GOLFERS have swung it for Carden Park to be named the Best Golf Resort Hotel in the North of England.

Keen players from across the country voted online in their thousands to ensure their favourite golfing locations in the UK and abroad came out top at the first ever Today’s Golfer Travel Awards 2011, in association with major golf travel operator Your Golf Travel.

Karen Proctor, golf business manager at Carden Park, said: “This is a very prestigious award and we’re delighted to have beaten off stiff competition from other hotels and resorts in the North of England. We pride ourselves on our high standard of facilities here at Carden Park as well as the overall golfing experience we offer to members and visitors. We are extremely fortunate to have such an outstanding setting for our two championship golf courses as we’re surrounded by 1,000 acres of Cheshire countryside and we will continue to strive to be the best over the coming year.”
Today’s Golfer editor Andy Calton, said: “Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all the golfers who took the time and trouble to vote for their personal favourites. The inaugural awards have exceeded all our expectations and hopefully in time they will be referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of the golf travel industry.”

Situated within a breathtaking country estate, golfers at Carden Park have a wealth of facilities to enjoy including the two stunning championship courses - The Nicklaus Course and the Cheshire Course - and a driving range with 13 covered and eight uncovered bays. Head professional Steve Priest and his Total Golf Performance team are based on site and can offer training to both beginners and experienced golfers.
As a holder of the prestigious ‘Golf Mark’ standard from the English Golf Union (EGU), Carden Park is also well known for its junior and beginner friendly golf facilities.

The hotel has also been celebrating recently after achieving excellent results, and a top-twenty national ranking, in an impartial, nationwide study of meeting enquiry handling standards across 350 hotels and conference venues.

Carden Park was given an average ‘overall performance’ rating of 97.1% for 2011*, which put it top of the De Vere Hotels leader-board for the year, and also top of its selected competitor set, which comprised six local or comparable properties. Each hotel was scored for the experience it provides to customers throughout the enquiry process both on the telephone and online.

The Meetings Benchmark Tracker programme has been undertaken in the UK since 1999 by independent market research company BDRC Continental. It monitors how efficiently enquiries are dealt with and followed up.
Carden was also surveyed separately on its offering to golf customers and also came out top in an independent survey of five hotels within the De Vere Group, with a score of 86.4% for satisfaction across its calls and visits for the 2011 season**.
Hamish Ferguson, Carden Park general manager, said: “Our team works hard to provide outstanding customer service. We are pleased with our results but we will not be resting on our laurels and will continue to look for areas where we can improve.” 

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The hotel boasts 196 luxury bedrooms and suites, award winning restaurants and a sumptuous spa where tired or aching muscles can quickly be revived. Plus with a wide variety of onsite activities including KONG aerial ropes course, archery, laser clay shooting those staying longer than their round of golf will never be short of something to do.

For more information call 01829 731525 or go to www.cardenpark.co.uk/golf.

You can also follow the resort on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn at:
www.facebook.com/cardenpark, www.twitter.com/cardenpark and www.linkedin.com/groups/Carden-Park-Hotel-Golf-Resort-3752298