www.tourismbrunei.com Brunei Tourism, together with Asian Tour and The Empire Hotel & Country Club, will be organizing Brunei’s first ever officially sanctioned professional golf tournament, the Brunei Open 2005 to be held at the Jack Nicklaus designed 18-hole championship course of The Empire Hotel & Country Club from the 23rd to the 26th of June 2005.
The US$300,000 tournament, the last round in the Tour before the summer break, will bring to Brunei a field of some 140 of Asia’s finest professional golfers, who will compete for the prize money as well as the honor of being the first to engrave their name on the Brunei Open trophy.
As part of a number of new initiatives by Brunei Tourism to help propel the “Kingdom of Unexpected Treasures” into the international tourism arena, the staging of the Brunei Open is expected to position Brunei as a high profile golfing destination in the region, with its excellent and challenging championship courses that can be enjoyed by visitors to the Sultanate.
With the organizational expertise of Asian Tour, the support of Standard Chartered as the main sponsor and Royal Brunei Airlines as the official carrier, and the commitment of the Empire Hotel & Country Club as the venue for the tournament, Brunei Tourism is confident that this tournament will be a success with the players, media and spectators, and that it will result in increasing numbers of tourists coming to Brunei to enjoy playing golf, in addition to the Sultanate’s other natural and cultural attractions.
Brunei Darussalam, a peaceful and wealthy kingdom on the northern shores of Borneo, is known for having one of the most pristine tropical rainforest environments anywhere, as well as for the pomp and opulence of its centuries old monarchy, steeped in ancient Malay traditions.
With easy international direct access through its Royal Brunei Airlines carrier, and with an up-market product and image appealing to discerning travelers, Brunei is an exciting new destination waiting to be discovered.
Brunei Tourism is the Tourism Development Division of Brunei’s Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, in charge of the international promotion and marketing of Brunei as a tourism destination.
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