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Thai Thi Huong Giang - senior consultant

Tel: 0986216436

Email: [email protected]

Sofitel Dalat Palace Golf Package Price

One night stay - US$ 150/person Overnight accommodation in a Superior Room Golf court18 holes green fee Breakfast in Le Rabelais restaurant Airport & golf transfers Golf gift in room on arrival

Two nights stay - US$ 274/person

Extra offer to one night package Two days of unlimited golf Complimentary driving range balls Golf gift in room on arrival

Three nights stay - US$ 382/person

Extra offer to two nights package Three days of unlimited golf Complimentary driving range balls Golf gift in room on arrival

Terms & Conditions** Golf Package: Prices are based on twin sharing, Taxes and service charge included Subject

to availability. Not available during black out dates. Rates are valid until 31 December 2009.

Dalat Palace Golf Club Fee

Par and Yardage: 7,009 yard, par 72General Director: Scott Dedo

Rental: Clubs and shoes availableFacility: Locker room, fully stocked pro-shop, international restaurant

Fare: Week-day: 70 USD/18 holes Sat, Sun and Public Holiday: 85 USD/18 holes

(The rates are inclusive of caddie fee)


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Golf Development in Vietnam

1995-1998: A series of new golf courts were built when Vietnam opened door to welcome foreign

investment.

The golf player was out of Vietnamese with total not exceeding 70 Vietnamese players.In 1998:

Former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam established the first Golf Club inVietnam, Hanoi Golf Club.

Most members of the club were diplomats and governmental people such as People'sCommittee Chairman Nguyen Ha Van Hoang and Director of the Department of TDTTHanoi Hoang Vinh Giang.

Hanoi Golf Club had become the kernel to develop golf that was to serve for foreignaffairs.In 2000:

Golf Vietnam developed quickly and recruited more new players who primarily werebusiness people

In 2004:

The first professional golf tournament was held in Vietnam: Carlsberg Vietnam Master2004,

Former U.S. Open championship golfer Corey Pavin and No. 1 Thai golfer of AsianTour, Thongchai Jaidee, participated in the event.

In 2005:

This is the year of golf with the appearance of a series of candidates by the companyand the club organization.

The first Vietnam National Championship in Dalat This is the first year that Vietnam sent a golf team to attend SEA Games.

In 2006:

Golf developed well with an increasing the number of tournaments. Johnnie Walker Classic 2005 put Vietnam on the continent golf map and world golf

map.

In 2007: Another year that golf in Vietnam developed strongly with 14 opened golf court and 27

golf projects in process.

Many overseas companies that work in the golf industry established business inVietnam.

The number of golf players is approximately 5000.


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Conference Agenda

8.30 10.00 Tea break Pre-conference activity. The guest will play golf with Wii-game to experience about

golf.

10.15 11.45

Presentation about golf package Answers queries and provide additional information

12.00 1.00 Lunch buffet at Sofitel Plaza Saigon


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Quotation of players about Dalat Palace Golf

The most influential men in the history of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA),Deane Beman and Patrick Rielly (2007)

Im not sure theres a prettier setting for golf than Dalat, said Beman, who headed up thePGA Tour for twenty-five years. The greens are as good as Ive ever putted. Theyre as good

as youre ever going to find. They sit well, like greens of the classic courts.Rielly said, Ive been coming here for 12 years and if theres one thing Ive noticed its that

everything here gets better every year. The caddies here are exceptional. Thats why the greensare so good. Theyre down there fixing them, all the time.

The former director of Dalat Palace Golf Club Jeff Puchalski

"There's no question players are drawn to Dalat as much for its steeped history as its collectionof challenging holes," said Southern California native Puchalski, who traveled from Vietnam toChina to attend the summit and accept the prize. "Throw in a rolling landscape rife with tall

pines, vibrant bougainvillea and views of majestic Xuan Huong Lake and you've got the golfexperience of a lifetime."

The professional golfer and director of Dalat Palace Golf Club Scott Dedo

"With 18 holes that are better than most courts' signature hole, Dalat [Palace GC] has all thepotential to be not just as good as the one I came from - which hosted an LPGA event - but

better," said Dedo, who worked at Hermitage Golf Club near Nashville. "The former

commissioner of the PGA Tour in America, Deane Beman, was passing through when I startedhere, and he said you're not going to find a prettier setting for golf or better greens to putt on. Icouldn't agree more."


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Accor Group, Sofitel Dalat Palace and community activities

Earthday activity

Accors Earth Guest Day spanned 69 countries and included the participation of100,000 employees.

This year, the Sofitel Dalat Palace leaded the way with a 500-man crew and 300volunteers from the Dalat Youth Association cleaning up Xuan Huong Lake on April22. The team took-to-the-lake at 7.30 a.m., pulling garbage from the water and the

banks of the lake, as well as installing new garbage bins to help the area stay clean togive back some of its natural beauty for Dalat.

Charity for children

Swing for Smiles event

Accor, a hospitality company, held its first golf tournament, Swing for Smiles, onOctober 11, 2008 in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, to raise funds for Operation

Smile Vietnam. The event gathered many participations of both golfers and non-playersand some special guests.

Accor has been involved with Operation Smile Vietnam for over five years and since2007 Operation Smile has been expanded to become one of Accors global solidarity

development projects.

The funds raised have been expended on surgeries to repair cleft lips/palettes and havehelped put a smile on thousands of childrens faces in Vietnam.

Saigon Cyclo Challenge

Sofitel Dalat Palace joined Saigon Cyclo challenge for few years to raise fund forSaigon Childrens Charity. The host and beneficiary of the event will allocate the funds

raised during the day across their educational projects; these include the provision ofmonthly school scholarships to more than 3,000 children as well as building schools

and classrooms in rural areas. This activity is to create more chances for disadvantagedchildren to go to school and to help them and their families to break out of poverty

forever.


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Reference list

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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/sports/2008/09/805545/ http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/danao_tabs_dedo_to_oversee_dalat_palac

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http://www.doimongmo.com.vn/details.php?id=374 http://www.thethaovanhoa.vn/273N20080623073450638T158/hanh-trinh-golf-

viet.htm

http://www.vietvisiontravel.com/tour/pgid/100/aid/384/ http://www.vietnamsunshinetravel.com/vietnam/vietnam_golf_tours/dalat_palac

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http://www.vietnamgolfresorts.com/index.php?id=3&subid=19 http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-1744-sofitel-dalat-palace/index.shtml

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