La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort Introduces Beach Polo

TRAVEL AND LEISURE

Justina Uzo

La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Lagos, has introduced Polo to boost leisure at the award-winning resort.

Situated at Ikegun Village, Ibeju Lekki, the African-themed resort is encouraging more executives to reinvigorate especially this festive season.

Speaking on the additional tourist product at the resort, the President of La Campagne, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, said it was part of the resort’s commitment to expand its tourism offerings and by so doing improve the tourism economy of the continent and Nigeria.

He said: ‘‘This will create a new experience and grow the economy as well as bring about development in different aspects especially in job creation, product and service lines requiring the engagement of many people with the requisite skill and expertise to grow this new offer.’’

With the introduction of the Beach Polo comes the setting up of a La Campagne Beach Polo Club which is expected grow the new “sportainment” offering through membership recruitment.

It was gathered that membership of the club comes with different packages and benefits like access to the resort; 25 per cent and 20 per cent discount on accommodation at La Campagne Tropicana Resort in Lagos, Ondo, Koton Karfe, Keffi , Grand Bassam, Cote D’ Ivoire and Ethiopia.

In addition, a patron gets 20 per cent discount on food and beverages at the resort; priority check-in at all La Campagne Tropicana resorts and hotels and free VIP admission to all La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort shows.

The resort is looking to also introduce a yearly Beach Polo event to be known as La Campagne Beach Polo Tournament which will be opened not only to the beach polo club members but to all enthusiasts and lovers of the game.

With this tournament, Akinboboye said more people would be exposed to the beautiful, robust and entertaining sport, thereby opening up the leisure.