The Medplaya Hotel Rio Park is a 4* hotel in Benidorm, Spain that caters to British
package holiday
A package tour, package vacation, or package holiday comprises transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided such as a rental car, activities or outings during the ho ...
tourists from
Thomson Holidays
Thomson Travel Group plc was a business formed by the Thomson Corporation of Canada, when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. It was acquired by Preussag AG, an industrial and transport conglomerate, in 2000. The group continu ...
, being its most popular hotel, accounting, as of 2001, for 10% of all Thomson guests, and having catered to over a million visits from British tourists, more than any other hotel in the world.
The hotel is several streets away from the beach and is not luxurious, although it does offer a swimming pool and evening entertainment, and boasts high occupancy rates year round, something that has been attributed to the hotel's manager since opening, José Miralpeix.
In the 1970s there were a number of outbreaks of
Legionnaires Disease
Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often ''Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Nause ...
at the hotel causing several deaths, eventually identified as originating from the hotel's drinking water system. Despite the apparent bad publicity, bookings at the hotel reportedly increased as more potential visitors recognised the name than the cause of its infamy.
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Hostelry In Spain
Hotels in Spain
Buildings and structures in Benidorm
Hotels established in 1971
Hotel buildings completed in 1971
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