Spain's five-star La Manga Club resort has added to its extensive list of honours after receiving a prestigious award from the world's largest travel website.

TripAdvisor® has recognised the first-class facilities and service on offer at La Manga Club's Hotel Principe Felipe by awarding the luxury venue with a coveted 2013 Certificate of Excellence.

The accolade, which places destinations in the top-performing ten per cent of all venues worldwide on the website, is given to businesses that consistently earn high ratings from TripAdvisor® travellers. 

Venues can only qualify for a certificate by maintaining an overall rating of at least four out of a possible five, as reviewed by travellers on TripAdvisor® and must have been listed on the site for at least 12 months. Additional criteria include the volume of reviews received within the last year.

Peter Nieuwland, sales and marketing director at La Manga Club, said: "We're delighted to have received this award and to be given one like this is extra special as it comes directly as a result of feedback from the most important people - our customers.

"The honour reflects all the hard work and effort that our staff has put in to make La Manga Club a market leader for resorts across Europe and it's our aim to continue to deliver a five-star service to all our guests."

The award is the latest in a series of accolades that have been bestowed on La Manga Club in the last six months which has seen it confirm itself as the benchmark for sports and leisure destinations in Europe and beyond.

The resort was named the best conference hotel in Spain at The Annual MICE Report Awards 2012 while it was unanimously voted the best golf resort in Spain by UK golfers for the second year running by readers of Today's Golfer magazine at the end of last year.

La Manga Club has staged a series of warm-weather training camps for Britain's elite tennis players as part of its three-year partnership with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it was handed the honour of staging the 2013 Spanish International Amateur Golf Championship in February and has hosted numerous high-profile domestic and international teams from the world of sport since January.

The resort boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses, more than 20 bars and restaurants and is great fun for children.

TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travellers to plan and have the perfect trip. It offers advice from travellers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor® branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 60 million unique monthly visitors, and more than 75 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. For more information and to book call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reserve@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club - www.lamangaclub.com - is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.  

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars. 

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of almost 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the region of Murcia's candidate to bring the 2015 Solheim Cup to Spain. The resort has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.