Praia D'El Rey Marriott Hotel Wins "Portugal's Leading Resort" at the 2008 World Travel Awards

(20 October 2008)

The European winners of the 2008 World Travel Awards, dubbed "the Oscars of the travel industry" by the Wall Street Journal, were announced this week at a glittering awards ceremony in Slovakia attended by 300 guests from 19 countries across Europe. Against stiff competition, the Praia D'El Rey Marriott Hotel, situated 50 minutes north of Lisbon on Portugal's Silver Coast, was named "Portugal's Leading Resort" for the second year running.

This caps a highly successful year for the Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort, already well known as a year round sporting destination by the world's elite sportsmen. Recent visitors include football superhero Cristiano Ronaldo, since the resort's Marriott hotel is currently the home-from-home for the Portuguese national football team during their World Cup 2010 training sessions.

Luxury villa's

" We are thrilled to win this prestigious award", says Jorge Almeida, Resort Director of Praia D'El Rey. "It's a recognition of how we have grown over the last 10 years to become one of Portugal's best known resorts, with over 250,000 visitors a year." Apart from its 5 star Marriott hotel, the 230-hectare Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort has an 18 hole golf course with full coaching facilities, water sports, a tennis centre and FIFA-standard football centre, shops and restaurants, and over 800 luxury villas, townhouses and apartments.

Travel professionals

Launched in 1993, the World Travel Awards acknowledge excellence in travel and tourism. Now, after fifteen years, both travel professionals and travellers alike regard the awards as an endorsement of quality. Votes are cast by travel professionals from 167,000 travel agencies, tour and transport companies and tourism organizations in over 160 countries worldwide.

The Beachfront

Praia D'El Rey Golf & Beach Resort won 2007's coveted European Golf Resort of the Year, awarded by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, and was also voted Portugal's Leading Resort at the 2007 World Travel Awards. This is the Silver Coast's flagship resort and offers a range of excellent value, top quality luxury villas, townhouses and apartments, with over 800 homes having been sold in the last 10 years. Just launched is The Beachfront, the resort's most spectacular properties to date - 53 two, three and four bedroom penthouses, duplexes and apartments right on the beach, all with direct panoramic ocean views. Prices range from €458,000 to €1.4m, all fully furnished with a 5% annual rental income guaranteed for 3 years. New planning regulations in force since 1994 now prohibit any building within 500m of the coastline, meaning these contemporary beach homes are the last of their kind in Portugal and have great rarity value.

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