Club Med is a French corporation made up of vacation resorts in some of the most exotic places around the world. Club Med are often credited with being the first all-inclusive resorts. The club was started in 1950 by Gérard Blitz and first featured in Spain. As of 2010, they manage 80 villages around the world including Europe, Africa and the Caribbean.
Each resort offers packages that include a list of services and activities. Services include accommodation, food, the use of the facilities, games and entertainment. Most of the villages now include alcohol as well.
The majority of the resorts are designed for children and families. They have clubs that provide activities and supervision for the kids called Baby, Petit, Mini and junior clubs. They also cater for kids up to the age of 17 with special hang out spaces.
The villages are split into 3 different types. Family resorts have clubs for children and offer leisure activities and are open to all. There are also resorts everyone which have no clubs for the children but they welcome everyone. Then there are the resorts for adults only which is 18 and above and they offer entertainment and activities for singles and couples.
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