The Arora Group today announces that Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa is bidding to host a future edition of the Ryder Cup. Just a short direct train ride from St Pancras International station, approximately 50 minutes’ drive from central London and a few minutes’ drive from the M1 motorway and Luton Airport, the luxury estate is set in over one thousand acres of picturesque parkland, woods and lakes in Bedfordshire.
The estate is currently home to an 18-hole golf course and in line with the Arora Group’s ambition to create something special on the estate, it plans to design and build a new championship level course worthy of hosting the Ryder Cup, one of global sport’s leading events and other prestigious golf tournaments, including DP World Tour events.
Surinder Arora, Founder and Chairman of the Arora Group commented: “Our acquisition of Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa was always with the intention to curate a luxury leisure and hospitality experience on the existing estate. We want to continue building on the already rich history of Luton Hoo and to ensure that any future investment into the estate will bring economic benefit to Bedfordshire and surrounding areas. Hosting the Ryder Cup, potentially in either 2031 or 2035, would raise the profile of the area to a global audience and the opportunity to bid to host a Ryder Cup at Luton Hoo is a very real and realistic ambition.”
Cllr Richard Wenham, Leader of Central Bedfordshire Council, said: “The Ryder Cup is an iconic sporting event celebrated and enjoyed across the globe. Arora’s aspirational plans to take the superb Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa complex set in its beautiful surroundings to the next level, have the scope to put Central Bedfordshire on the world stage. Securing the Ryder Cup would be an enormous boost to our thriving economy, bringing many new tourists and supporting more new jobs.”
The Arora Group is well versed in luxury hospitality with venues such as Fairmont Windsor Park and together with the experience of owning and operating the Buckinghamshire Golf Club.
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The Arora Group
The Arora Group is a successful UK-focused private group of companies, which leverages synergies across its specialist property, construction, hotels, and golf divisions to its strategic advantage. Since 1999, the Group has built its standing through meticulously managing projects from inception to delivery and beyond. Today, it owns and manages a diverse portfolio of flagship assets across the nation’s key business locations, partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands to deliver consistently high service levels and sustainable growth.
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Arora Hotels
Arora Hotels, a division of the Arora Group, is one of the UK’s leading hotel owner-operators with expertise in airport and city centre hotel operations. Current hotels within the portfolio include Sofitel London Heathrow, Sofitel London Gatwick and Novotel London Stansted (under a franchise agreement with Accor), Renaissance London Heathrow (under a franchise agreement with Marriott), InterContinental® London ‒ The O2, Holiday Inn Heathrow Terminal 5, Crowne Plaza London Heathrow Terminal 4, Holiday Inn Express® London Heathrow Terminal 4 (under a franchise agreement with IHG), Hilton London Gatwick and Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 (under a franchise agreement with Hilton Hotel and Resorts), and Arora Gatwick - Crawley. Fairmont Windsor Park Hotel and Luton Hoo are the latest additions to the portfolio.
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