AX Odycy
building in Il-Qawra, San Pawl il-Baħar
AX Odycy, formerly the Seashells Resort at Suncrest is a resort in the area of Qawra, in Saint Paul's Bay, Malta built in 1987 as the Suncrest Hotel by Angelo Xuereb, owner of AX Holdings. As of 2009, Joseph Vella has been acting as a general manager.
Ownership and Management
The resort has been owned and managed by AX Hotels, a subsidiary of AX Holdings, since 1987.
The Suncrest Hotel, as it was originally known, was managed by Sol Melia. The hotel was also known as Sol Suncrest.
In 2004, Sol Melia and AX Holdings mutually terminated their agreement.
In 2009, the hotel changed its name to Seashells Resort at Suncrest, and in then 2023, to AX Odycy.
Renovations
The hotel's main restaurant, the Coral Cove, was fully remodeled in 2014 at a cost of over €500,000, including a new kitchen. It was later renamed to the Deck & Keel restaurant.
In 2015, a major renovation of all hotel rooms was undertaken at a cost of over €7 million.
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