized by its spacious and multipurpose facilities for holding all kinds of meetings, conventions and conferences. What is the capacity of its rooms and what services does its business center offer?
-The hotel offers spaces specially adapted to all types of meetings, conventions and conferences, making it a true quality bet for virtually any size group.
We have 1,710 square meters of meeting or exhibition space, with a total of 12 meeting rooms, 8 of them with natural light, including a plenary room with capacity for 250 people. Our facilities are equipped with the latest technology and have a large number of communication and technical assistance equipment. We provide you with the space, the service, the personalized options and the style to make any event a success. All this, attended by a team of great professionals dedicated exclusively to make the event a success.
-In general, what do guests at the Don Pepe appreciate most about a tourist destination like Marbella?
-Marbella is undoubtedly one of the most important tourist centers in Spain; with a privileged location on the coastline, which provides excellent weather conditions throughout the year, in addition to having a great scenic beauty. Marbella has a unique tourist offer of sun and beach, with splendid and extensive beaches and natural areas, sports clubs and a great variety of establishments that justify its fame.
Marbella is a clean, safe and well-kept town, with beautiful boulevards, parks and gardens. Its attractive historic center, typically Andalusian, with narrow streets decorated with flowers, and its beautiful sandy beaches, with traditional beach bars to offer the best of fish, and its complete and exclusive offer in everything recreational make it a paradisiacal destination throughout the year.
-Do you believe that Spain will continue the growth rate in the number of tourists that it has been registering in recent years?
-Although in recent times we have obviously benefited from the instability of competing countries such as Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt, we will undoubtedly continue to grow if we are committed to quality and exclusive service, reinforced by our greatest added value, which is to enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.
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