Pine Cliffs wins two honours at global travel awards
Leading Portuguese resort Pine Cliffs is celebrating after picking up two accolades at the 2016 World Travel Awards Europe.
At a glittering ceremony held on the island of Sardinia, the celebrated cliff-top retreat took the highly contested top spot as Europe’s Leading Family Resort – building on its impressive list of industry honours, which include six previous World Travel Awards for Portugal’s leading family resort.
The achievement was further complemented by the prestigious award for Europe’s Leading New Resort, in recognition of Pine Cliffs’ recent emergence from an epic 18-month renovation which has utterly transformed the hotel at the resort’s heart, while creating the new luxurious Pine Cliffs Ocean Suites and a stunning destination spa.
Thomas Schoen, Complex General Manager, Pine Cliffs, a Luxury Collection Resort, said: “It is heartening to be acknowledged amongst our industry peers in our relaunch year, which has seen our iconic resort emerge reinvigorated and leading the charge for luxury tourism in the Algarve. At Pine Cliffs, we pride ourselves on providing our guests with a unique world-class hospitality experience delivered by an amazing team, and these prestigious accolades are the perfect recognition of that.”
Pine Cliffs award presentation
Major awards
Regarded as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel industry, the World Travel Awards recipients are decided by travel industry professionals from more than 140 countries who cast more than a million votes over the duration of the campaign.
Every year, regional ceremonies are held in Europe, the Middle East, Africa & the Indian Ocean, South & Central America, North America & the Caribbean and Asia & Australasia, with the successors competing head-to-head to determine who will triumph as the ultimate global category victor in World Travel Awards finale, which will take place later this year.
One of Europe’s leading and most celebrated luxury and family resorts, Pine Cliffs Resort – select units of which are affiliated to RCI’s luxury exchange programme The Registry Collection – enjoys a spectacular, unrivalled location on the Algarve coastline in southern Portugal.
Spanning 72 hectares, the resort offers an extensive array of luxurious accommodation options for couples, groups and families. There are exceptional leisure and sports facilities, with 11 different restaurants and bars. In addition, the hotel features six swimming pools, Porto Pirata & JuniorClub for kids, an Annabel Croft Tennis Academy, a nine-hole golf course with panoramic views, complemented by a world-class wellness and fitness offering comprising the new Serenity The Art of Well Being destination spa and Pine Cliffs Goes Active gym and health club, as well as numerous shops and boutiques.
