GOLFERS can look forward to travelling the year ahead to play some of the best course this region has to offer for a giveaway, following the introduction of the Maybank Asean Golf Getaway.
This unique programme, crafted by the country’s largest bank by assets and the fourth largest in Asean, takes the golfers across the length and breadth of the region with knock-down savings.
It’s an engagement, which runs throughout the next 12 months, with lift-off ignited by Maybank chairman Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa during the final round of the LPGA Tour’s US$3mil Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club last Sunday.
The Maybank Asean Golf Getaway has been especially designed for participants to enjoy up to 25% savings on airfares around the region, to 15 golf destinations in five countries with 31 premier courses lined up, and a number more to be added.
The package includes a three-day/two-night stay with two rounds of golf thrown in, and all ground handling taken care of, inclusive of airport and golf club transfers.
Speaking at the launch, Maybank senior executive vice-president, Marketing Cards, Ravi Balakrishnan said: “This Asean golf holiday programme underscores our commitment to offering exceptional lifestyle value to Maybank cardmembers.
“Beyond elevating customer experience, this initiative supports Tourism Malaysia’s efforts to promote our world-class domestic golf offerings while strengthening regional tourism in collaboration with The Star, CIT Travel and People n Rich.
“We are delivering seamless access to premium golf and travel experiences across leading destinations in Malaysia and the wider Asean region: connectivity,” he added.
Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Manoharan Periasamy said the timing of the Maybank Asean Golf Getaway was as good as it could be.
“With the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 on the horizon, the timing is impeccable,” said Manoharan.
“The example portrayed by Maybank is one that others in the business community could take a cue from, and we hope they do, and follow suit in spreading the word of tourism, and in particular Malaysian tourism.”
Manoharan added that golf has been used by the corporate world as an effective and global marketing vehicle and Maybank has been a leader in this field in this region, “for a long time now”.
“Maybank’s influence is global in the sense that the LPGA Maybank Championship is a world-class event that portrays this country’s sports and tourism in a vivid and illuminating light.
“It is certainly something that could be, and should be, emulated by others in the world of sport,” he said.
The Getaway is for people who use Maybank credit card and debit cards to purchase the Asean golf packages.
The choices of golfing destinations are in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Among them are Phnom Penh, Ho Cho Minh, Hanoi, Danang, Jakarta, Bogar, Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Desaru and the island of Langkawi,
Some of the region’s standout courses that are on the list of destinations are Chhun On Golf Resort and Garden City Golf Club in Cambodia, Twin Doves, BRG Legend Hill Golf Resort and Legend Danang in Vietnam, along with Royal Jakarta and Trump International Golf Club Lido in Indonesia.
Thailand’s Robinswood Golf Club in Bangkok, Pattaya’s Siam Country Club Old Course, Alpine Resort Chiang Mai and Blue Canyon in Phuket, also make the list, as do Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Damai Golf & Country Club in Kuching, Sarawak, Dalit Bay Golf & Country Club in Kota Kinabalu, The Els Club Desaru Coast Ocean Course and Els Club Teluk Datai in Langkawi.
Thaddeus Foo, managing director of Corporate Information Travel (CIT) who will facilitate the bookings and travel arrangements, said interested parties should be cognisant that to enjoy 25% off the airfares – business or economy class – golfers will need to book as a flight or group of four players.
“The air tickets are from Malaysia Airlines,” he said. “And the packages include a three-day/two-night stay at selected hotels, with access to golf courses, and aranged transfers.
“CIT Travel provides a dedicated phone line and email for details, advising golfers that a minimum of four players is required,” he added.
Foo added that once the package is agreed upon, all the golfers need do to enjoy the key benefits is make the payment via a Maybank credit card or debit card.
For more information, call 0392120015 or email mbb@cit.travel.
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