Perhaps the only thing better than playing padel is playing padel in a beautiful and inspiring environment.

Travelling for padel is becoming a big business so we decided to get a better understanding on the state of the sector and what the path ahead looks like.

From the resorts and destinations part, we have Tom Bergqvist of Croatia's beautiful Padel Solta alongside Guillermo Del Grosso, the Operations & Events Director from the world famous Nueva Alcantara Club in Malaga. Joining them, are two entrepreneurs from the padel travel agency part: Alessandro Di Stefano, who set up Padel Travel in 2018, and Fabio Zecchini, who launched Weebora last year.

If you are looking to understand this part of the padel industry, then look and listen no further.

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On the 2nd February 2025, in its freshman season of the Hexagon Cup, the Kru Padel by Taktika team took the trophy after the NextGen women's pair clinched the third match decider.

This was a team that picked up some of the non-franchise players from the other existing franchises, sprinkled on some celebrity stardust in the form of Sergio Aguerro and Leo Messi and came through to make history.

But not much is known about how this team franchise project started, who came to who and who convinced who, how did the consortium behind the brand come together.

In this week's episode, Alex Ponseti of Padel World Summit and Gabriel Perez Krieb of Taktika Equity talk about how a mixed group of padel lovers and business entrepreneurs came together to assemble, build, launch and ultimately succeed as a winning professional franchise team.

In just over a year, the Hexagon Cup has cemented its place as one of the most entertaining professional padel events in the world.

The 2025 edition, its second, showcased growth across every metric: attendance, viewership, social media content, engagement, number of teams etc.

In this week's episode, Managing Director Astrid Thams and COO Sergio Lewin join to breakdown how the event has evolved since its first edition early 2024, and what the future holds for this team franchise based competition that pits the best men, women and NextGen players against each other in Madrid.