Golfnotes
Hungary
Radisson
opens its first resort
Bük,
October 2003 - Radisson SAS will open its first resort in
Hungary early 2004. The 209-room Radisson SAS Birdland Resort
& Spa is being built on the current driving range of the
Birdland Golf & Country Club, offering beautiful views
over the fairways and surrounding countryside. The golf course
will be extended by further a 9-hole course, an additional
lit 18-hole putting course and a Golf & Tennis Academy
by 2004.
The
resort¹s 3500 square metres wellness spa will offer modern
wellness programmes, beauty treatments as well as social exercise.
The spa is equipped with five indoor pools including 20-metre
pool, 2 thermal baths, an experience pool and a children¹s
pool; and one outdoor. Further facilities include steam baths,
saunas, frigidarium, tepidarium, solariums, wellness and beauty
treatment rooms, aerobic room, fitness room, tennis courts
(as of 2004), and jogging tracks.
To
compliment the wellness spa, the resort also offers wellness
menus in the main restaurant and freshly pressed fruit and
vegetable-based juices in its wellness bar. The main restaurant
with international kitchen has also an Euro-Asia fusion corner.
In addition, Mediterranean style restaurant offers gourmet
Italian food and wines. The resort has also other 3 bars in
the lobby, club house and in the pool area. The conference
facilities cover an area of 290 square metres and include
a main conference room and four boardrooms.
Karl
Heinz Mingler, General Manager of Radisson SAS Birland Resort
& Spa, comments: Our goal is to become the leading golf
and wellness resort in Hungary and one of the best resorts
in Central Europe. This can be reached by offering the combination
of wellness, golf and state-of-the-art incentive and meeting
facilities.¹
Bük
is located in Western Hungary, in the northern part of Vas
County at the borders of the Alps and the Small Flatland,
in the valley of the Répce River. It is good two-hour
drive from Budapest. and only 90 minutes drive from Vienna
and Bratislava. With approximately 3000 inhabitants, the settlement
Bük has emerged as an active spa resort and has become
the home of the Birdland Golf & Country Club, featuring
an 18-hole, 72-par championship golf course.
Radisson
SAS Hotels & Resorts, part of Rezidor SAS Hospitality,
currently operates 126 hotels in 36 countries in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa, with another 30 projects under development.
Radisson SAS is a four star plus, club class hotel brand with
key differentiators such as the 100% Guest Satisfaction Guarantee
and the Yes I Can spirit of service.
Ulla
Virkkula
Director of Sales & Marketing
Radisson SAS Birdland Ressort & Spa
Termál Körut 10
H-9740 Bükfürdó, Ungarn
Tel.: +36 94 558 700, mobil: +36 70 9404004
Fax: +36 94 558 701
ulla.virkkula@radissonsas.com
www.radissonsas.com
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