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Doña Lola Owners Area

A five year programme is underway for the refurbishment of all Dona Lola apartments. Click here to see photographs of recently refurbished apartments.

Recent improvements to Dona Lola resort facilities include refurbishing the leisure centre and indoor pool, modernising the main pool and retiling the pool area, rebuilding of the Vista Mar poolside restaurant and bar area, tiling around the adult pool, new luxury sun beds at the adult pool, new sun beds at the main pool, access via the adult pool area to Bar Brass and Reception and resurfaced tennis courts. New menus have been introduced at both Bar Brass and Vista Mar with theme evenings during the week with special menus.

The 2008 Annual General Meeting will be held at 11am on Friday 24th October at the Macdonald Elmers Court Resort, Lymington. Click here to view the minutes of the 2007 AGM. [PDF 112kb]. These are subject to approval at the 2008 AGM.

Photograph of the presentation by Interval International to the four Macdonald Resorts in Spain in regard to the new II resorts grading system.

Interval International Award 2008

Pictured left to right

Elisa Suero- Diez - Director Spain Interval International
Steve Bryant – Sales Director Macdonald Resorts
Simon Jackson – Managing Director Macdonald Resorts
Sebastian Urquia – Chief Operating officer Macdonald Resorts Spain.

The new grading system is:

  • Top level     “Premier”   this is the top 50% approx of the resorts that had the old 5 star award.

  • Mid level     “Select”     the remaining resorts that were 5 star. This level is equivalent in the main to RCI gold Crown.

  • Entry level   “Affiliate”   Remaining II affiliated resorts. Equivalent to RCI Silver crown


Doña Lola has been awarded II top accolade “Premier” Status, putting the resort in the top 10% of II affiliated resorts world wide. There are o
nly four II Premier resorts on the Costa Del Sol. These ratings are based on customer scores on exchange return cards and resort inspections by Interval International.

The new grading system is:

  • Top level     “Premier”   this is the top 50% approx of the resorts that had the old 5 star award.

  • Mid level     “Select”     the remaining resorts that were 5 star. This level is equivalent in the main to RCI gold Crown.

  • Entry level   “Affiliate”   Remaining II affiliated resorts. Equivalent to RCI Silver crown

2007 Owner Survey

Thank you to those owners who completed and returned the questionnaire sent out with the AGM packs. The responses have been analysed and the results were considered by the committee at its January meeting. The results will be reported to owners in the June 2008 owners newsletter together with responses to matters raised by owners returning the questionnaires.

This chart shows the main results (comparing owner ratings of importance and actual on key issues):

The Owners Committee meets normally four times during the year, the next meeting will be held at Elmers Court on 23rd October 2008.

Committee meeting minutes are not published but any owner can view a copy when on holiday at the resort.

There are three owner representatives of the club committee each serving for three years with one retiring in rotation each year. The retiring member is eligible to stand for re-election. Any owner is eligible to stand for election, nominations accompanied by a curriculum vitae must be submitted by 1st July preceding the Annual General Meeting. To express an interest or for further information please contact the committee.

Members of the Owners Committee are:

Geoff Hill, Chairman with lead responsibility for apartment refurbishment Current term ends October 2008

David Baker, Owner Representative with lead responsibility for financial matters Current term ends October 2009

Bill Perrett, Owner Representative with lead responsibility for communications Current term ends October 2010

Simon Jackson, Managing Director, Macdonald Resorts Limited

Robert Scott, Finance Director, Macdonald Resorts Limited

To contact the committee please use the email form.

N.B. The owners committee is responsible for the apartments and resort grounds. Restaurants, bars, pools, leisure facilities and sales are the responsibility of the management company.

To contact Macdonald Resorts limited see Contact page.

Owners should have received a copy of the club constitution when they purchased their week(s). We would be pleased to email a copy on request.

Visit our new Photographs page

Why not spread the word by recommending seasonal ownership at the Doña Lola Club to family and friends and start receiving vouchers from us for £50.00 as a thank you when they take a sales presentation at one of our resorts in the UK or Spain.

When one of your friends or family book a 7 night break for £129.00 or they are staying with you in your apartment and they take a sales presentation on site, you could receive a £50.00 voucher which you can redeem against your Management fees. More...

For information for Doña Lola owners that are also members of Options or owners wanting to find out more about Options email options.spain@macdonald-resorts.es

Click here to see a recent article on Macdonald Resorts as published in the RCI Ventures Magazine.

Owners may be interested in a new travel insurance policy designed specifically for Timeshare owners see Timeshare Travel Insurance for more.