Cyprus can still cover upmarket vacations

Cyprus can still cover upmarket vacations

I WOULD like to respond to Noel Josephides column (Travel Weekly August 28), which discussed the decline in quality of the market to Cyprus as a result of the growing increase in tourism numbers.

Noel laments the loss of Cypriotness, while I can see and understand where he is coming from, I would like to add that all is not lost.

In our case, as of August 26, advance bookings for this coming winter season at Le Meridien Limassol Spa and Resort are 281% up on last year from the UK.

We are obviously extremely pleased with this since we are at the top end of the market, providing a luxury service for our customers.

We have invested £7 million in our indoor/outdoor thalassotherapy health spa, ‘Le Spa’ – the only one of its type in the eastern Mediterranean.

Our spa was designed using local materials and is in keeping with traditional Cypriot style. We too employ some 260 staff – 95% are from Cyprus. There is quality and Cypriotness in Cyprus and at five-star hotels such as ours which also have ISO 9002 certification.

We work hard to promote this on a 12-month basis, hopefully in so doing providing quality operators with an alternative to tasteless all-inclusives!

John GCWood

General manager of Le Meridien Limassol Spa and Resort

Limassol

Cyprus