LJUBLJANA, Slovenia,
Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Mission Hills Haikou in China has been named Asia Pacific Golf Resort
of the Year by IAGTO, the world's leading golf tourism
organization. The result of a vote by more than 600 international
golf tour operators was announced at the prestigious IAGTO Awards
ceremony in Slovenia during the
International Golf Travel Market (IGTM).
Mission Hills Haikou is part of the Mission Hills Group which
also owns and operates Mission Hills Shenzhen in southern
China, named 'Golf Resort of the
Year – Rest of the World' by IAGTO in 2006. Together, the
fully-integrated luxury resorts span a total of 40 square
kilometers and 22 golf courses, making Mission Hills the largest
golf facility in the world.
Tenniel Chu, Vice-Chairman of the Mission Hills Group was in
Slovenia to collect the award:
"2018 has been significant for Hainan with a number of reforms
announced to further boost the province as an International Tourism
Island. This includes visa-free entry for 59 countries which is
more great news for golf tourism on the tropical island known as
China's Hawaii.
"Mission Hills itself has also had another memorable year. Not
only do we continue to provide world-class golf across 10
championship courses in Haikou –
all of them public – but we also strive to offer golfers the very
best for relaxation and recovery, including our world-record 168
volcanic mineral springs, our luxury spas and our five-star dining
experiences. For those who are more adventurous, we opened
China's first Wet'n'Wild theme
park this year with 30 iconic slides, pools and attractions,
operated by Australia's Village
Roadshow.
"This recognition from IAGTO is a great honour. Since my late
father founded Mission Hills in 1992 our family's vision has been
to bring China to the world and
the world to China. Thanks to the
loyalty and support of IAGTO members for more than two decades,
together we have been able to turn this dream into a reality."
Located close to Hainan's capital city, Mission Hills Haikou is
recognized by the Guinness Records as the world's largest public
golf facility with 10 courses, including the flagship Blackstone
Course, host to historic championships including two World Cups,
six World Ladies Championships, four World Celebrity Pro-Ams and
the Match at Mission Hills between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in 2013.
The Blackstone Course at Mission Hills Haikou recently entered
Golf Digest's 100 Greatest Golf Courses for the first time at
number 48.
Photo Caption
Photo 1 - Tenniel Chu, Vice Chairman of Mission Hills Group
collects the IAGTO Award for Asia Pacific Golf Resort of the Year,
presented to Mission Hills Haikou resort on Hainan Island in China
Photos 2-6 - Mission Hills Haikou on Hainan
Island in China has been
voted 2018 Asia Pacific Golf Resort of the Year by IAGTO
ABOUT IAGTO:
IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators) is the
global trade organization of the golf tourism industry, having been
established in 1997. It has over 2700 members in 105 countries
including, at its core, 690 golf tour operator members in 64
countries, which control more than 85% of golf holiday packages
sold worldwide and which collectively have annual sales of over
US$2.3 billion. IAGTO runs annual
Asia and North America Golf
Tourism Conventions, along with regular Destination Conventions.
IAGTO established the International Golf Travel Market, now owned
and operated by Reed Travel Exhibitions, in 1997 and the
International Golf Travel Writers Association in 2000. IAGTO also
runs the prestigious annual IAGTO Awards and the IAGTO Excellence
Awards.
ABOUT MISSION HILLS GROUP
Mission Hills Group, owner and operator of Mission Hills resorts in
the heart of the Pearl River Delta and on the tropical island of
Hainan, is synonymous with leisure, wellness, entertainment and
luxury.
Founded in 1992, Mission Hills is recognized as one of the
world's leading golf brands and a pioneer in China's hospitality, sports and leisure
industry. The world-class integrated leisure and wellness resort
destinations have hosted more than 100 international tournaments,
dating back to the World Cup of Golf in 1995, the first
international golf tournament in China. Mission Hills has also been accredited
by the Guinness World Records as the "World's Largest Golf Club"
and the "World's Largest Mineral Springs and Spa Resort".
Mission Hills' properties sprawl over 40 square kilometres. They
include 22 championship courses designed by renowned players and
architects from five continents, five-star resorts, award-winning
spas and volcanic mineral springs, international convention
centres, state-of-the-art golf academies, a 20-pitch football
training base, Asia's largest
basketball school and Asia's
biggest tennis facility. Mission Hills is also the official
training headquarters for China's
Tennis, Football and Golf Associations.
The Group's 'golf and more' leisure philosophy has seen its
tourism-related business expand into a leisure hub for
multi-generational families. Mission Hills Centreville in
Shenzhen and Haikou provides integrated shopping,
recreational, business, education, entertainment, leisure and
cultural experiences, including Bromsgrove School Mission Hills in
Shenzhen in collaboration with the
historic British boarding school. Mission Hills has also extended
its foray into the hospitality industry by partnering with
world-renowned hotel brands such as Hard Rock, Renaissance and
Ritz-Carlton. These collaborations have seen the opening of
Ritz-Carlton's first golf resort hotel in China and China's first Hard Rock Hotel in Shenzhen.
Other significant projects include Movie Town in Haikou in partnership with China's largest film production company, Huayi
Brothers Media Corporation and award-winning director, Feng Xiaogang and China's first Wet'n'Wild water park in
collaboration with Australia's
leading entertainment group and largest theme park operator,
Village Roadshow Limited.
Mission Hills has also announced ground-breaking partnerships
with FC Barcelona and the NBA to bring the world's most famous
football club and the world's largest professional basketball
league to its Haikou resort,
making Hainan island a leading hub for football and basketball
development in China.
For more information and latest updates, visit
http://www.missionhillschina.com or follow Mission Hills China on
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
SOURCE Mission Hills Group