Costa News Spain Breaking News | English News in Spain.
The Olive Press anti-spiking campaign has been backed by the boss of Marbella’s largest hotel group.
Puente Romano owner Daniel Shamoon has described it as an ‘important’ message to warn potential victims of the evils of spiking.
The father of three who owns Nobu Hotels and Marbella Club Hotels said that the hotels have taken measures to stop this happening.
“I’ve heard horror stories about this occurring in other holiday destinations. Luckily, we haven’t experienced any serious problems.”
He added: “We have mostly a sit-down clientele, and we make sure that any bar areas are equipped with CCTV cameras that are very clearly visible, so it is certainly a deterrent.”
He said that he was currently in Antigua to open a Nobu Hotel with Hollywood star Robert De Niro.
Campaigns such as this one are important for raising awareness.
In 2014, we launched our Smash the Spiking Campaign after the problem became widespread in Spain.
This Autumn, we relaunched the campaign in conjunction with La Sala Group of Marbella. La Sala is leading a new campaign to raise awareness along the Costa del Sol.
The announcement came as a number of new victims, particularly in Madrid and Malaga, came forward across the country.
We spoke last month to two young Erasmus Students who had been drugged and drank in a nightclub. They felt the emergency services hadn’t taken them seriously.
La Sala’s British boss Ian Radford also revealed that he knew ‘at least 20 people’ who had become victims on the coast.
“It is a cowardly offense and our team will be trained to recognize signs and provide assistance to anyone who needs it,” he said in an interview with the Olive Press.
READ MORE
Alongside an existing ‘Ask Angela’ network on the coast and under the hashtag #SafeWithSala they are launching a big awareness campaign in December in the run up to Christmas.
Are you a victim yourself? You want to help the campaign by giving advice? Email newsdesk@theolivepress.es.
Click here to read more Málaga News from The Olive Press.
Find Tailor Made Travel
Simply Holiday Bookings offers a wide range of personalized vacation experiences.
