San Lorenzo Golf Course - News

JJW Hotels & Resorts relaunch Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:26:00 GMT

Dear Guest,

Like many of you, I have made The Algarve a place that I visit regularly and the Hotel Dona Filipa has been my first choice since I first stayed in the hotel more than 10 years ago. I have always been highly impressed with the quality of personal service that the hotel's staff provides and consider them to be the most valued asset to the property.

JJW Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce that as of 25th November 2008, the group is operating Hotel Dona Filipa and San Lorenzo Golf Course along with its other hotels in Portugal, Austria, UK, France, and the Middle East.

Throughout all my hotels, I constantly strive to improve the properties through refurbishment and development and you can expect to hear some exciting announcements in 2009. Plans are already under way for the refurbishment of Dona Filipa to bring the property back to the high standards it deserves, whilst still maintaining the essence of the character of the hotel that we have all become so familiar with.

In the mean time, apart from the new branding, we hope you will observe minimal changes within the daily running of the hotel and golf course. Indeed, it will be the same staff that will be greeting you on arrival, serving you in the restaurants and cleaning your rooms. Some of those staff, I know, have been as loyal to the hotel as you have and many have worked here for more than 20 years, some even up to 40 years!

Our other properties in the Algarve include the exclusive Pinheiros Altos Golf & Leisure Resort which features a 27-hole golf course and is located on the edge of the picturesque Ria Formosa National Park. Due to open in November 2009 is the Royal Algarve Hotel, which graces the highest point of Pinheiros Altos with views over the golf course and Ludo Valley. Also in our portfolio is the 4-star Amarante Formosa Park apart-hotel.

I look forward to informing you of further news in the near future. In the mean time, it is with pleasure that I wish you a warm welcome to the Hotel Dona Filipa from myself, and on behalf of the hotel staff.

Sincerely,

MBI Al Jaber

Chairman & CEO, JJW Hotels & Resorts

From the Algarve with Love

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 9:50:00 GMT

1 FREE place in every 7 paying golfers - for accommodation AND GOLF

Once again, the Algarve has shaken up the winter 2010/11 golfing scene with its "From the Algarve with Love" promotion, a campaign offering 1 FREE place in every 7 paying golfers - for accommodation AND GOLF!

The promotion runs from 1 November 2010 until 28 February 2011 and offers four months of FREE places for golfers looking for some sunshine golf.

All you have to do is to find seven friends to travel with and you go FREE, or alternatively you can reduce the cost of each party member so that you all SAVE. One thing for sure is that with an average winter temperature of 18°C, there has never been a better time to experience golf in the Algarve - Europe's Number 1 Golf Destination.

To view the campaign poster, CLICK HERE >

For more information, or details, please contact:

For green fees:	San Lorenzo Golf Desk T: +351 289 396522 E: sanlorenzo@jjwhotels.com
For accommodation:	Dona Filipa Hotel T: + 351 289 357 223 donafilipa-reservations@jjwhotels.com

THE ALGARVE WITH LOVE | GOLF HOLIDAY PRICES SHAKEN AND STIRRED

Terms and conditions:

1 free place in 8 (room and green-fee).
Valid from November 2010 to February 2011.
Minimum of 3 night stay:
- 8 golfers = pay 7 greenfees
- 8 golfers | 8 single rooms = pay 7 rooms
- 8 golfers | 4 double rooms = pay 3 and ½ rooms
Accommodation and starting times subject to availability and golf course or Hotel confirmation.
The offer is subjected to each individual hotel and golf course terms and conditions for this promotion, details of which are available within the relevant company.
A limited number of rooms or green fees may be available at these rates/offer and additional restrictions and blackout dates may apply, this program cannot be combined with any additional discount or promotion. No credits will be granted irrespective of whether or not the full package/stay is consumed.

Dona Filipa Hotel – Nominated for 2 Prestigious World Awards

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:07:00 GMT

World Travel Awards - Separating the good from the outstanding!

The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognise excellence in the world's travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 17th Anniversary, the awards are regarded as the very highest achievement that a travel product could ever hope to receive.

This year, Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort was nominated for 2 of the World Travel Awards:

Europe's Leading Golf Resort 2010
Portugal's Leading Golf Resort 2010

World Travel Awards is the most prestigious, comprehensive and sought after award programme in the global travel and tourism industry. To be voted a World Travel Award by a process involving 183,000 travel tourism and hospitality professional across the globe is the highest accolade a company can receive.

To all that nominated Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort for these 2 prestigious awards... we thank you for recognizing our Resort as one of the leaders in the golf leisure world - we are most honoured to have been nominated.

Ria Formosa Voted one of the 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:10:00 GMT

The Ria Formosa... Voted one of the 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal

Competing with another 323 locations across the country, the Ria Formosa Estuary and Natural Park was recently elected as one of the 7 Natural Wonder of Portugal. The sotavento ecosystem obtained the most votes in the category of Marine Areas. This recognition will most certainly reinforce the potential market of nature tourism in the Algarve; such as bird watching.

The President of the Algarve Tourism Board, Nuno Aires states: "This distinction reveals the great esteem that the Portuguese - and we share - for this the natural landscape. I truly believe that the election will give a new impulse to the nature tourism in the Algarve, a product that we have worked on the last few years, and that will help the Ria's preservation".

San Lorenzo can only express content and pride in sharing this prize... as we all know we benefit from the breath-taking and marvel of the Ria Formosa every single day.

San Lorenzo Voted One of the Best Courses in Europe

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Readers Vote: 21st in Europe

There are a total of 6,794 golf courses in Europe and readers of popular golfing website www.1golf.eu have just voted for their Top 50...

Placing San Lorenzo in at No. 21.

It's easy to see how this rolling course, with its expansive nature reserves, sea views, shore-lines and perfect greens is the recipient of such an accolade...

And it's a fitting tribute to all the hard work and toil that goes in to making San Lorenzo one of the best golfing experiences in the entire world.

Paving the Way for Portuguese Golf

Especially when you consider that the Top 50 was voted on by members of the public from 34 different countries all across Europe. There is no other golf award voted for in such an expansive fashion.

In fact, throughout August, many of the 220,000+ golfers who visit www.1golf.eu each month, cast their vote online - in one of the biggest golfing surveys ever conducted.

The results will be published on their website, as well as in the Albrecht Golf Guide and Discover Golf magazine.

Play a Round at San Lorenzo

If you'd like to play a round at this prestigious, award winning golf course, check out the latest golf packages on offer today.

Hole in One at San Lorenzo

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:38:00 GMT

Hitting a Hole in One at San Lorenzo

Congratulations to Mr. Dennis Shawcross

Occasionally in a golfer's life, a combination of luck, skill, perfect conditions... and a perfectly struck gold stroke all come together to pull off the golfing holy grail. A hole in one.

For San Lorenzo - and Dona Filipa Hotel - regular, Dennis Shawcross, such an achievement is to be savoured for a very long time to come:

"My wife told just about everyone about it." Grins Dennis as he recalls the shot he took at the end of August 2011, "the sixteenth is a very hard hole... and the wind was of assistance that day."

Wind assisted or not... it takes something very special to hit a hole in one on any part of the San Lorenzo course, least of all on the famously tough sixteenth.

"My wife and I have been coming to Dona Filipa for over 20 years," he continues, "we have seen the staff go from juniors to senior management... everyone helps to make our holiday enjoyable every time we come; from reception through to the restaurant and bar and at San Lorenzo golf Course. Paul the starter at San Lorenzo keeps everyone in order in the nicest possible way and to get a hole in one has just put the icing on the cake!"

Dennis and his wife are planning to return to play San Lorenzo in the near future...

We're not sure he'll be able to match his extreme feat of a hole in one any time soon; but like all of our treasured guests at Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Course - we can't wait to see them again.

They're what makes this place so special.

San Lorenzo Rides High in Today's Golfer Travel Awards

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:52:00 GMT

San Lorenzo Voted
One of the Top Three Golf Courses in Portugal

Today's Golfer has just released the results of its brand new Travel Awards. The Algarve has been voted the best golfing destination in the whole of Europe...

And - impressively - San Lorenzo has been named in the top three out of all the courses in the country.

One of the Best Golfing Experiences in Europe

It's these types of awards, voted for by thousands of golfers from all over Europe, that let us know that we're delivering one of the best golfing experiences going.

In a country with so many fine courses, to be voted into the top three is quite an achievement... and one that San Lorenzo intends to build on for the future.

Dona Filipa Hotel Named Best Golfing Resort in the Country

Have a look at the rest of the award winners - including our own Dona Filipa Hotel, who have just been voted the Best Golfing Resort in Portugal - and we hope we can see you on the greens soon. As stated in the video below (featured in the Portuguese TV Channel: SIC) by the Hotel's General Manager, Luis Filipe: "Our Hotel is 42 years old and I still talk to guests that have been coming to the Hotel for the last 35 years. So you can see that we've created a portfolio of guests that visit us: 1, 2, 3 times a year for the last 35 years! (...) Our guests are very important to us!"