Club Med, House of Padel open Ampang padel centre and kids school

Club Med has launched its first-ever city padel partnership with House of Padel at The Campus in Ampang, Selangor, bringing its resort sports and lifestyle concept into an urban environment and making it more accessible to city folks. The move converts a traditionally resort-based offering into daily practice and competition opportunities for Kuala Lumpur players and families.

The collaboration includes the property's first-branded junior padel experiences and the launch of Club Med's House of Padel Kids School, which opens today. The junior programme arrives alongside plans for padel tournaments in Kuala Lumpur, with winning players set to receive Club Med holidays as prizes. House of Padel will also play host to the Malaysian chapter of the Club Med Padel Cup, continuing a regional circuit that began with an inaugural event at Club Med Bali last year that drew teams from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Sydney and Bangkok.

Padel’s growth underpins the strategy. Club Med corporate material notes that padel is "played by four players on a court slightly smaller than a standard tennis court, but enclosed within walls: as in squash, you can play the ball off the walls," and that the sport now counts "over 30 million enthusiasts around the world." That social, rally-based appeal is being positioned as a complement or alternative to tennis across Club Med properties, and the Ampang partnership converts those resort-style experiences into weekday and weekend access for urban players.

The Club Med padel ecosystem extends across resorts in Asia and beyond. Club Med already offers padel at Bali, Phuket, Bintan Island, Cherating Beach, the Seychelles, Cefalù, Tomamu Hokkaido and Kani in the Maldives, among others. Resorts are packaging padel into all-inclusive formats: group padel lessons for all levels are included in some packages and equipment is provided free of charge by Babolat. Club Med has also promoted padel retreats, such as a 3D2N All-inclusive Padel Retreat at Cherating combining padel training, match play, food and a beachside stay.

Investment at resort level illustrates the brand commitment. Club Med Palmiye in Turkey added six new padel courts in 2025 while retaining 11 tennis courts, reinforcing padel as a mass-participation option alongside traditional racquet sports. On the competitive front, the Club Med Padel Cup circuit creates cross-city rivalry and travel incentives; awarding holidays as prizes links grassroots performance to the company’s hospitality business.

For Malaysian players and parents the immediate impact is practical: accessible courts, a branded kids school launching today, and a clear competitive pathway to regional cup events and holiday prizes. For the wider padel ecosystem the urban push signals a trend toward city-resort hybridisation of sports programming, offering commercial upside through lessons, retreats and tournament activation while widening the participation funnel.

Club Med will also introduce padel at its new Sabah resort set to open later this year, expanding the network of playing sites. For players, coaches and families in Kuala Lumpur, the Ampang centre offers a new base for rallies, junior development and competitive ambition; the next steps to watch are the Malaysian chapter of the Club Med Padel Cup and the tournament calendar and entry details as organisers finalise formats.