A corporate trip to Spain: why padel is the new golf
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A corporate trip to Spain: why padel is the new golf

10 March 2026 6 min

Padel is more inclusive, faster to learn and more social than golf. Here's why companies are switching.

For decades golf was the sport where business got done. Five hours on a course, plenty of silence, and a barrier half your colleagues never cross. Padel does the same job in a quarter of the time, and everyone can join.

We see it in our bookings: corporate trips have doubled over the past two years. From sales teams of eight to entire departments of sixty.

Why padel works for a team - **Everyone joins.** A beginner and a 5.0 player can play a genuinely close match in mixed teams. - **Fast to learn.** After a one-hour clinic you're already having rallies worth celebrating. - **Social by design.** Four people on twenty square metres talk non-stop, including with the colleague they normally only see on Teams. - **It produces content.** Logo shirts, a tournament and a prize ceremony. Material that lasts you months.

What a trip actually looks like Thursday: fly, check in, dinner together. Friday: morning clinic, free afternoon, tapas in the evening. Saturday: the tournament with groups and a final, followed by the prize ceremony on the terrace. Sunday: breakfast, a short activity, home.

The tournament is deliberately Saturday's highlight. Rivalries appear between teams, people coach each other from the side, and the final always draws a bigger crowd than expected.

The best compliment we get: "People talked more than during a full year of office drinks."

What we arrange From eight to sixty people. Coaching, courts, tournament format, hotel, transfers and the evening programme, in one package with one point of contact. Invoiced to the company, of course.

Request a quote and you'll get a personal proposal with a concrete day-by-day programme within 24 hours.

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