The GolfAbu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority recently launched the ‘Play, Stay and Watch’ packages to attract the international players for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship next year. The event will run between 16 – 19 Jan at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Featuring with the ‘Golf in Abu Dhabi’ activity, the TCA Abu Dhabi is pleased to offer several packages, including the ‘Tee For Three’, ‘Five Beats Fore’ and ‘Week at the Tees’, which are the three-, five- and seven-night products. The packages include the different excellent options for airport transfers, flights, tee-times and the accommodation. The most exciting offer is the tee-times, which you can enjoy the diverse and exciting playing facilities, and even the exclusive access to most leading culture-based and leisure attractions.
In addition, the Abu Dhabi is going to launch the Championship package. Therefore, there are many discussion between the DMCs, airlines, hotels, tour operators, golf clubs, attractions and travel agents. The director, Events Bureau, TCA Abu Dhabi, Faisal Al Sheikh stated that. “At this mega summit, we will give guidance to our local partners. We will seek their innovation on how the industry can collectively work together to create enticing, tailored package products that leverage one of the emirate’s most popular annual sporting and lifestyle events, as well as the wider destination.”
TCA Abu Dhabi has already attracted more than 60k fans to spend four days in the event this year. They are not pushing to have 15% increases for the next year. In order to do this, they are happy to launch the exciting add-ons, especially for the long-stay package. For example, they offer the complimentary VIP group clinics for the world top 30 players. Al Sheikh stated that, “To achieve this, many exciting new incentives have been devised to encourage tour operators and trade reps to engage their local, regional and international clients – it’s all part of our mission to make sure the 2014 Championship crowd is as international as the star-studded field. The Championship is now globally-renowned for bucking expectations and next year’s event has been launched earlier than ever so local, and international trade reps can push Abu Dhabi. So the tournament, which offers the ultimate in up-close viewing, as the ideal leisure-meets-sports experience to see in the New Year.”
If you would like to see the sport star at the Championship, please book in advance. The three-, five- and seven-night ‘Golf in Abu Dhabi’ packages can be found at the official website of the Golf Abu Dhabi. You shall expect to see the Jamie Donaldson, who is the defending champion; the Rory McIlroy, the number three in the world; Justin Rose, who is the number five in the world, and the US Open winner. With the biggest names in the world, you shall expect that the prize of the Falcon Trophy is attractive, which is the US 2.7million prize fund. It shall be one of the richest offers from the Desert Swing, the European Tour’s trio of early-season, regional events.