surf: You are leaving Hurghada. What's the reason?
The hotel wants to reorganise the beach as part of the change to a Mövenpick hotel and we were offered a place far away from the water. The possible access to the water is still unclear today. We tried for a year to change the management's mind, without success. In addition, our new centre was then to be significantly reduced in size. We could not accept any of this and so we are closing at the end of our contract at the end of September.
What is happening at the site?
Whether the hotel will find a successor who is prepared to accept these new framework conditions, I at least dare to doubt.
Will the standard of materials and service remain the same until the day of closure?
We will be open as normal until 25 September and then the station will be cleared out the next day and then dismantled.
What are your new plans?
We are currently researching an alternative and are positive about it. If everything works out, we will pull something new out of the quiver in the next 2 months. I can promise one thing: we will then improve. We have also already received so much positive feedback from our regular customers, who all want to follow us to a new location. We are therefore very positive about the future. However, the planned opening will not be before spring 2027.
Harry, thank you very much for the interview!
Stephan Gölnitz
Deputy Editor in Chief surf
