Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Club La Santa Steak and Sushi - Update and Menus
The Club La Santa Steak and Sushi restaurant (now with patio heaters!) is open for reservations at 17:00h, telephone 4501, and you will receive the Take away grill menu in reception upon arrival!
Improved Childrens Menu now available.
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See earlier post for full details.
http://rogercls.blogspot.com/2011/12/steak-sushi-restaurant.html
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Restaurant Menu
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Take Away Menu
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Enjoy!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Warmer Steak and Sushi!
As everyone knows, Lanzarote can get a little cool (well maybe 12C or 13C! ) during these winter evenings. But you can now dine in style and warmth at Club La Santa Steak and Sushi in the Square. Seven large patio heaters arrived yesterday and are already proving popular with guests.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Grillen Bar & Grill
Message from Grillen
It's been two months this week since we opened the doors at Grillen Bar + Grill and wow, what a wonderful exciting period it's been! Thank you to all those who have visited, hope you enjoyed the experience and we can welcome you again soon! The Grillen Team.
Don't forget to take your ITSO Card!
Click here for Grillen
It's been two months this week since we opened the doors at Grillen Bar + Grill and wow, what a wonderful exciting period it's been! Thank you to all those who have visited, hope you enjoyed the experience and we can welcome you again soon! The Grillen Team.
Don't forget to take your ITSO Card!
Click here for Grillen
More world famous sports people at Club La Santa!
Fernando Alonso and the Ferrari Team enjoyed a week's stay and trained here before the tough Formula 1 season starts.
See this video! from Scuderia Ferrari Racing News n.2
http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1/News/Racing_News/Pages/120201-scuderia-ferrari-racing-news-n-2.aspx
See this video! from Scuderia Ferrari Racing News n.2
http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1/News/Racing_News/Pages/120201-scuderia-ferrari-racing-news-n-2.aspx
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Club La Santa Personalities - Henning Haugaard
“Father of the Green Team” and Creator of the Morning Workout
Q1 My spies tell me you were involved early on in helping to set up CLS?
The original accommodation structure was already here when Willy Bechmann had the vision of creating a sports centre for timeshare holidays and I was involved in the planning meetings from early 1982.
Q2 Did you and Kenneth Gasque know each other before these meetings?
I was an officer in the Danish Army and taught at the Danish Army Sports Academy from 1974 until 1983. I was originally Kenneth’s teacher at the academy!
I was asked to plan and set up the sports activities for CLS before it opened in 1983. We asked Kenneth, now CLS Events Director, to join the team.
Q3 What was needed in those early days?
Obviously we had to be organised and ready to open in 1983. Work started on the sports facilities in June 982 and didn’t finish until mid-85. Squash, tennis and golf were popular at the time and wind–surfing was just coming in. Biking was not so fashionable back then. The surf station was set up on the far side of the lagoon from the complex. We had only two tennis courts.
I started to work with parameters nobody had even been thinking about before. E.g., an initial average of 400 guests who wanted to “do something” twice a day, would give you 800 activity hours (AH) per day. Making these AH in groups of 10 people would give you 80 lessons a day, and an instructor (Green Teamer) could perhaps take 10 lessons, result: Min. 8 Greens + booking, etc. In the long run, with higher occupation, you would obviously have to make this rather flexible, with more activities and more Green Teamers and bigger groups etc., and that is the situation today.
Q4 Were you a Green Team Member?
Yes, in fact I am proud to be able to claim that I am the “Father” of the Green Team! I set up the Green Team in 1983. There were only nine of us that first year, including Kenneth and my first wife. We had only forty to fifty guests each week to look after in the first 3-4 months.
In 1984 the Green Team doubled in size to eighteen. Timeshares were selling well and RCI visitors enjoyed holidaying here. I remember one American lady in her 60’s who came to play tennis but learned how to windsurf. She was allocated to a striking young “Viking” Green Team member for the windsurfing and went away singing the praises of CLS!
Q5 How did CLS develop in those early days?
CLS was still a building site up to 1986. The athletics stadium and squash courts came first and then the Olympic Pool. There was a table tennis room (where the sports shop is now) because one of the original Green Team members was an expert table tennis player. The Green Team and managers (I became Sports and Activities Manager and resort Assistant Manager) were innovative in their approach with the landscape available. For example, events like Beach Golf were organised in the sand by the lagoon. Mostly it was bunker play using mini golf clubs. Family Beach Fun Day with the egg throwing, etc. started at this early stage, as we didn’t have enough activities!
Q6 Was Morning Workout by the leisure pool one of the original activities and where did the idea come from?
Morning exercise was part of the evolution of introducing music into sports training. This was taking place in the early 80’s. Everyone was inspired by Jane Fonda and her exercise routines! So, having thought a little bit about Jane Fonda, we decided to make a music programme for an early morning exercise routine.
I wanted good quality sound, the best available at the time were high quality tapes. I got some help in getting the music equipment together while I worked on the resourcing, sequencing, speed and type of rhythm of the music. The choreography was difficult because it had to suit everybody, young and old, sporty or not - and be professional. The routine was a combination of dancing and a work out.
The programme used to this day is the very much the same as I put together back in 1983. Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong has been added at the start but Chariots of Fire, On the Road Again and all the others - these are great tracks from the time.
Once the programme went active, I took the morning workout six days a week. Kenneth Gasque did it on Sundays and hated doing it. :)
Q7 I’ve always wondered about the part where you hit your calves and thighs with your knuckles? Why?
Well, that was because I couldn’t think of anything to fit the music at that point of the routine!
Q8 Have you done the Morning Work Out recently?
Not for about 25 years!
Q9 What is your favourite part of CLS ?
I like it all. But especially the CLS “spirit”. The physical evolution of CLS always continues in an upward direction.
Q10 How are you involved now with sports events that take place in Lanzarote?
Kenneth Gasque, the CLS Events Director asked me in 1997 to help organise the marathon part of his Ironman Triathlon. 2011 will be my 14th Ironman. I have helped on course design and also been out on the course supplying the Aid Stations on the day since then.
Prior to the event, Kenneth is happy having me, his old teacher and mentor helping him in that part of the race, so he can nearly forget about it. That gives him time to concentrate on checking all of the other 1000 details of the arrangements which are of paramount importance: The local authorities, the local police, the Guardia Civil on the roads and in helicopters, judges, first aid, massage, press, timekeepers, public relations, etc., etc. The other events during the year that I am involved in with Kenneth are:- Ocean Lava (half Ironman), the Wine Run, Music Marathon and the Arrecife Marathon.
Many of the competitors and the volunteer helpers are of course from CLS.
Q11 Henning, can you tell us a little about yourself?
I’ve lived in Lanzarote since 1983, so I feel I belong here now. I married a lovely Spanish lady in 2001 and have a nine year old daughter who was born here in Lanzarote.
I love to cook and I like to spend an hour in the evening with Morten in the Bike Stop Café in La Santa Village talking about food and recipes… and maybe have a good whisky.
Q12 Have you a message for Timeshare Owners?
I strongly believe that the creation of the special spirit and success at CLS was created by the combination of the Green Team and the Timeshare Owner’s back at the start. The TSOs were, and still are, extremely loyal. Many have been coming back for more than twenty five years. I have often been asked how you could recreate the atmosphere of CLS. I do not think anyone could copy it.
Thank you for your time, Henning.
Alison Howat Interviewed in February 2011 in the Green Bar CLS
Q1 My spies tell me you were involved early on in helping to set up CLS?
The original accommodation structure was already here when Willy Bechmann had the vision of creating a sports centre for timeshare holidays and I was involved in the planning meetings from early 1982.
Q2 Did you and Kenneth Gasque know each other before these meetings?
I was an officer in the Danish Army and taught at the Danish Army Sports Academy from 1974 until 1983. I was originally Kenneth’s teacher at the academy!
I was asked to plan and set up the sports activities for CLS before it opened in 1983. We asked Kenneth, now CLS Events Director, to join the team.
Q3 What was needed in those early days?
Obviously we had to be organised and ready to open in 1983. Work started on the sports facilities in June 982 and didn’t finish until mid-85. Squash, tennis and golf were popular at the time and wind–surfing was just coming in. Biking was not so fashionable back then. The surf station was set up on the far side of the lagoon from the complex. We had only two tennis courts.
I started to work with parameters nobody had even been thinking about before. E.g., an initial average of 400 guests who wanted to “do something” twice a day, would give you 800 activity hours (AH) per day. Making these AH in groups of 10 people would give you 80 lessons a day, and an instructor (Green Teamer) could perhaps take 10 lessons, result: Min. 8 Greens + booking, etc. In the long run, with higher occupation, you would obviously have to make this rather flexible, with more activities and more Green Teamers and bigger groups etc., and that is the situation today.
Q4 Were you a Green Team Member?
Yes, in fact I am proud to be able to claim that I am the “Father” of the Green Team! I set up the Green Team in 1983. There were only nine of us that first year, including Kenneth and my first wife. We had only forty to fifty guests each week to look after in the first 3-4 months.
In 1984 the Green Team doubled in size to eighteen. Timeshares were selling well and RCI visitors enjoyed holidaying here. I remember one American lady in her 60’s who came to play tennis but learned how to windsurf. She was allocated to a striking young “Viking” Green Team member for the windsurfing and went away singing the praises of CLS!
Q5 How did CLS develop in those early days?
CLS was still a building site up to 1986. The athletics stadium and squash courts came first and then the Olympic Pool. There was a table tennis room (where the sports shop is now) because one of the original Green Team members was an expert table tennis player. The Green Team and managers (I became Sports and Activities Manager and resort Assistant Manager) were innovative in their approach with the landscape available. For example, events like Beach Golf were organised in the sand by the lagoon. Mostly it was bunker play using mini golf clubs. Family Beach Fun Day with the egg throwing, etc. started at this early stage, as we didn’t have enough activities!
Q6 Was Morning Workout by the leisure pool one of the original activities and where did the idea come from?
Morning exercise was part of the evolution of introducing music into sports training. This was taking place in the early 80’s. Everyone was inspired by Jane Fonda and her exercise routines! So, having thought a little bit about Jane Fonda, we decided to make a music programme for an early morning exercise routine.
I wanted good quality sound, the best available at the time were high quality tapes. I got some help in getting the music equipment together while I worked on the resourcing, sequencing, speed and type of rhythm of the music. The choreography was difficult because it had to suit everybody, young and old, sporty or not - and be professional. The routine was a combination of dancing and a work out.
The programme used to this day is the very much the same as I put together back in 1983. Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong has been added at the start but Chariots of Fire, On the Road Again and all the others - these are great tracks from the time.
Once the programme went active, I took the morning workout six days a week. Kenneth Gasque did it on Sundays and hated doing it. :)
Q7 I’ve always wondered about the part where you hit your calves and thighs with your knuckles? Why?
Well, that was because I couldn’t think of anything to fit the music at that point of the routine!
Q8 Have you done the Morning Work Out recently?
Not for about 25 years!
Q9 What is your favourite part of CLS ?
I like it all. But especially the CLS “spirit”. The physical evolution of CLS always continues in an upward direction.
Q10 How are you involved now with sports events that take place in Lanzarote?
Kenneth Gasque, the CLS Events Director asked me in 1997 to help organise the marathon part of his Ironman Triathlon. 2011 will be my 14th Ironman. I have helped on course design and also been out on the course supplying the Aid Stations on the day since then.
Prior to the event, Kenneth is happy having me, his old teacher and mentor helping him in that part of the race, so he can nearly forget about it. That gives him time to concentrate on checking all of the other 1000 details of the arrangements which are of paramount importance: The local authorities, the local police, the Guardia Civil on the roads and in helicopters, judges, first aid, massage, press, timekeepers, public relations, etc., etc. The other events during the year that I am involved in with Kenneth are:- Ocean Lava (half Ironman), the Wine Run, Music Marathon and the Arrecife Marathon.
Many of the competitors and the volunteer helpers are of course from CLS.
Q11 Henning, can you tell us a little about yourself?
I’ve lived in Lanzarote since 1983, so I feel I belong here now. I married a lovely Spanish lady in 2001 and have a nine year old daughter who was born here in Lanzarote.
I love to cook and I like to spend an hour in the evening with Morten in the Bike Stop Café in La Santa Village talking about food and recipes… and maybe have a good whisky.
Q12 Have you a message for Timeshare Owners?
I strongly believe that the creation of the special spirit and success at CLS was created by the combination of the Green Team and the Timeshare Owner’s back at the start. The TSOs were, and still are, extremely loyal. Many have been coming back for more than twenty five years. I have often been asked how you could recreate the atmosphere of CLS. I do not think anyone could copy it.
Thank you for your time, Henning.
Alison Howat Interviewed in February 2011 in the Green Bar CLS
NEW LIST - Timeshare Weeks For Sale
What timeshare weeks are for sale?
The updated list of weeks for sale is now on the Timeshare Resales website.
Weeks For Sale
The updated list of weeks for sale is now on the Timeshare Resales website.
Weeks For Sale
Club La Santa, the ideal Winter training place for triathletes
FROM CLS: Many elite triathletes have chosen Club La Santa and are enjoying the wonderful weather here in Lanzarote during the month of January.
The French Triathlon Federation has brought the majority of it’s elite triathletes and duathletes here again this year, The athletes, including Sudrie, Poulat, Belaubre, Moulai and Duathlon World Champion Diemunsch, cover a range of race distances and are all coached by Pierre Houseaux and Stéphanie Deanaz. Followed by their main national digital press, they get an almost daily coverage on TRImaxHebdo
Other European athletes you might spot gathering at the Olympic size swimming pool are Danish Helle Frederiksen, German Daniel Unger, Jurgen Stilgenbaeur and Stefan Vuckovic, as well as British Athletes Rachel Joyce, Catriona Morrison, Emma-Kate Lidbury and Joanna Carritt.
Several top Spanish triathletes are also making the most of the great training facilities while staying at the resort, preparing the first races of the season. Eneko Llanos is preparing for his first major race of the year on the 3rd of March in Abu Dhabi. Llanos stays at Club La Santa for two months each year, and this time he has extra motivation during training - his girlfriend Ruth Brito is training with him in preparing for the Ironman Lanzarote taking place in May.
Other Spanish triathletes at the resort include Ainhoa Murua, so far the only Spanish triathlete qualified for the London Olympics. Murua will spend two months on Lanzarote training with her boyfriend Jon Unanue, in preparation for the Olympics in August. Victor del Corral is also training using our facilities, whilst living on the island.
Other big names in the triathlon world are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, including Jonathan Brownlee and Philip Graves from the UK. Spanish athletes such as Ivan Raña, Mario Mola and Marina Damlaimcourt, will be preparing for the Australian races in April, hoping to qualify for the Olympics later this year. All three are coached by Cesar Varela who will join them.
Club La Santa will kick off the Triathlon season in Lanzarote this Saturday the 21st of January with the ever popular International Lanzarote Duathlon, - 5 km run, 20 km bike and 2.5 km run.
As usual, we expect many of the above mentioned elite to join us at the start line. We may even welcome the former female world champion in the discipline, Sandra Levenez, who is currently training at Club La Santa. Who has confirmed entry is Ariélien Lescure...
The French Triathlon Federation has brought the majority of it’s elite triathletes and duathletes here again this year, The athletes, including Sudrie, Poulat, Belaubre, Moulai and Duathlon World Champion Diemunsch, cover a range of race distances and are all coached by Pierre Houseaux and Stéphanie Deanaz. Followed by their main national digital press, they get an almost daily coverage on TRImaxHebdo
Other European athletes you might spot gathering at the Olympic size swimming pool are Danish Helle Frederiksen, German Daniel Unger, Jurgen Stilgenbaeur and Stefan Vuckovic, as well as British Athletes Rachel Joyce, Catriona Morrison, Emma-Kate Lidbury and Joanna Carritt.
Several top Spanish triathletes are also making the most of the great training facilities while staying at the resort, preparing the first races of the season. Eneko Llanos is preparing for his first major race of the year on the 3rd of March in Abu Dhabi. Llanos stays at Club La Santa for two months each year, and this time he has extra motivation during training - his girlfriend Ruth Brito is training with him in preparing for the Ironman Lanzarote taking place in May.
Other Spanish triathletes at the resort include Ainhoa Murua, so far the only Spanish triathlete qualified for the London Olympics. Murua will spend two months on Lanzarote training with her boyfriend Jon Unanue, in preparation for the Olympics in August. Victor del Corral is also training using our facilities, whilst living on the island.
Other big names in the triathlon world are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, including Jonathan Brownlee and Philip Graves from the UK. Spanish athletes such as Ivan Raña, Mario Mola and Marina Damlaimcourt, will be preparing for the Australian races in April, hoping to qualify for the Olympics later this year. All three are coached by Cesar Varela who will join them.
Club La Santa will kick off the Triathlon season in Lanzarote this Saturday the 21st of January with the ever popular International Lanzarote Duathlon, - 5 km run, 20 km bike and 2.5 km run.
As usual, we expect many of the above mentioned elite to join us at the start line. We may even welcome the former female world champion in the discipline, Sandra Levenez, who is currently training at Club La Santa. Who has confirmed entry is Ariélien Lescure...
Monday, 23 January 2012
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Puerto del Carmen Carnival 2012
The poster and programme have been released by the Tourism Department for the Puerto del Carmen carnival in February 2012.
The Puerto del Carmen Carnaval 2012 programme as confirmed by the Concejalía de Turismo from the Ayuntamiento de Tías includes:
Thursday 23rd February
18:00 Children’s Carnival at the Plaza del Varadero in the Old Harbour
20:00 Performance of the Murgas which are Carnival songs by the groups Tabletuos, Simplones and Desahusiados in Plaza del Varadero in the Old Harbour
Friday 24th February
20:30 Carnival Show by carnival groups including Charanga “Los Gruñones”, Batucada “Chimbay”, “Guaracheros Show” and Comparsa “Sur Caliente” in Plaza del Varadero followed by an open air concert with Lanzarote Swing and DJ Carlos Chavaud.
Saturday 25th February
17:00 Carnival Parade along Avenida de Las Playas from Barcarola to Fariones Playa.
21:00 Open air concert with Travesía, Rika Banda and Lanzarote Swing in Plaza del Varadero
Sunday 26th February
12:00 Carnival Morning singing and dancing with Pepe Benavente, Rafael Flores “El Morocho”, Batucada, Comparsas and Drag Queen in Plaza del Varadero.
The theme for the resort of Puerto del Carmen in 2012 is the Wild West.
Lanzarote Carnival Dates 2012
Arrecife Carnival 2012 10th to 22nd February 2012 (main procession Monday 20th) – theme Vikings
Puerto del Carmen 23rd to 25th February 2012 (procession Saturday 25th) – theme Wild West
Costa Teguise & Teguise Carnival 2012 1st - 4th March 2012 (procession Saturday 3rd) – no theme confirmed
Playa Blanca – although the dates have not been published as yet, the theme will be Venice according to the poster competition which closes on the 13th January 2012
The Puerto del Carmen Carnaval 2012 programme as confirmed by the Concejalía de Turismo from the Ayuntamiento de Tías includes:
Thursday 23rd February
18:00 Children’s Carnival at the Plaza del Varadero in the Old Harbour
20:00 Performance of the Murgas which are Carnival songs by the groups Tabletuos, Simplones and Desahusiados in Plaza del Varadero in the Old Harbour
Friday 24th February
20:30 Carnival Show by carnival groups including Charanga “Los Gruñones”, Batucada “Chimbay”, “Guaracheros Show” and Comparsa “Sur Caliente” in Plaza del Varadero followed by an open air concert with Lanzarote Swing and DJ Carlos Chavaud.
Saturday 25th February
17:00 Carnival Parade along Avenida de Las Playas from Barcarola to Fariones Playa.
21:00 Open air concert with Travesía, Rika Banda and Lanzarote Swing in Plaza del Varadero
Sunday 26th February
12:00 Carnival Morning singing and dancing with Pepe Benavente, Rafael Flores “El Morocho”, Batucada, Comparsas and Drag Queen in Plaza del Varadero.
The theme for the resort of Puerto del Carmen in 2012 is the Wild West.
Lanzarote Carnival Dates 2012
Arrecife Carnival 2012 10th to 22nd February 2012 (main procession Monday 20th) – theme Vikings
Puerto del Carmen 23rd to 25th February 2012 (procession Saturday 25th) – theme Wild West
Costa Teguise & Teguise Carnival 2012 1st - 4th March 2012 (procession Saturday 3rd) – no theme confirmed
Playa Blanca – although the dates have not been published as yet, the theme will be Venice according to the poster competition which closes on the 13th January 2012
Friday, 13 January 2012
NEW OPENING HOURS FOR THE SPORTS SHOP!
The Sports Shop Opening hours will be extended from Monday 16th January as shown below.
MONDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
TUESDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 19.30
WEDNESDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
THURSDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 19.30
FRIDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
SATURDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
SUNDAY CLOSED
We look forward to seeing you in the Shop for longer!
Please remember our January Sale has begun with discounts on most items!
• 30% off clothes and accessories
• 25% off shoes
We now offer running video analysis on the premises so please ask the Sports Shop Staff for more details.
MONDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
TUESDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 19.30
WEDNESDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
THURSDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 19.30
FRIDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
SATURDAY 09.00 – 13.00 & 17.00 – 20.30
SUNDAY CLOSED
We look forward to seeing you in the Shop for longer!
Please remember our January Sale has begun with discounts on most items!
• 30% off clothes and accessories
• 25% off shoes
We now offer running video analysis on the premises so please ask the Sports Shop Staff for more details.
Apartment Renovations - "Look and Feel"
Whilst there are a good number of design and equipment decisions still to be taken, Club La Santa have confirmed that the "look and feel" of the forthcoming apartment renovations will be similar to this:
Wellness Centre - New Opening Hours and TSO discounts!
FROM CLS:
We would like to inform you that starting from the 21st of January 2012, (next Saturday) the Wellness Center will change the opening hours, the new opening time will be:
08.00-12.30h
13.30-20.00h
We will close lunch time from 12.30 until 13.30 for cleaning; as usual we will stay open every day of the week.
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As part of the new STRAP2 Agreement, TSOs now get 10% discount on the purchase of products/treatments/entry in the Wellness Centre, and 25% on entry from 08.00 in the morning until 12.30.
We would like to inform you that starting from the 21st of January 2012, (next Saturday) the Wellness Center will change the opening hours, the new opening time will be:
08.00-12.30h
13.30-20.00h
We will close lunch time from 12.30 until 13.30 for cleaning; as usual we will stay open every day of the week.
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As part of the new STRAP2 Agreement, TSOs now get 10% discount on the purchase of products/treatments/entry in the Wellness Centre, and 25% on entry from 08.00 in the morning until 12.30.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Club La Santa – Apartment Sharing 10-17 May 2012
To ALL TSOs
I have been going to CLS since it opened.
Would any female TSO be interested in sharing an apartment for the above week with mature female TSO. Favourable price. Do your own thing!
For details please e.mail: evemethven@hotmailcom.
Many thanks
Eve Methven
I have been going to CLS since it opened.
Would any female TSO be interested in sharing an apartment for the above week with mature female TSO. Favourable price. Do your own thing!
For details please e.mail: evemethven@hotmailcom.
Many thanks
Eve Methven
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Fun Sun to Close Down
After many years at Club La Santa the Fun Sun shop at Club La Santa will sadly be closing down. However, Fun Sun in Puerto del Carmen will remain open.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Refurbishment
During 2011 and 2012 Club La Santa will be undergoing a process of refurbishment to make the World’s Number 1 Sports Resort even better!
At times there may be some improvement work in certain areas of the complex during daytime hours. It may also mean that some facilities will be unavailable or have limited availability. Club La Santa will be keeping disruption to an absolute minimum.
Due to the construction of the new hotel, the golf facilities of Club La Santa are closed until further notice. We will continue offering free golf instructions to our clients but these instructions will now take place on the golf course in Costa Teguise (day/ times please find in the weekly programme).
Further updates will soon be avaliable.
At times there may be some improvement work in certain areas of the complex during daytime hours. It may also mean that some facilities will be unavailable or have limited availability. Club La Santa will be keeping disruption to an absolute minimum.
Due to the construction of the new hotel, the golf facilities of Club La Santa are closed until further notice. We will continue offering free golf instructions to our clients but these instructions will now take place on the golf course in Costa Teguise (day/ times please find in the weekly programme).
Further updates will soon be avaliable.
Monday, 2 January 2012
SKY TV in Members' Lounge
TSOs are invited to to give feedback on the value of continuing the contract. This is requested in view of the increased number of channels available in the Sports café. This feedback will enable the committee to monitor its usefulness.
Please email or write to Colin Cookman with a simple ‘yes’ if you are keen to keep the subscription.
mandc.cookman@talktalk.net
Dene End, Levylsdene,Guildford GU1 2RT
Please email or write to Colin Cookman with a simple ‘yes’ if you are keen to keep the subscription.
mandc.cookman@talktalk.net
Dene End, Levylsdene,Guildford GU1 2RT
Saturday, 31 December 2011
NEW ITSO UK WEBSITE - Launch Date - 31st December 2011
The new ITSO UK website is online at www.uk.itsolasanta.com
This brand new site has been designed to provide you as ITSO UK members
with all the information you need, plus links to other relevant sites.
User-friendliness was a primary objective, together with making it as easy as
possible to find information or documents being looked for. We hope we have
achieved this.
As well as general information about ITSO and Club La Santa for those
considering joining our association, there is a secure members’ area, accessed
by password. Please note that existing passwords will not work and that new
passwords will now be issued annually with your Member’s Card. The 2012
password is enclosed with this newsletter together with your members card(s).
Detailed, up-to-date information about ITSO Members’ benefits are available
for download, plus the conditions relating to use of your Member’s Card.
There is a page relating news items, including downloadable versions of our
newsletters and also a link to Roger Herbert’s Club La Santa Blog, which keeps you in touch with all that is happening at Club La Santa.
Mini -biographies of your committee members are also available, together with necessary contact details.
Information and documentation about our Annual General Meetings can also be
found, along with detailed minutes of the proceedings.
Other highlights include forms for updating your contact details and for
registering weeks as available for renting out to other ITSO Members. Complete these online and then simply click the “submit“ button to send the form through to the appropriate committee member.
And, of course, the home page still plays the Club La Santa song to you!
Feedback and suggestions for improving the site will be welcomed.
This brand new site has been designed to provide you as ITSO UK members
with all the information you need, plus links to other relevant sites.
User-friendliness was a primary objective, together with making it as easy as
possible to find information or documents being looked for. We hope we have
achieved this.
As well as general information about ITSO and Club La Santa for those
considering joining our association, there is a secure members’ area, accessed
by password. Please note that existing passwords will not work and that new
passwords will now be issued annually with your Member’s Card. The 2012
password is enclosed with this newsletter together with your members card(s).
Detailed, up-to-date information about ITSO Members’ benefits are available
for download, plus the conditions relating to use of your Member’s Card.
There is a page relating news items, including downloadable versions of our
newsletters and also a link to Roger Herbert’s Club La Santa Blog, which keeps you in touch with all that is happening at Club La Santa.
Mini -biographies of your committee members are also available, together with necessary contact details.
Information and documentation about our Annual General Meetings can also be
found, along with detailed minutes of the proceedings.
Other highlights include forms for updating your contact details and for
registering weeks as available for renting out to other ITSO Members. Complete these online and then simply click the “submit“ button to send the form through to the appropriate committee member.
And, of course, the home page still plays the Club La Santa song to you!
Feedback and suggestions for improving the site will be welcomed.
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Club La Santa UK - Sportstours. No more flight bookings, Contact details, Credit Card fee and Flight Details
Kathryn Calderbank in the Timeshare Office in Manchester has confirmed that Sports Tours no longer book flights to CLS for TSO's, because it has become more cost effective for individuals to book via the internet.
Kathryn particularly asks that members provide her with their email address, both for inclusion in Sportstours’ mailing list, which contain details of special offers, and to facilitate the electronic despatch of accommodation and transfer vouchers. Sportstours continues to require an additional payment of £8 per week for payments made by debit or credit card, in order to recoup costs imposed by the card companies.
Kathryn also wishes to remind members of the importance of providing her with full flight details as soon as these had been arranged.
Kathryn particularly asks that members provide her with their email address, both for inclusion in Sportstours’ mailing list, which contain details of special offers, and to facilitate the electronic despatch of accommodation and transfer vouchers. Sportstours continues to require an additional payment of £8 per week for payments made by debit or credit card, in order to recoup costs imposed by the card companies.
Kathryn also wishes to remind members of the importance of providing her with full flight details as soon as these had been arranged.
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Club La Santa Personalities - Winter 2011
The Ironman is a huge, famous event in Lanzarote.The third article in this series gives the self reported experiences of several Ironman TSOs who took part this year. The TSOs who took part were: Charlie Baker, Carsten Christiansen, Chris Wild, Andy Robinson, Neill Morgan, Keir Ayling and Eamonn Noonan. Congratulations to them all.
The Bakers have been visiting CLS since 1987. Charlie is now 28,a graduate of the University of Leeds in Business and Communication. A triathlete and also a windsurfer. He is a qualified Windsurf instructor (RYA) and worked as an instructor in Greece and Turkey. Charlie has worked in the e-Advertising industry, and now runs two London pubs and a property company. He did his first mini-triathlon in Club La Santa around 7 years of age. Since then he has done them on the family annual trips to CLS.
Charlie’s buildup to the Ironman involved competing in the UK sprint summer series around London then moving up to Olympic distance. He then decided to try Ironman, competing in a few 70.3 races in the UK and Austria before his first Ironman in France 2009. Then Norway in 2010 in 10 degree fjords, force 7 winds and -2 windchill. He completed his dream Ironman in 2011 in Lanzarote surrounded by friends and family competing and supporting.
Carsten Christiansen has been a TSO at CLS since 1988 with Lena Christiansen. Originally Lena was the enthusiastic Triathlete and drew Carsten in with her enjoyment. In 1993 Carsten became “infected” by the "ironman". He has competed in 15 long distance triathlon and Ironman races, among them twice in the Ironman New Zealand (2003 & 2004). In 2003 he qualified for Ironman Hawaii; then the Ironman Florida (2005, 2007, 2009 and now 2011) He also did the Ironman Arizona 2008. He reports that after events he has said many times “never ever more”! The Christiansens have been long term friends of fellow TSOs Martin and Sally Baker, parents of Charlie. Carsten encouraged Charlie in his teenage years and this mutual interest continued with a twist in 2011. Carsten did Ironman Lanzarote 2010 and wasn’t very happy with his result, so when Charlie signed up for Ironman Lanzarote 2011, he signed up too. “Race day was a very tough day at the office(as we call it) for many of us. It was one of those days with very strong winds.” Carsten’s time of 13 hours 46 minutes was an hour slower than 2010. So he plans to come back and do Ironman Lanzarote again.
Chris Wild is not a ‘typical’ triathlete; a quick look at any race registration, and he sticks out with his long hair and heavy metal t-shirts ! His career as an archaeologist is also rarely associated with sport. He can still remember the moment in 1984 when his parents announced they'd bought a timeshare at CLS. His love of cycling developed through the 1990s, and became 'serious' at the end of 1996, when a timeshare week coincided with the 1st International Bike Week, riding with that year's tour de France winner, Bjarne Riis. Chris' introduction to triathlon was, like Charlie,the 'Mini Tri'. Despite being a bad swimmer, and hating running, he signed up to Club la Santa's first triathlon training camp in 2005, and the pipedream of 'doing an Ironman' was on the way to realisation. Despite its reputation as “ The Toughest Ironman in the World”, there was only ever going to be one place to make a debut, on his 'home' course of Lanzarote, on roads that had become very familiar. His time of 12 hours 17 minutes was massively better than the target of 'just finishing' within the 17 hour time-frame. Chris has been on the start line every year since, improving his time on each occasion, to
a new personal best of 10:39 in 2011. The entry for May 2012 is, of course already in.
Andy Robinson has been a TSO member for three years and is married to Jo who, with children Kate 21 and Michael 18 enjoy the sports at CLS and back in the UK. Andy lives near Box Hill where the Olympic cycle road race will be looping in 2012. Working as a controls analyst for multinational oil company based in London, Andy commutes 17 miles each way daily by bike. His training also includes the 33m swimming pool in the basement and running through Royal Parks at lunchtimes. Andy enters the 50-54 age group.
He is in his 4th year of triathlons which have been mainly sprint and standard distance. His first attempt at the Ironman distance was in UK in 2007 when shortly afterwards he had a heart operation. Since then he has competed for GB at European and World Championships at standard distance. Andy’s second Ironman distance in Lanzarote this year had the following aims: get round in one piece / don’t walk any of the marathon / ENJOY the experience!
Neill Morgan has been visiting Club LaSanta and Lanzarote since1998. Originally enjoying football and running he first heard of the Ironman in the Pool Bar. Initially appalled at the concept, the years rolled on and swimming and cycling were taken up and he tried the mini triathlon. ‘It was just great fun.’ Hooked ! Although not good at hill climbing on the bike he persisted with training at CLS. In 2001 and 2002, the Ironman USA was completed, it was a hilly course, but not as much as Lanzarote, and less windy. In 2004 Neill entered for Lanzarote Ironman but came down with a nasty bout of food poisoning, which affected the absorption of nutrients in the race three weeks later. This resulted in the Doctor withdrawing Neill from the race at the top of Mirador del Rio. To prove he could do an Ironman he did Austria a year later. Then in 2008, Lanzarote again, only to pick up a nasty chest infection resulting in withdrawal from the race the day before. ‘Needless to say I was gutted and beginning to think that the Lanzarote Ironman was not going to happen for me. In 2009 Neill finished Lanzarote Ironman and then redid the event in 2011.
An Ironman distance (3.8 km swim / 180 km bike / 42 km run = 2.4 miles swim / 112 miles bike / 26.2 miles run) may only be called an Ironman when the event is part the Ironman organization www.ironman.com. There are also a wide range of events at Ironman distance that have other names.
The Bakers have been visiting CLS since 1987. Charlie is now 28,a graduate of the University of Leeds in Business and Communication. A triathlete and also a windsurfer. He is a qualified Windsurf instructor (RYA) and worked as an instructor in Greece and Turkey. Charlie has worked in the e-Advertising industry, and now runs two London pubs and a property company. He did his first mini-triathlon in Club La Santa around 7 years of age. Since then he has done them on the family annual trips to CLS.
Charlie’s buildup to the Ironman involved competing in the UK sprint summer series around London then moving up to Olympic distance. He then decided to try Ironman, competing in a few 70.3 races in the UK and Austria before his first Ironman in France 2009. Then Norway in 2010 in 10 degree fjords, force 7 winds and -2 windchill. He completed his dream Ironman in 2011 in Lanzarote surrounded by friends and family competing and supporting.
Carsten Christiansen has been a TSO at CLS since 1988 with Lena Christiansen. Originally Lena was the enthusiastic Triathlete and drew Carsten in with her enjoyment. In 1993 Carsten became “infected” by the "ironman". He has competed in 15 long distance triathlon and Ironman races, among them twice in the Ironman New Zealand (2003 & 2004). In 2003 he qualified for Ironman Hawaii; then the Ironman Florida (2005, 2007, 2009 and now 2011) He also did the Ironman Arizona 2008. He reports that after events he has said many times “never ever more”! The Christiansens have been long term friends of fellow TSOs Martin and Sally Baker, parents of Charlie. Carsten encouraged Charlie in his teenage years and this mutual interest continued with a twist in 2011. Carsten did Ironman Lanzarote 2010 and wasn’t very happy with his result, so when Charlie signed up for Ironman Lanzarote 2011, he signed up too. “Race day was a very tough day at the office(as we call it) for many of us. It was one of those days with very strong winds.” Carsten’s time of 13 hours 46 minutes was an hour slower than 2010. So he plans to come back and do Ironman Lanzarote again.
Chris Wild is not a ‘typical’ triathlete; a quick look at any race registration, and he sticks out with his long hair and heavy metal t-shirts ! His career as an archaeologist is also rarely associated with sport. He can still remember the moment in 1984 when his parents announced they'd bought a timeshare at CLS. His love of cycling developed through the 1990s, and became 'serious' at the end of 1996, when a timeshare week coincided with the 1st International Bike Week, riding with that year's tour de France winner, Bjarne Riis. Chris' introduction to triathlon was, like Charlie,the 'Mini Tri'. Despite being a bad swimmer, and hating running, he signed up to Club la Santa's first triathlon training camp in 2005, and the pipedream of 'doing an Ironman' was on the way to realisation. Despite its reputation as “ The Toughest Ironman in the World”, there was only ever going to be one place to make a debut, on his 'home' course of Lanzarote, on roads that had become very familiar. His time of 12 hours 17 minutes was massively better than the target of 'just finishing' within the 17 hour time-frame. Chris has been on the start line every year since, improving his time on each occasion, to
a new personal best of 10:39 in 2011. The entry for May 2012 is, of course already in.
Andy Robinson has been a TSO member for three years and is married to Jo who, with children Kate 21 and Michael 18 enjoy the sports at CLS and back in the UK. Andy lives near Box Hill where the Olympic cycle road race will be looping in 2012. Working as a controls analyst for multinational oil company based in London, Andy commutes 17 miles each way daily by bike. His training also includes the 33m swimming pool in the basement and running through Royal Parks at lunchtimes. Andy enters the 50-54 age group.
He is in his 4th year of triathlons which have been mainly sprint and standard distance. His first attempt at the Ironman distance was in UK in 2007 when shortly afterwards he had a heart operation. Since then he has competed for GB at European and World Championships at standard distance. Andy’s second Ironman distance in Lanzarote this year had the following aims: get round in one piece / don’t walk any of the marathon / ENJOY the experience!
Neill Morgan has been visiting Club LaSanta and Lanzarote since1998. Originally enjoying football and running he first heard of the Ironman in the Pool Bar. Initially appalled at the concept, the years rolled on and swimming and cycling were taken up and he tried the mini triathlon. ‘It was just great fun.’ Hooked ! Although not good at hill climbing on the bike he persisted with training at CLS. In 2001 and 2002, the Ironman USA was completed, it was a hilly course, but not as much as Lanzarote, and less windy. In 2004 Neill entered for Lanzarote Ironman but came down with a nasty bout of food poisoning, which affected the absorption of nutrients in the race three weeks later. This resulted in the Doctor withdrawing Neill from the race at the top of Mirador del Rio. To prove he could do an Ironman he did Austria a year later. Then in 2008, Lanzarote again, only to pick up a nasty chest infection resulting in withdrawal from the race the day before. ‘Needless to say I was gutted and beginning to think that the Lanzarote Ironman was not going to happen for me. In 2009 Neill finished Lanzarote Ironman and then redid the event in 2011.
An Ironman distance (3.8 km swim / 180 km bike / 42 km run = 2.4 miles swim / 112 miles bike / 26.2 miles run) may only be called an Ironman when the event is part the Ironman organization www.ironman.com. There are also a wide range of events at Ironman distance that have other names.
Friday, 23 December 2011
Pedestrianisation of Supermarket Service Road!
Vehicles will no longer be able to use the service road running past the supermarket as it will soon have a barrier installed, preventing all vehicles from entering. The pedestrian-only road will improve safety for guests. Deliveries to the supermarket will be on trollies, sack trucks etc.
Thursday, 22 December 2011
New Development - Winter 2011
New Development Takes Shape!
[UPDATED IN PART]
At the AGM Colin Cookman gave more details of the new development at Club La Santa, which has at last begun, after over seven years of planning. Already large diggers are at work at the far end of the complex, with much surface material being removed.Ninety-six 4-Key grade apartments are to be constructed, together with two Olympic size swimming pools, a badminton hall, four squash courts, a leisure pool, and a 300-seat restaurant.
Construction was planned to take 20 months, with completion towards the end of 2013.
A condition of the grant of planning approval had been the renovation of the whole of the existing complex. This too has started, with Towers 1, 50 and 51 completed, and 3 and 52 scheduled to be finished by end November. Surrounding towers would be closed as work progressed on each tower. Four one-bed apartments have been converted into two-bed apartments, by building over the terrace, and a small number of further conversions is anticipated.
Timeshare owners affected will continue to pay the one-bedroom service fee.A great deal of attention was being paid, Colin said, to the new design of the apartments, which were to be stripped out and rebuilt with a special floor covering to improve soundproofing and easeof cleaning. There would be better lighting, more shelf and storage space, excellent quality kitchen fitments, WiFi access and TV connections in Red apartments. Following input from architects and designers, the final specifications were due to be approved by the owners before the ned of the year.
These would clearly be a major improvement over the existing apartments.
It was also a condition of the planning permissions that the renovation work must be completed within 18 months of the completion of the new development, otherwise financial penalties would be imposed. Already Playtime has been totally renovated,as had La Bodega, which has now reopened as a Steak and Sushi restaurant. Broadband speeds on the complex have improved to 20 Mbps, with more improvement anticipated.Colin emphasised that the development plans were focused on creating a single resort, and to avoid any impressions of “new” and “old” sections. Reception and the administration offices were to move to the old pizzeria area with the supermarket relocated to the present Reception area. Sportsbooking would move to the current bikeshed area. A new‘fine cuisine’ restaurant was to be built on the old sewerage plant area, overlooking the lagoon; the whole square would be rebuilt,necessitating the closure of the entire area at some stage. The present Olympic pool would be converted into a 25 metre pool,and a 20 metre pool with flexible floor,facilitating a 5 metre depth for diving, and shallow access for children and disabled people.Club La Santa are planning the work to cause as little disruption as possible. Additional Green Team members have been taken on
in order to maintain the level of service, and we have been promised sight of the Renovation Timetable, although this is not yet to hand.
At the AGM Colin Cookman gave more details of the new development at Club La Santa, which has at last begun, after over seven years of planning. Already large diggers are at work at the far end of the complex, with much surface material being removed.Ninety-six 4-Key grade apartments are to be constructed, together with two Olympic size swimming pools, a badminton hall, four squash courts, a leisure pool, and a 300-seat restaurant.
Construction was planned to take 20 months, with completion towards the end of 2013.
A condition of the grant of planning approval had been the renovation of the whole of the existing complex. This too has started, with Towers 1, 50 and 51 completed, and 3 and 52 scheduled to be finished by end November. Surrounding towers would be closed as work progressed on each tower. Four one-bed apartments have been converted into two-bed apartments, by building over the terrace, and a small number of further conversions is anticipated.
Timeshare owners affected will continue to pay the one-bedroom service fee.A great deal of attention was being paid, Colin said, to the new design of the apartments, which were to be stripped out and rebuilt with a special floor covering to improve soundproofing and easeof cleaning. There would be better lighting, more shelf and storage space, excellent quality kitchen fitments, WiFi access and TV connections in Red apartments. Following input from architects and designers, the final specifications were due to be approved by the owners before the ned of the year.
These would clearly be a major improvement over the existing apartments.
It was also a condition of the planning permissions that the renovation work must be completed within 18 months of the completion of the new development, otherwise financial penalties would be imposed. Already Playtime has been totally renovated,as had La Bodega, which has now reopened as a Steak and Sushi restaurant. Broadband speeds on the complex have improved to 20 Mbps, with more improvement anticipated.Colin emphasised that the development plans were focused on creating a single resort, and to avoid any impressions of “new” and “old” sections. Reception and the administration offices were to move to the old pizzeria area with the supermarket relocated to the present Reception area. Sportsbooking would move to the current bikeshed area. A new‘fine cuisine’ restaurant was to be built on the old sewerage plant area, overlooking the lagoon; the whole square would be rebuilt,necessitating the closure of the entire area at some stage. The present Olympic pool would be converted into a 25 metre pool,and a 20 metre pool with flexible floor,facilitating a 5 metre depth for diving, and shallow access for children and disabled people.Club La Santa are planning the work to cause as little disruption as possible. Additional Green Team members have been taken on
in order to maintain the level of service, and we have been promised sight of the Renovation Timetable, although this is not yet to hand.
Pool Bar / Bar Piscina - New menu UPDATE
In response to customer feedback, the Pool Bar has this week made some adjustments to the new menu, including some price reductions. More information when we have it.
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Representatives on ITSO UK Committee as at November 2011
In accordance with ITSOs constitution, one-third of the committee retires by
rotation each year.
At the 2011 AGM Rod Duke, Alison Howat and Bon Moore accordingly retired, and offered themselves for re-election. There were no other nominations, and all three were unanimously re-elected. A call was made by the chair at the AGM for any member interested in joining the committee to please approach her. In consequence two new members have been co-opted.
Our long standing excellent Chair, Veronica Carter, and Secretary, Colin
Cookman, plan to stand down from the committee once STRAP2 is completed.
Members will be pleased to learn that a succession plan has been drawn up,
details of which will be published in due course.
The members of the Committee (in alphabetical order) and their current roles
are:
Kaylee Bonja
NEW MEMBER FOLDERS:RENTALS;WEBSITE LIASION
Veronica Carter
CHAIR UK committee and
SECRETARY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Colin Cookman
SECRETARY UK Committee and
CHAIR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Rod Duke
TREASURER
Linda Gibson
MINUTES SECRETARY UK committee and
CONFERENCE PLANNING
Courtney Gunn
MEMBERSHIP DATABASE Administration
Alison Howat
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Bon Moore
COMMITTEE MEMBER
John Price
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Tony Bostock and Denis Miles were co-opted to the ITSO UK
committee in November 2011
rotation each year.
At the 2011 AGM Rod Duke, Alison Howat and Bon Moore accordingly retired, and offered themselves for re-election. There were no other nominations, and all three were unanimously re-elected. A call was made by the chair at the AGM for any member interested in joining the committee to please approach her. In consequence two new members have been co-opted.
Our long standing excellent Chair, Veronica Carter, and Secretary, Colin
Cookman, plan to stand down from the committee once STRAP2 is completed.
Members will be pleased to learn that a succession plan has been drawn up,
details of which will be published in due course.
The members of the Committee (in alphabetical order) and their current roles
are:
Kaylee Bonja
NEW MEMBER FOLDERS:RENTALS;WEBSITE LIASION
Veronica Carter
CHAIR UK committee and
SECRETARY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Colin Cookman
SECRETARY UK Committee and
CHAIR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
Rod Duke
TREASURER
Linda Gibson
MINUTES SECRETARY UK committee and
CONFERENCE PLANNING
Courtney Gunn
MEMBERSHIP DATABASE Administration
Alison Howat
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Bon Moore
COMMITTEE MEMBER
John Price
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Tony Bostock and Denis Miles were co-opted to the ITSO UK
committee in November 2011
STRAP 2 - STOP PRESS NEW AGREEMENT NOW SIGNED! FULL DETAILS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
A New Agreement In Prospect
From UK AGM - Colin Cookman's speech:-
"A key feature of this year’s meeting between the International TimeShare Owners Board and the Management of CLS was the negotiation of a new 10-year agreement to replace the current ‘Statement of Timeshare Owners’ Rights and Privileges’ (STRAP) which expires at the end of December.
In the course of negotiations, the ITSO board had met with Jan Laursen, the new chairman of the board of owners. He had recognised Timeshare owners as “extremely welcome and appreciated guests at Club La Santa and the most obvious ambassadors of the resort." However, many changes have taken place over the past 11 years and the owners are currently embarking on a very major renovation and expansion of the complete resort which will significantly improve the facilities currently enjoyed by TSO's. To achieve these improvements however means that there will have to be some "give and take" between Club La Santa and the arrangement it has with its Timeshare Owners over the next ten years and beyond. This is the subject of the current negotiations for a new STRAP2 Agreement. Whilst we cannot comment on the details at this time,we can reveal that the most important issue - the pegging of any changes in the Service Fee to the Spanish Retail Price Index - has already been agreed.
Rest assured that in these negotiations your ITSO representatives will be doing all they can both to protect and promote the interests of all TSO's at CLS, and particularly the interests of ITSO members."
From UK AGM - Colin Cookman's speech:-
"A key feature of this year’s meeting between the International TimeShare Owners Board and the Management of CLS was the negotiation of a new 10-year agreement to replace the current ‘Statement of Timeshare Owners’ Rights and Privileges’ (STRAP) which expires at the end of December.
In the course of negotiations, the ITSO board had met with Jan Laursen, the new chairman of the board of owners. He had recognised Timeshare owners as “extremely welcome and appreciated guests at Club La Santa and the most obvious ambassadors of the resort." However, many changes have taken place over the past 11 years and the owners are currently embarking on a very major renovation and expansion of the complete resort which will significantly improve the facilities currently enjoyed by TSO's. To achieve these improvements however means that there will have to be some "give and take" between Club La Santa and the arrangement it has with its Timeshare Owners over the next ten years and beyond. This is the subject of the current negotiations for a new STRAP2 Agreement. Whilst we cannot comment on the details at this time,we can reveal that the most important issue - the pegging of any changes in the Service Fee to the Spanish Retail Price Index - has already been agreed.
Rest assured that in these negotiations your ITSO representatives will be doing all they can both to protect and promote the interests of all TSO's at CLS, and particularly the interests of ITSO members."
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