Spanish hotel forced to hire bouncer to break up fights over SUNBEDS between Brits and other holidaymakers

A HOTEL has hired a security guard to break up pre-dawn fights over sunbeds. The move has been taken in Spain — scene of some of the worst scraps between holidaymakers. Darren FletcherA hotel in Costa del Sol has hired a bouncer to keep the early morning sunbed wars under control[/caption] The bouncer was on hand at Sunset Beach Club hotel in Benalmádena on the Costa Del Sol yesterday. British tourist Wendy Brown was first in the queue for sunbeds at 6.30am. Wendy, 44, from Essex — who has been going to the four-star hotel for 15 years — said: “When the gates open it’s like a stampede. “It’s got worse over the years. “They’ve had to put the gates up and hire a security guard.” The pool area is locked overnight. When the bouncer, in a bright blue top with seguridad (security) across the back, arrived to unlock the gates at 8.40am there were more than 100 people waiting in the queue. Wendy added: “I’ve seen it get so heated. “I’ve seen a fair few fights when people try to claim beds first or push in the queue.” Benalmádena and neighbouring Torremolinos, near Malaga, have become hotspots for sunbed wars, which have been escalating across the Mediterranean. Sunset Beach Club has 553 rooms — meaning in peak holiday season around 1,500 people could be staying there. The pool area only has around 500 sunbeds.