The Guadalpín Banús hotel requests the provisional reopening of its facilities

Marbella/The Court of First Instance number 5 of Marbella has admitted for processing a lawsuit filed by the company responsible for operating the 5-star hotel Guadalpín Banús in Marbella, Grisoma hotelera S. L., as reported by the company's committee and confirmed by the High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA). The lawsuit requests "precautionary measures" to reopen various spaces closed last summer, such as the kitchens.

The lawsuit has been filed against one of the property owners who requested the eviction which was executed in July of the previous year, and parties are scheduled to meet next Friday, February 7th, as indicated by the Andalusian high court.

The company's committee has expressed their "hope and confidence in Justice," hoping that "this precautionary measure will succeed," understanding that "failing to do so would jeopardize the maintenance of our jobs, on which more than 150 families depend, and with it the disappearance of an iconic hotel complex in the tourism sector of the Costa del Sol."

The director of the 5-star hotel, Ramón Pons, has noted that there are “several lawsuits filed for different reasons,” highlighting that “in all of them, precautionary measures are requested to open all facilities.” The goal is to resume “normal hotel operations, as we have been operating abnormally for too long,” he specified.

The eviction ordered by the Commercial Court number 1 of Málaga last July affected various areas of the hotel, such as “49 rooms, premises, 2 restaurants, offices, halls, and the complete parking area,” as Pons mentioned at the time. It also led to the opening of a Temporary Employment Regulation File (ERTE) due to force majeure.

As detailed by the director, the hotel is “operating with fewer rooms because a part of them are closed,” although he noted that “the rest are having good occupancy.”

In this regard, he pointed out that the establishment, apart from the rooms, “needs other facilities to provide services and some are closed, especially the hotel services estate, which includes the kitchens or the goods entry areas” and which he evaluated as “essential for the hotel to operate normally.”

Thus, he noted that the cafeteria has been adapted as a “restaurant during breakfast, lunch, and dinner hours” and “we have covered an area of the terrace at the entrance to expand a bit because the space was limited.” Pons emphasized that they are “providing the service,” although “not with the quality, comfort, or variety that we should.”