Event Overview
Event Overview
Gencom Group and Cliff Drysdale Tennis are proud to announce that the third annual 2008 Priyanka Cup Charity, Pro-Am, Reception and Auction will take place the weekend of October 24th –26th, 2008 at The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, and The Grand Bay Club, Key Biscayne, Florida.
The VIP weekend will begin Friday afternoon, October 24th, with a Locals Pro-Am Tournament, an amateur tennis tournament for enthusiasts of all levels. A Sponsor Welcome Dinner at The Setai, South Beach will follow Friday Evening. The Locals Pro-Am Tournament Final rounds will finish on Saturday morning October 25th. This tournament will be played at South Florida’s premiere tennis venue - The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, Tennis Garden.
The main event of the Priyanka Cup, the Legend Pro-Am Tournament will be held Saturday afternoon, October 25th, in the Tennis Garden of The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne. The tournament will pair the events Sponsors with 24 tennis Legends, to include Cliff Drysdale, Roy Emerson, Darren Cahill, Kathy Rinaldi, Murphy Jensen and many more in a doubles tournament brimming with friendly competition. The tennis fest will conclude on Sunday October 26th, with the 2nd round of the Legends Pro-Am Tournament and an Awards Luncheon on the Grand Lawn of The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne. In addition to the tournaments, other festivities include an exclusive, VIP Reception at The Grand Bay Club, Key Biscayne overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Invitees will participate in a “Beach Party Barbecue” as well as a silent and live auction.
The 2008 Priyanka Cup will donate proceeds to the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, which funds Miami Children’s Hospital, the only licensed specialty hospital in South Florida exclusively for children, ensuring that all children have access to state-of-the-art pediatric care.
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Founded in 1987 by Karim Alibhai, Gencom Group has been a major player in the hospitality and related real estate industries. The company has focused its activities primarily on the acquisition, ownership, development and management of hotel properties throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Most recently, Gencom formed GenGate with its frequent joint-venture partner Highgate Holdings to purchase a significant portfolio of four-star hotels in Europe. Currently the company is focused on the development and acquisition of luxury mixed-use hotels with ancillary residential components in key resort and urban markets, while maintaining an ownership and management role in full-service hotels and extended-stay hotels. Gencom’s development projects include The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia; The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia; The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne in Miami; The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek, CO; The Residential Suites at The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch; The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii and Molasses Reef, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve; The Molasses Reef Island Villas on West Caicos Reserve in Turks and Caicos; The Park Hyatt, Toronto and The Lodge at Rancho Mirage in Rancho Mirage, CA; For more information, visit www.gencomgrp.com
Founded in 2001 by tennis legend Cliff Drysdale and partners Don Henderson and Tom Brownhill, specializes in tennis program development, daily tennis operations and management for resorts, hotels and private tennis clubs; sports design and construction consultation for companies interested in building world-class tennis facilities; and unrivaled tennis educational programs, clinics and retreats; and resort, hotel corporate outing planning and leisure operations. CDT currently oversees the sports and leisure operations at the following prestigious resorts and clubs: The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, FL, The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, Mexico, The Grove Isle Resort and Spa at Grove Isle, Weston Tennis Center, Weston, FL., Brickell Tennis Club, Miami, FL., Naples Bay Resort, Naples, FL., West Bay Club, Estero, FL., and Southampton Racquet Club, New York. For more information, visit www.cliffdrysdale.com
Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation (MCHF) is a charitable foundation whose sole mission is to create awareness and generate funds for Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH), the only licensed specialty hospital in South Florida exclusively for children. The Foundation’s guiding principle is to ensure that all children have access to state-of-the-art pediatric care. MCH, features 289 pediatric and neonatal beds, more than any other children’s hospital in Florida, offers over 40 pediatric specialties and subspecialties and houses the largest children’s cancer center in the state with over 120 active clinic trials. For more information, visit www.mchf.org
