For the second consecutive year, The Sanctuary earns a Triple Five-Star rating from Forbes Travel Guide. Last year The Ocean Room, Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s premier steakhouse, joined The Sanctuary and The Spa at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in receiving the highest accolade from the world-renowned authority on excellence in hospitality. This marks the sixteenth consecutive year the luxury hotel and spa have earned the distinction. The Sanctuary is one of fifteen hotels worldwide to earn Five Stars in three categories, hotel, spa and restaurant. The Ocean Room Chef de ..read more

For a classic kick-off to the summer season, join Kiawah for the Fourth of July. Many families make celebrating our nation’s birthday on the island an annual tradition. Here are our suggestions for four memorable ways to celebrate the Fourth. Red, White & Blue Festival Terrace Lawn at The Sanctuary Tuesday, July 4th | 5pm – 9pm This birthday party for our nation is truly a celebration fit for The Sanctuary, with live music and family activities, including an obstacle course, soccer darts, and games for the kids. The festivities include a buffet with all the cookout classics you can eat ..read more

As spring comes early to Coastal South Carolina, what better place to celebrate Easter than at Kiawah Island Golf Resort? Whether you choose to stay in The Sanctuary Hotel, in one of more than 500 Resort Villas or in one of our luxurious Private Homes, Easter proves a family-friendly season on the island with dining and family events geared for all ages. Flexible Accommodations Offering a number of suites with connecting rooms, The Sanctuary is ideal for an intimate family getaway. Villas offer a variety of sleeping arrangements from one- to three-bedrooms. With their full kitchens and laund ..read more

If you’ve not taken the opportunity to meet Kiawah’s golf instructors, here’s a chance to get to know them virtually. Whether you are a novice or a scratch golfer, the PGA Certified golf instructors at Kiawah Island Golf Resorts Tommy Cuthbert Golf Learning Center have a warm, friendly approach to improving any golfer’s game and shaving valuable points off the scorecard. The learning center’s unofficial mottos is, “We put fun in the game of golf.” Meet Kiawah Island’s Golf Instructors to find out how. The post Meet Kiawah’s Golf Instructors appeared first on Kiawah Island Golf Resort ..read more

Have you ever wondered what Kiawah Tennis Academy life is like? What better way to find out than straight from the source. Hear from two full-time residential Barth-Hawtin Tennis Academy students to learn about how junior athletes live, learn and train at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. The post Kiawah Tennis Academy Life appeared first on Kiawah Island Golf Resort ..read more

  The Ocean Room earns Five Stars from Forbes Travel Guide. In doing so, Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s premier steakhouse joins The Sanctuary and The Spa at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in being recognized by the world-renowned authority on excellence in hospitality. This marks the fifteenth consecutive year the luxury hotel and spa have earned the distinction. Helmed by Chef de Cuisine Steven Brooks, The Sanctuary becomes one of only a handful of properties in the U.S. to achieve a “triple” by earning Five Star Ratings for hotel, spa and restaurant. The Ocean Room Chef de C ..read more

A destination that guests return to year after year, Kiawah Island Golf Resort maintains the delicate balance of celebrating time-honored traditions and providing exceptional new and elevated offerings, certain to enhance your attendees’ experience—whether during a group activity, leisure time or through an extended resort stay. Memorable Event Spaces Featuring stately architecture and gracious Lowcountry design details, The Sanctuary Chapel and its adjoining courtyard garden offer a one-of-a-kind backdrop for your breakout sessions, cocktail receptions, kickoff events and pre-event gatherin ..read more

Kiawah Island provides award-winning group service to meeting attendees and planners. Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, announced at its recent regional meetings in Miami and London that The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort was recognized for Global Group Sales — Communication, Education, Partnering, and Engagement, part of Preferred’s Best Practice & Achievement Awards. Preferred Chief Executive Officer Lindsey Uberroth described the award as a “way to show appreciation for the best-in-class services and experiences offered to guests.” Ube ..read more

Kiawah Island Golf Resort now boasts an award-winning Sanctuary pastry chef. This probably comes as no surprise if you’ve had the good fortune to visit The Sanctuary over the holidays and marvel at the massive chocolate sculptures prominently displayed in the lobby every year from Thanksgiving weekend through New Year’s. Each year’s sculpture that bears a different theme is the brainchild of Executive Pastry Chef Jordan Snider, who conceptualizes and designs each sculpture, then leads the pastry team in executing each year’s design composed entirely of chocolate. Now Chef Snider, along with t ..read more

For the second consecutive year, travelers voted The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort the number one South Carolina resort in the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards for 2022. Rankings were determined by the magazine’s readers, who voted for their favorite hotels based on criteria such as quality of service, accommodations, amenities, dining, activities and family-friendliness. This greatly envied recognition comes on the heels of other recent accolades. For the fourteenth consecutive year, Dr. Beach named Kiawah Island among his highly anticipated annual Top 10 Beaches in America. Once ..read more