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The most recognized name in hospitality, Hilton Hotels, has joined the Thai marketing cooperative Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience (www.golfinakingdom.com).

As new hotel partners, Hilton properties across Thailand - in Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Phuket - are now preferred lodging options, along side the country's top golf courses.

The four Hilton properties that have joined Golf in a Kingdom include:

• The Hilton Pattaya, located in the heart of this coastal city, overlooking Pattaya Beach, and situated atop the new Central Festival Pattaya Beach complex, with its 200 international-caliber shops, restaurants, cinemas and recreational facilities.
• The Millennium Hilton Bangkok, standing imperiously on the banks of the Chao Praya River, boasting sweeping city views and incomparable access to the varied delights of Thailand's capital.
• Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, a stunning resort set on sandy Karon Beach and comprising 75 acres of lush tropical gardens. Karon Beach is the quiet, upscale alternative to raucous Patong Beach just up the coast.
• The Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa, a 17-story tower in the center of this royal enclave overlooks the Gulf of Thailand and serves as home to distinctive mix of dining options, including the Hua Hin Brewery Company, a former fisherman's shack dating from 1923.

By banding together to form Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience the country's top courses and hotels have created a cooperative itinerary that matches the most desirable "stay" options with its most desirable "play" options. Those play options include the crème of Southeast Asian resort tracks:
• Banyan Golf Club in Hua Hin, voted top new course in Asia by readers of Asian Golf Monthly in 2009
• Chiang Mai Highlands Golf & Spa Resort, recently voted the top course in Southeast Asia by SEA Globe magazine.
• Muang Kaew Golf Club, a lush urban retreat in the heart of Bangkok.
• The Old Course at Siam Country Club in Pattaya, host of the 2010 Honda PTT LPGA
• Siam Country Club's Plantation Course, host of the same LPGA event in 2009
• Thai Country Club in Bangkok, voted ‘Best Championship Course in Asia', as voted by Asian Golf Monthly readers in 2008.
• Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, just three years old but already a bona fide “championship” layout, having played host to the Asian Tour's Black Mountain Masters in 2009.

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