Complete Press Kit - The Resort at Pelican Hill
Complete Press Kit - The Resort at Pelican Hill
Complete Press Kit - The Resort at Pelican Hill
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<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> – Our Story & Timeline<br />
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PELICAN HILL TIMELINE<br />
September 2005<br />
November 2005<br />
August 2007<br />
November 2, 2007<br />
February 2008<br />
July – August 2008<br />
November 26, 2008<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> breaks ground<br />
<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> Golf Club’s two courses close for two years, as architect<br />
Tom Fazio begins “re-perfection” design work<br />
Giuseppe Lama appointed as <strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong>’s opening<br />
Managing Director<br />
<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> Golf Club and <strong>Pelican</strong> Grill open under the leadership of<br />
Steve Friedlander, VP – Golf<br />
<strong>The</strong> Coliseum Pool’s five-month process of laying 1.1 million handcut<br />
mosaic glass tiles by hand begins<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> interviews more than 20,000 candid<strong>at</strong>es<br />
and selects less than 1,000 to join its opening team<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> opens and welcomes its first guests<br />
May 2009 Condé Nast Traveler selects <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> for "Hot List: 2009”<br />
recognizing the best new hotels and spas<br />
June 2009<br />
Travel + Leisure names <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> to the "It List" 2009 recognizing<br />
the best new hotels<br />
September 2009 GolfWorld names <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> among "Top 50 <strong>Resort</strong>s" in 2009-2010<br />
Reader's Choice Awards<br />
November 2009<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spa <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> ® earns Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Award<br />
and <strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> earns AAA Five Diamond r<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
Spa Magazine Silver Sage Readers' Choice Awards selects <strong>The</strong> Spa <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> as Favorite New U.S. Spa<br />
March 2010 Golf Magazine selects <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> among "Premier <strong>Resort</strong>s 2010"<br />
Readers’ Choice honorees<br />
November 2010<br />
July 2011<br />
April 2011<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Resort</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> debuts <strong>at</strong> #22 among "Top 100 Best in the<br />
World 2010" ranking by Condé Nast Traveler readers<br />
<strong>The</strong> inaugural Los Angeles Times Readers' Choice Awards names<br />
<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> “Best Southern California Golf Course”<br />
<strong>Pelican</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> named top California Golf <strong>Resort</strong> by Condé Nast<br />
Traveler readers<br />
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