BANGKOK - The most recognized name in hospitality, Hilton
Hotels, has joined the Thai marketing cooperative Golf in a
Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience (www.golfinakingdom.com).
As new hotel partners, Hilton properties across Thailand
- in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Phuket - are now
preferred lodging options, along side the country's top
golf courses, in variety of stay-and-play itineraries
offered and executed by tour operator Golfasian
(www.golfasian.com). "To have Hilton as a partner is
another ringing endorsement of what we're doing with Golf
in a Kindgom - that is, make Thai golf holidays easier to
book and formulate, while guaranteeing international
standards of quality with every course and hotel on each
itinerary," said Mark Siegel, CEO of Bangkok-based
Golfasian. "Hilton doesn't throw in with just anyone, of
course. Hilton welcomes guests in more countries than any
other full-service hotel brand, 76 countries across six
continents, if I'm not mistaken. Their involvement is a
feather in our caps, but it is also another incentive for
golfers who recognize in Hilton another guarantee of
quality." The four Hilton properties that have joined Golf
in a Kingdom include The Hilton Pattaya, The Millennium
Hilton Bangkok, Hilton Phuket Arcadia & Spa, and The
Hilton Hua Hun Resort & Spa. "I think it's instructive
for travelling golfers in Europe and North America to
recognize that Thailand is equipped with 5-star hotel
brands like Hilton, and Marriott, along with world-class
golf, superb food, unmatched nightlife and a first-world,
modern transportation infrastructure," said Siegel. "Of
course, there is a difference - Thailand is tropically
temperate 365 days a year, and golfers can spend a week
here for a fraction of what they'd pay in European or North
American destinations." By banding together to form Golf in
a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience the country's top
courses and hotels have created a cooperative itinerary
that matches the most desirable "stay" options with its
most desirable "play" options. Those play options include
the crème of Southeast Asian resort tracks: Banyan Golf
club in Hua Hin, Chiang Mai Highlands Golf & Spa
Resort, Muang Kaew Golf Club in Bangkok, The Old Course at
Siam Country Club in Pattaya, Siam Country Club's
Plantation Course, Thai Country Club in Bangkok, and Black
Mountain Golf Club.