[세계호텔가] Sanctuary at Kiawah Island to open March 2004(새로운 호텔open예정)

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Kiawah Island, S.C. – June 2003 – The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, America’s most luxurious oceanfront resort hotel and spa, is rising on a beautiful 10 mile stretch of uninterrupted beachfront along the shoreline outside of Charleston, South Carolina. The hotel is on schedule for a March 2004 opening and advance bookings for vacation travel, business travel as well as meetings and conventions are strong according to Prem Devadas, Managing Director of The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island. He notes, “The Sanctuary will offer a peaceful respite for our valued guests amidst the extraordinary beauty of our private, 10,000-acre nature preserve.”
This ambitious hotel project, currently at $125 million dollars, represents a huge investment in South Carolina’s tourism industry at a time when travel and tourism, as a whole, is in a holding pattern. “We believe that The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island represents our confident vision of the future for luxury travel and the importance of world-class meeting and convention facilities,” cites Devadas. “The Sanctuary is the crowning jewel of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, already famous for its five championship golf courses, including the world-famous Ocean Course – home of this year’s World Cup and the 1991 Ryder Cup.”

Research indicates that vacation planners and business travel managers are seeking destinations close to home over international travel. The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island will offer a spectacular addition to the luxury market in a centrally located East Coast venue easily accessible by car or plane from major cities across the country. The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, just 40 minutes from Charleston International Airport, has its’ own airstrip for corporate jet and private pilot aviation. Private watercraft have access via the Atlantic Ocean, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Kiawah River. Guests will feel safe and secure on this barrier island, home to flora and fauna including live oak and pines, salt water marshes, sea grass, sand dunes, alligators, bald eagles, bobcats, egrets, heron and loggerhead turtles.

With success managing two of the nation’s premier hotels, The Hermitage (Nashville, TN) and The Jefferson (Richmond, VA), the group leading the development of this luxury, oceanfront resort and spa, has a proven track record in creating five-star luxury accommodations. The Sanctuary’s 255 spacious guestrooms include a private concierge level 11 Executive Suites, one Governor’s Suite and a spectacular 3,100 Presidential Suite.

The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island will incorporate the classical and historical flair of nearby Charleston, combining the highest quality finishes of stone, stucco, wood, slate, ironwork and brick. The interior design, created by the renowned hospitality design firm of Hirsch Bedner Associates from Atlanta, incorporates the gracious elements of the South with subtle touches of the “Lowcountry lifestyle” such as woven sea grass panels and Southern tapestries adorning the 11-foot lobby walls. The hotel will have a 110-seat fine dining room with a private wine cellar room and spectacular ocean views as well as a 160-seat casually elegant restaurant with outdoor terrace.

The resort will offer a nature-based spa with 12 treatment rooms for massage, facials and wraps, as well as a sauna, steam room and whirlpool. The spa is destined to become one of the most esteemed in the country with a staff of professional therapists offering signature treatments. An indoor pool, beauty salon and fitness center will complement the spa as well as two infinity pools overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Business and convention facilities include more than 18,000 square feet of luxurious meeting and conference space, including the 6,200 square-foot Grand Ballroom and a 3,200 square-foot Junior Ballroom with sweeping ocean views and garden terrace. Each meeting and hospitality room, including the 1,728-square-foot Executive Boardroom Suite, is equipped to offer convenient access to an attended business center with private work areas. Tom Bewley, the resort’s Director of Sales and Marketing leads a team of 10 regional sales representatives and marketing specialists who are actively booking individual travel, group business, meetings and conventions as well as private parties and major fund-raising and charitable events at The Sanctuary.

Standard nightly guestroom rates will range seasonally from $275-$625 with attractive group rates available. Suite rates begin at $800 and range up to $4,500 per night for the 3,100 square foot Presidential Suite with soaring, beamed ceilings and grand oceanfront terrace