Spain's La Manga Club is chasing quadruple glory at the end of this month after receiving four nominations at the 2013 World Travel Awards - the travel industry's equivalent of the Oscars.

The five-star resort has underlined its reputation for excellence as a sports and leisure destination by being nominated in four categories - Europe's Leading Golf Resort, Sports Resort and Villa Resort, and the Leading Golf Resort in Spain - at the World Travel Awards Europe gala ceremony, which will take place at Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa in Antalya, Turkey, on August 31.

Having celebrated its 40th birthday last year, La Manga Club stands as a bastion of European golf, sports and lifestyle resorts.

As a result of more than four decades of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, the resort is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort, offering a wide range of first-class sports and leisure facilities including three championship golf courses and a 28-court tennis academy.

Among its most recent accolades, La Manga Club has been voted as the best golf resort in Spain by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last two years, hosted the 2013 Spanish Amateur International Golf Championship and is the overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association until 2016.

The World Travel Awards are acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel honour, celebrating those brands that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence.

More than 500 organisations from across Europe have been nominated for the competition for the most influential accolade in travel, with in excess of 57 countries competing for awards across 76 categories.

Peter Nieuwland, sales and marketing director at La Manga Club, said: "To be nominated in so many categories is proof of the high regard that La Manga Club is held in across Europe.

"It is reward for all the hard work that goes in to making the resort a continued success and we're hoping for a successful night."

La Manga Club boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses, more than 20 bars and restaurants and is great fun for children.

For more information and to book, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club - www.lamangaclub.com - is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.  

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars. 

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.