Utopia in the ocean

Updated On: 24 September, 2023 10:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan

The staff knows you by your name; they also know if you are an introvert craving for alone time or social and chatty. And whether you have two left feet. At the Club Med Albion, Mauritius, it felt like coming home

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Club Med Albion, Mauritius

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It feels safe being here. Everybody seems genuinely happy to see you. They are welcoming; warm smiles and “bonjour” are aplenty. Each time you return to your room, the turndown service ensures there is a new treat on your pillow, and that the water bottles are topped up. At the bar, drinks are handed out without asking you to leave your credit card for the tab, and at the buffet, wine is served with lunch and dinner—no questions asked. If you are lounging by the pool, drinks are brought to you, once again without figuring out which room it needs to be charged to. Because, while on vacation, clearing bills should be the last thing on your mind.

That’s the Club Med experience for you: A village, a community, a home away from home. The resort chain, which was originally known as Club Méditerranée SA, is a French travel and tourism operator headquartered in Paris, specialising in all-inclusive holidays since 1950. It was founded by Belgian entrepreneur Gérard Blitz, who opened a low-priced summer colony of tents on the Spanish island of Majorca. The idea was simple—tents on the beach, communal washing and cleaning, and family-style meals. Blitz wanted to fashion it on an Olympic village, where people from all over the world could come together under the stars and sing songs of love, especially because everyone was just coming out of the shadows of the Second World War. A utopia of sorts. The guests—many singles and young couples—bought into the philosophy: “The aim in life is to be happy. The place to be happy is here. And the time to be happy is now.”

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