Club Med launches amateur padel tour across multiple countries

Club Med has launched an amateur padel circuit that will move across several countries before ending in March 2027 at Club Med Magna Marbella in Spain. The Club Med Padel Tour 2026-2027 is explicitly open to amateur players, a sign that the resort group is selling padel as both competition and holiday product.

The prize package underscores that strategy. Winners will receive an all-inclusive stay at a Club Med resort, tying match play directly to the company’s core hospitality offer rather than to a standalone trophy chase. In practice, that makes the tour more than a one-off activation: it becomes a branded ladder that can pull players from one destination to the next and keep them inside Club Med’s travel ecosystem.

The company already has the infrastructure to support that model. Babolat says Club Med’s first padel school opened in Seychelles in March 2021, followed by six courts at Club Med Magna Marbella in the summer of 2022. Babolat also says Club Med now has 20 padel courts across six resorts, in Seychelles, Marbella, Opio-en-Provence, Phuket, Bali and Gregolimano. Club Med’s own sports pages add Lijiang to the list of resorts offering padel and say the all-inclusive package includes group lessons for all levels.

That footprint helps explain why the new tour matters beyond the resort business. Padel’s social format and relatively low barrier to entry make it a natural fit for travel brands looking for repeat bookings, and Club Med has already tested the idea. In 2025, its Asia-Pacific Padel Cup in Singapore drew 112 teams across 169 matches and pulled nearly 1,000 spectators. The winners moved on to a Grand Slam at Club Med Bali, where the prizes included a five-night stay at Club Med Marbella and Babolat gear.

Marbella gives the finale a sharper edge. Club Med describes Magna Marbella as a 12-acre estate in Andalusia, and the brand has leaned heavily on the resort as one of its key padel destinations. That matters in a sport that Club Med says was created in Mexico in 1969 and first took hold in Spain with a club in Marbella in 1974. Ending the circuit there links the company’s newest padel play to one of the sport’s symbolic Spanish homes.

The launch also fits Club Med’s wider premium push. The company marked its 75th anniversary in 2025 and has said it operates more than 70 premium resorts worldwide. With padel now built into lessons, courts and tournament travel, Club Med is treating the sport less like an amenity and more like a reason to book again.