Originally Posted by westers

I usually visit the Madinat at least twice a year and have done for a few years and agree that the service has declined quite a lot. A lot of the time it has seemed as if you are not Russian the hotel are not interested.

I keep going as it fits the bill for what I need, I can leave Thursday evening get 3 days in faily guaranteed weather, pay for 2 nights hotel and be back for work on Monday, the beach is on the whole relaxing although you occasionally get a fat speedo wearing cigar smoker encroaching on your space for no reason and there are a choice of good restaurants within the complex.

The Sirius scheme is quite generous also but has to be the most poorly run hotel scheme and website