How Padel Became the Reigning Leisure Sport in Luxury Hospitality
The social, low-pressure sport is serving a new standard for luxury hospitality, one court at a time.
It’s a sunny morning in August, and I’m on my way to my first padel lesson. A tall, charming Italian instructor named Jacopo Prato is waiting on one of Ireland’s Adare Manor hotel’s two custom-built indoor padel courts, ready to explain what exactly padel entails.
I soon learn that padel is a combination of tennis and squash, but easier because it’s played on a smaller court and serving is underhand, and it tends to be a slower speed game than tennis.
Author's summary: Padel becomes a new standard in luxury hospitality.