The Mercian Bridge group has been bringing Bridge players to Spring Hoteles since 2002.  On this occassion, they have chosen our Spring Arona Gran Hotel for their 4 weeks stay starting 6th January. Mercian Travel is a British Travel Agency offering a wide range of holidays and bespoke tours for Bridge and Bowling players to destinations around the globe. Employing highly qualified Bridge and Bowling Directors, they ensure high standard and quality holidays at all times. Amongst their top destinations are Spain, Turkey and the Canaries with many  clients returning year after year.

During the daytime, the group does the usual holiday-making activities, such as walking, shopping or just relaxing and  sunbathing by the swimming pool. After dinner, in the evening, the group meets every day to play Bridge in the Sala Arafo from 20.00 until 23.30. And should it rain, they would have an additional session from 15.00 to 17.00.

Mercian Travel also organises a welcome drink with an introductory meeting, as well as a farewell cocktail.

For the first two weeks of their stay in our Spring Arona Gran Hotel the goups is caringly looked after by Mr Malcolm Carey and his charming wife Barbara. 

Many of the Bridge players have returned year after year and are well known by our staff. We wish them a happy stay with us, and look forward to welcome them with open arm in ther next visit planned for next year. 

Should you want to see more photographs of this group, please click here.

We had quite an exciting Christmas at Spring Hoteles. A month full of events al celebrations. Do you want to know about them???

The official countdown to Christmas started on the 1st December……..The Housekeeping teams of  our three hotels were working non stop for a week to have all the decoracions ready for the 8th December. In the photograph we have the Housekeeper of Spring Hotel Vulcano putting up the Christmas tree.

There was so much work, that we even had our guests decoating, as they also put up the Christmas tree by the pool area.

And if you remember our last post, where we showed you the Exhibition: Tenerife, Live History at the Spring Arona Gran Hotel.  The official opening took place a week before Christmas. There was a cocktail party with live music and entertainment.

And every year, our Nativity Scene by the cascade at Spring Hotel Vulcano, keeps growing, bigger and better. Don’t you just feel you are in Bethlehem?

And we absolutely love receiving your Christmas Cards, from all over Europe. We had more than 75 this year  and we even had a little game going on in our Facebook Page, can you find the Christmas card you sent us?…. and did you actually find it?

And what would Christmas be, without Christmas carols. Some of our nights we were entertained and delighted by the “Tuxedo Knights” who sang all the old favourites and more beside.

All the Management team at Spring Hotel Bitacora were wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas!!

And at the pool bar of Spring Hotel Vulcano there was a tasting of a special Christmas cocktail and some Traditional Spanish sweets.

And talking about sweets, these  are a few examples of the dessert table at the Christmas Dinner.

And finally a view of our salad table  just before the restaurant opened for the last time in 2011. Just look at that cascade of prawns at the back!!!

We hope you have enjoyed these selection of photos from the last month that we have been uploading to our Facebook page. We take this oppportunity to wish you all the best for the New Year , and hope to see you again soon.