Club Med now much closer to home
Club Mediterranee was founded as a private club and sports association in 1950 by Gerard Blitd, a former member of the Belgian Olympic swimming team and World War II
hero of the French Resistance/ ■ The club’s first vacation village was opened in Europe in Spain with the aim of creating a holiday centre where human contacts, sports, and the
pleasures- of nature could be enjoyed by all. ' Every year' more than half / a million people escape, to the/Club’s relaxed holiday lifestyle. ;When Club Med in New Caledonia. was opened in November last year, this uniqrie concept/ - was brought within, easy reach of > New Zealanders. Previously the closest club was in Tahiti.
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Press, 2 September 1980, Page 22
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