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Privilege Ibiza is the "world's largest nightclub" previously known as Ku Club (1979–95) [1] according to the Guinness Book of Records, with a capacity of 10,000 people. It is located in close proximity to the village of San Rafael, Ibiza, less than one kilometre (0.6 miles) from the nightclub Amnesia. For fourteen years, Privilege hosted Manumission, one of the island's most famous events. After a dispute between the club owner and Manumission's organizers, the event moved to Amnesia.

The history of Privilege began in the early 1970s when it started out as a restaurant, then expanded to include a bar and a community swimming pool. It was then known as Club San Rafael. In 1979, the venue was sold to the “Real Sociedad” footballer José Antonio Santamaría, together with the creative team of Brasilio de Oliviera (founder of La Troya, one of the White Island's longest running nights[2]) and Gorri. The venue then changed its name to KU, after the name of a god from Hawaiian mythology (see Kū). The appeal of the club was such that it commissioned a medium-length film showcasing the many wonders of Ibizan landscapes and nightlife in the mid-eighties.[3]

Throughout the 1980´s, KU Club earned a reputation as Europe's premier nightspot and was compared to an open-air version of the famous Studio 54 in New York. It staged spectacular parties in the main room, which was organized around a swimming pool and a statue of Ku.The place was also where the video to "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé was filmed on 30 May 1987.[4] It was the witness to early live performances by groups like Spandau Ballet and Kid Creole and the Coconuts.[5] The club featured in a Channel 4 documentary called “A Short Film about chilling”, which labelled KU as “the mirror of Ibiza”.[6] The open-air parties came to an end when legislation forced many of the greater clubs in Ibiza to cover their dancefloors in the early 1990s. Nevertheless, the sheer size of the venue gave rise to the claim of it being the size of an aircraft hangar with a 25-meter high roof.

The club continued with the KU Club name until 1995 before becoming known as Privilege, after a change of ownership to Jose Maria Etxaniz.[7]

Abel Matutes y Juan (born 31 October 1941) is a Spanish politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. Matutes was born in Ibiza on 31 October 1941 and his early political life was in that region. He was Mayor of Ibiza in 1970 and 1971 and became Senator for Ibiza and Formentera in 1977. In 1982 Matutes left the Senate and became a member of the Congress of Deputies the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, representing the Balearic Islands until 1985.

In 1986, Matutes became a member of the Commission of the European Community (the Delors Commission), where he was in charge of the departments of Credit and Investment, Financial Engineering and Policy for Small and Medium Enterprises, North-South relations, Mediterranean Policy,and Relations with Latin America and Asia. In 1993 his brief changed to Transportation, Energy and the Supply Agency for Euratom.

He was a member of the European Parliament and spokesman for the Partido Popular at the European Parliament from 1994 onwards. As a Founder Chairman of the Balaerics' "Unió Liberal" Party. He was also deputy chairman of Alianza Popular and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Partido Popular.

Outside politics Matutes is married and a father of four children. He holds a degree in Law and Economics and has been a professor of Public Finance, and is also a member of the Economics and Finance Academy. He is Emeritus professor at the University of Santiago de Chile and of the Complutense University of Madrid a member of the Honor Committee of the Royal Institute of European Studies, an honorary member of the Filipino Academy of Spanish Language.

As a business man,

he has been involved in

tourism, aviation, biotechnology and banking companies,

and is Deputy chairman of the Ibiza and Formentera Tourism Employers Organisation.

His company, the Matutes Group, had taken control back of the club after its original owner Pepe Rosello retired earlier in the year.

The KU IBY team would like to thank Don Abel Matutes for giving us the opportunity ...

Space Ibiza to Reopen, Will Keep “Space” Moniker

December 25, 2016/in Ibiza /by discotech

Space Ibiza
Space Ibiza will keep its legendary name and open sooner than expected,

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according to a recent televised interview with Abel Matutes.

His company, the Matutes Group, had taken control back of the club after its original owner Pepe Rosello retired earlier in the year. “It will surely open this year as Space. It’s an accredited brand” Matutes told interviewers, though he also advised that he and the other heads of Matutes group were also looking into tacking an additional name onto it that closer associates it with other franchises it owns. Matutes reaffirmed that though the club will remain in its same spot without too many changes, it will be converted into a more luxurious club setting – one that caters toward a more exclusive segment of tourism. Though Space will physically remain the same, Matutes’ plans indicate its original essence will be replaced by one that more closely resembles the hierarchical club structures seen in cities such as Las Vegas or Miami. Word remains as to the kind of talent that will be booked in the new Space. Interestingly, the Spanish business magnate also made sure to point out that technically, Space Ibiza has always been Matutes Group property. He reminded viewers that it was indeed his group that built the club, then later passed leadership onto Rosello. At the time, Matutes felt Rosello’s resume made him an ideal candidate for advancing the interests of the company in the area. Rosello’s rental contract ended, but its termination never necessarily spelled the end of the club itself.

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Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel
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Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel is a brand belonging to the Spanish Palladium Hotel Group.

The brand was founded in 2011 after the meeting of Abel Matutes and Yann Pissenem.[1]

The brand counts 2 hotels: The first one is called The Ushuaïa Club (236 rooms) opened in 2011 in the Balearic island of Ibiza. The second hotel called The Ushuaïa Tower (181 rooms) opened the year after in 2012. Both hotels are situated in Ibiza (town) in Platja d'en Bossa. It is one of the most important clubs in Ibiza and all over the world, in 2015 it is 9th in the world in the DJ Magazine's list. It has a capacity of 4000 people, that makes Ushuaïa one of the biggest clubs in Ibiza. A particular of this club is that some of the rooms have the balcony directly on the dance floor.

Ibiza’s Beloved Pacha Group Is Up For Sale

Timmy KusnierekSeptember 12, 2016
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Ibiza, the party capital of the world, is receiving quite the shake up this year. After Carl Cox announced his departure from Space, and the famed club announced the end of its own historic 27-year legacy, Pacha Group is now opening the floor for potential buyers.

Pacha is asking €500 million for all of its assets, which includes multiple franchises around the world in addition to the Ibiza headquarters. However, the decision to sell is not based on business, but rather some personal frustration from Pacha’s founder, Ricardo Urgell. Urgell “cannot stomach” the Matutes family, who now own Ibiza’s Ushuaïa, Ushuaïa Tower, Hard Rock Hotel, and will take over the former Space nightclub in 2017.

A source close to Pacha Group made the following statement depicting the reasoning behind the decision:

“Pacha does not believe in this new idea of a rich Ibiza as pushed forwards by Abel Matutes J. The founder cannot go on any more, and his children do not want to bear witness to the future. For this reason they are looking for an investor.”

Ricardo Urgell, founder of the Ibiza-based clubbing conglomerate, confirmed the sale earlier this week.



Pacha Group, the Ibiza-based company behind the world-famous nightclub franchise, has been sold to venture capital firm Trilantic Capital Partners for €350 million.

News of the sale first emerged in October, when Pacha founder Ricardo Urgell told a local newspaper that the deal was "practically done." The figure quoted then was also €350 million. (Pacha's original asking price was €500 million.) Now, three months later, Urgell and representatives from Trilantic have finalised terms. According to Diario De Ibiza, the new owners are a global company with a particularly strong presence in Italy and Spain.

Trilantic will assume control of all of Pacha Group's various ventures around the world, from Ibiza venues Pacha, Destino and Lío to the international franchise that includes clubs in Barcelona, Sydney and Munich. It will also manage Pacha Sitges, the original nightclub opened by Urgell in 1967. In terms of making changes to the way the company is run, Trilantic has said that it plans to increase the amount of staff in Ibiza by a "notable amount."