Golden Sands Resort

Contact Details

Hotel : Golden Sands Resort
Address : Batu Feringgi Beach 11100 Penang Malaysia
Tel. : +604 886 1911
Fax. : +604 881 1880
Email : gsh@shangri-la.com
Website : www.shangri-la.com/penang/goldensandsresort
     

Hotel Facilities

Reservation : Yes
Live Band : Yes
Smoking Area : Yes
Pork-free : Yes
Wi-Fi Facilities : Yes
Private Function Facilities : Yes
Banquet Facilities : Yes
Car Park Facilities : Yes
Payments Accepted : Cash / Amex / MasterCard / Visa / Diners / JCB
Currency Exchange : Yes
Complimentary Personal Safe : Yes
Ironing amenities / Hair dryer : Yes
     

Promotion

Press Release

Golden Sands Resort Marks 35th Year of Malaysian Hospitality

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Cool Zone Kids Club

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Family Fun Package at Golden Sands Resort

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Rooted in Nature

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Our Durian Package at both Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort has been extended to 30 November, 2013.

Love it or loathe it, the durian season has started. Aficionados of the thorny fruit can make a beeline for the pungent wonder at "all you can eat" durian sessions at Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang and the adjacent Golden Sands Resort, Penang. The fruit - native to Balik Pulau, the rural heartland of Penang – is part of an accommodation offer available at the resorts from 1 May to 30 November 2013.

Read More: Shagri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands ResortUsher in a Thorny Durian Season - Press Release.

Malaysian celebrity chef and Food Ambassador of Malaysia, Datuk Redzuawan Ismail or popularly known as Chef Wan launched a durian shack at Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort recently. The durian shack was built complete with rotating ceiling fans, durian shelf display, durian cabinet, picnic tables and a wash sink. There is also a permanent signboard extolling the virtues of durians as well as highlighting durian food taboos. The entire project cost both resorts RM 6, 000 and is believed to be the first durian shack within resort properties in Penang.

Read More: Launch of Durian Shack by Celebrity Chef Wan at Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort, Penang - Press Release.


Our 3 Days/2 Nights Penang Holiday Package at both Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort has been extended to 23 December, 2013.

The mention of Penang evokes fond memories for both local and international holiday makers alike. A holiday in Penang is an occasion to feast on delicious hawker fare and to indulge in a little nostalgia, soaking up George Town's old world charm, authentic cultural heritage, natural pockets of green and to take time to dream of trade winds.

Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort, Penang are offering this wonderful opportunity to visit the famed "Pearl of The Orient" with the Penang Holiday Package. Both sister properties, the four-star deluxe Golden Sands Resort and five-star Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa are located adjacent to each other at prime locations along Penang island's bustling tourist belt of Batu Feringgi. The is a holiday package for 3 Days/2 Nights at both resorts.

Read More: Penang Holiday Package Offer at Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort - Press Release.


 
Wilma Budke (left) saying hello to Ooi Geok Ling, Managing Director of Penang Global Tourism (right). Looking on in the middle is Dato' Prof. Jimmy Choo, Tourism Ambassador for Malaysia and shoe icon   Wilma Budke (middle) looking at her gift hamper present by Ooi Geok Ling, Managing Director of Penang Global Tourism. On the left is Dato' Professor Jimmy Choo.
Wilma Budke going for a leisurely walk in the garden with Dato' Prof. Jimmy Choo

All for the love of Penang...Global shoe icon and Tourism Ambassador of Malaysia, Dato' Professor Jimmy Choo was in his hometown, Penang, recently and had tea with Golden Sands Resort's long stay guest, Ms. Wilma Budke. Wilma, 85, who is a native of Osnabrück, Germany, has been visiting Penang since 1978, staying only at Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and sister property, Golden Sands Resort. The annual holiday visits started with her husband Frederic Budke almost 35 years ago. Wilma, who is a widow, decided to continue the tradition even after Mr. Budke's demise in 1997. Wilma will be chalking up 5,000 room nights in Penang in May, 2013.

Read More: Tea with Wilma Budke and Datuk Jimmy Choo - Press Release.

Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort, Penang are offering this wonderful opportunity to visit the famed "Pearl of The Orient" with the Penang Holiday Package. Both sister properties, the four-star deluxe Golden Sands Resort and five-star Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa are located adjacent to each other at prime locations along Penang island’s bustling tourist belt of Batu Feringgi. There are two holiday packages for 3 Days/2 Nights and 4 Days/3 Nights at both resorts.

Read More: Penang Holiday Package Offer at Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa and Golden Sands Resort - Press Release.


The shoe making legend meets the king of fruits...Home grown icon Datuk Jimmy Choo admiring Penang durians. Looking on is Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa staff and the resort's Executive Sous Chef, Lim Leng Chuan (front left).

The mention of durian season and the rustic charms of Balik Pulau, teeming with champion line durian plantations, come to mind. The pungent King of The Fruit entices durian lovers near and far who head up to Penang for the long-awaited durian indulgence. Enjoy a value added stay at Golden Sands Resort with our global Durian Package.

Read More: Golden Sands Resort Offers Durian Package - Press Release.

About Golden Sands Resort

Located on the famed Batu Feringgi beach in Penang, Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La recently completed a MYR50 million redevelopment programme that has comprehensively reinvigorated the four-star deluxe retreat with contemporary design and state-of-the-art features. Building on her enviable reputation as among the finest in Penang, this redevelopment puts the new Golden Sands Resort in the forefront as Malaysia's premier family getaway destination.

The 387 brand new guestrooms offer plush accommodation with five-star refinements, among which are the largest family-sized rooms for a hotel of its class in Penang. They include 'family combo' units of two interconnecting rooms that can easily accommodate up to six persons, 14 suites and 208 deluxe sea-view rooms that provide the pinnacle in resort living. The rooms feature comfortable Murphy Beds (pull-down wall beds) and up-to-date facilities such as 32 inch LCD television, DVD entertainment system, international channels, USB/iPod/modem ports in a user-friendly AV panel and complimentary high-speed broadband Internet access.

Guests will enjoy a range of recreational facilities that include a water sports centre, three tennis courts, a Par-3 Executive Golf Course, a spa and beauty centre, a shopping arcade for shopaholics as well as two lagoon-shaped swimming pools. Children staying at the resort are especially in for a treat at the Adventure Zone, a unique family entertainment venue that is one of a kind in Malaysia. The 10,300 sqft air-conditioned indoor facility houses three categories of exciting drop slides, multiple sections of modular play equipment, a game zone, toddler area, themed birthday party rooms and café. A Kids Club is also housed here, with complimentary organised daily activities for the little ones and includes a ‘Kids Eat, Stay and Play For Free’ package for up to three children under 12 years of age per family.

Other facilities include innovative restaurants and bars, four adaptable, up-to-the-minute meeting and banquet rooms and a Cool Lounge, a transit lounge for early check-in and late check-out.

 

Location Map

 

 

 
 
Superior Hillview
Superior Hillview Family
Deluxe Seafacing
Executive Seaview
Executive Seaview Suite
 
 

 
 
Garden Café
Cool Lounge
Lobby Lounge
Sigi's Bar & Grill
 

 
 
Adventure Zone
Kids Club
Resort Watersports