For clubs and hotels.
Alola brings a small group of the right guests to the best private courses and houses in Asia, and names the ones that welcome them. This is what we ask, what you receive, and what we never do.
Where the name opens a door
58 houses in 19 countries already welcome Alola members: 36 golf clubs, 21 hotels and 1 golf school. What each has agreed stays in our correspondence.
Hotel · Phnom Penh
Raffles Hotel Le Royal
Preferred terms for members, a welcome drink on arrival, Champagne breakfast and the spa.
Visit Raffles Hotel Le Royal →Hotel · Shanghai
Ascott Heng Shan
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Shanghai
Ascott Huai Hai Road
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Shanghai
InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Golf club · Shenzhen
Mission Hills
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Ganton
Ganton Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Hoylake
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golf club · Sandwich
Royal St George's Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Weybridge
St George's Hill Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Walton-on-the-Hill
Walton Heath Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Hong Kong
Discovery Bay Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Hotel · New Delhi
The Oberoi, New Delhi
Preferred terms on a deluxe room with breakfast, a welcome in the room, and the concierge's help with tee times at the Delhi Golf Club.
Golf club · Batam
Palm Springs Golf and Beach Resort
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Bintan
Ria Bintan Golf Club
Members' terms on the Ocean Course with buggy and caddie, booked direct with the club.
Golf club · Rosses Point
County Sligo Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0 Golf club · Waterville
Waterville Golf Links
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Hotel · Karuizawa
The Prince Karuizawa
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Shah Alam
Concorde Hotel Shah Alam
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Langkawi
The Datai Langkawi
Preferred terms with daily breakfast, a welcome on arrival, a dinner and a round of golf for two, and airport transfers.
Visit The Datai Langkawi →Hotel · Kuala Lumpur
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Preferred terms for members on every stay, room only or with breakfast, booked direct.
Golf club · Wassenaar
Royal Hague Golf and Country Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Bosch en Duin
Utrechtse Golf Club De Pan
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Te Arai
Te Arai Links
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golf club · Portstewart
Portstewart Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Hotel · Manila
The Peninsula Manila
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Golf club · Cagayan de Oro
Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club
Members play as the club's accompanied guests on the chair's written word, with Kyle in Sales as the named contact.
Hotel · Manila
Raffles Makati
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Manila
Shangri-La The Fort, Manila
Preferred terms for members on every stay, and a named contact in Sales.
Golf club · Ardersier
Cabot Highlands (Castle Stuart)
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Carnoustie
Carnoustie Golf Links
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Cruden Bay
Cruden Bay Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golf club · Kingsbarns
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Prestwick
Prestwick Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golf club · Dornoch
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0 Golf club · Troon
Royal Troon Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0 Golf club · Irvine
Western Gailes Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf school · Singapore
GOLFTEC Raffles Place
A members' concession on every lesson plan, swing evaluation and club fitting at Raffles Place, with Mark Healy as the named contact.
Hotel · Jeju
Jeju Shinhwa World
Golf at twenty-one Jeju courses: Raon, Jungmun, Black Stone, Teddy Valley, Lotte Sky Hill, Everis, Ora, Castlex, Crown, Tameus, Haevichi, Shine Ville, Phantom, Green Field, Hallasan, Volcano, Elysian, Siena, La Reine, Cypress, Arden Hill.
Visit Jeju Shinhwa World →Hotel · Jeju
A dedicated contact for every stay, a Jeju welcome on arrival, and priority for upgrades, early check-in and late check-out when the house allows.
Visit JW Marriott Jeju Resort & Spa →Hotel · Chiang Mai
137 Pillars House
Preferred terms for members booking direct on the house website, with breakfast for two and the next room category when the house can.
Golf club · Phuket
Blue Canyon Country Club
Preferred terms at the BC Lodge with breakfast for two, and golf on the Canyon and Lakes courses as the house's own guests.
Hotel · Hua Hin
Chiva-Som Hua Hin
Preferred terms on a retreat stay in the spring high season, with lunch on the day of arrival.
Visit Chiva-Som Hua Hin →Hotel · Phang Nga
Iniala Beach House
Preferred terms for members booking direct, villas side by side for a party, and a dedicated contact. Aquella is nearby.
Visit Iniala Beach House →Golf club · Sriracha
Laem Chabang International Country Club
Members' terms for golf when staying at the Golf Lodge, tee times held together and a table after the round.
Golf club · Bangkok
Royal Bangkok Sports Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Kiawah Island
Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course)
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 Golf club · Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Hotel · Quy Nhon
Anantara Quy Nhon Villas
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Golf club · Ninh Thuan
ANARA Binh Tien Golf Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Da Nang
Ba Na Hills Golf Club
Members' terms for golf through next October, booked direct with Nancy in Sales.
Golf club · Ho Tram
The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Golf club · Hai Duong
Chi Linh Star Golf & Country Club
Members' terms for golf on weekdays and weekends, booked direct with the club's head of sales.
Hotel · Ho Tram
The Grand Ho Tram
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Hotel · Phan Thiet
Radisson Resort Phan Thiet
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Golf club · Mui Ne
Sea Links Golf & Country Club
Members welcomed as the club's guests, with a name at the club who knows ours.
Silk Path Dong Trieu Golf & Country Club Golf club · Quang Ninh
Silk Path Dong Trieu
Members' terms for golf with caddie, buggy and a meal; forest pool villas side by side and tee times held for a party.
Hotel · Nha Trang
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay
A named contact for members and the welcome of a returning guest.
Golf club · Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam Golf & Country Club
Members play on the club's member-guest standing, with tee times and a table arranged for a party.
Who our members are
Founders, owners and senior principals of their own businesses, most in their forties to sixties, every one playing to an honest handicap and every one vetted in person before joining: a member introduces them, they play a round with one of our committee and share a meal with a second member, and the committee votes.
They play regularly, travel often and well, and know how to be a guest at a good club. They book direct when they know where they are going, and they come back to a house that remembers them.
How a journey works
One a quarter, to a private course and a five-star stay. A small party of members, two or three days, playing as the club's guests under its rules, with a table in the evening and a name at the club who knows ours.
Members book and pay the club, the hotel and any operator directly. Alola plans and hosts; it arranges nothing commercially and takes nothing. There is no third party in between, and nothing owed to anyone.
What we ask of a club
To host a journey, or in Singapore a round and a table for the vetting of candidates. Later, once the club has grown, reciprocal courtesy for members visiting on their own.
What we ask of a hotel
Your preferred terms for Alola members and their guests booking direct with you, on your dates and in your words, along with the small things a returning guest values: a named contact for our members, early or late where the house allows, a table that knows the name.
What a partner receives
- A party of members on each journey, booked direct, with no third party in between.
- Members travelling on their own who choose a partner house or course first.
- Your name on the Partners page every member sees in the Alola app, with your contact beside it, the day the arrangement is agreed.
- A club whose people arrive on time, play fast, dress properly, thank the caddie by name, and behave. Our house rules say so, and members sign them every year.
- Several of those who came as a group come back on their own. That is the whole point, for both of us.
What Alola never does
- Take a commission, a share or a referral payment from a partner. Members pay you; Alola is paid by its members and nobody else.
- Package rooms, rounds or flights, or hold a member's money for you.
- Show your terms, or any figure, on the public website. Members read the terms you give us, in your words, only inside the members' app once the chair has approved them.
- Bring a gaming or casino property into the club, under any name.
- Send you anyone we have not met, played with and eaten with first.
To reply
Write to the chair. Twenty minutes by call or in person is all it takes to agree the shape of a first visit.
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