Gleneagles Hotel
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The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Opened in 1924 by the former Caledonian Railway, it has remained famous for its world class golf courses, including the PGA Centenary Course designed by Jack Nicklaus. It is the venue of the European Tour’s Diageo Championship at Gleneagles. Sir Jackie Stewart of Formula One fame, developed close ties with Gleneagles Hotel and established a successful clay-pigeon shooting school.
It was the location of the signing of The Gleneagles Agreement on sporting contacts with South Africa at the Commonwealth Conference of 1977. In July 2005 the hotel hosted the 31st G8 summit. In 2014 it will be host to the 40th Ryder Cup Matches.
The hotel is now owned by the international alcoholic beverage firm Diageo.
Its luxury and degree of remoteness have made it an ideal location for international conferences.
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