Anantara Announces 2012 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament Dates

Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas has announced the dates of the highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament for 2012. The charitable event, now in its eleventh year, has to date, raised over half a million dollars in charity to help Thailand’s elephants. This year’s event will be held in the Thai royal seaside town of Hua Hin from September 12-16 and promises to have more nail-biting action both on and off the field. 

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A Hin of the unusal (Nov 2011)

The quirky Elephant Polo Tournament is just one of the many reasons to visit Hua Hin. Thailand’s oldest seaside town is also home to a vineyard where can hitch a ride atop the country’s much-revered mammal.

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Polo, Penfolds and Pachyderms – All the Fun at the 2011 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament

A fun and ferocious week of elephant polo was topped off by a charity gala dinner at Anantara Hua Hin, attended by teams from all over the world as well as special VIP guests.

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Buddhist monks, a massive fruit buffet and polo players from around the world helped launch the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Hua Hin this week.  Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the event returned to the southern resort town following a three-year stint in Chiang Rai. 

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The Elephants Have Packed Their Trunks and Are Heading to Hua Hin

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King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament Celebrates its 10th Anniversary in Hua Hin

2011 not only presents another highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, but a momentous decade of nail biting action and amazing achievements, both on and off the pitch to look back upon.  This year’s tenth anniversary event takes place from September 5 -11 on grounds adjacent to Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa.

As Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa prepares to host the 10^th Kings Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in September they are taking a larger than life approach to help raise awareness and money for Thailand’s national symbol – the elephant.

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Do You Have What It Takes To Be Anantara’s Roving Elephant Reporter?

Ensuring that the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament (Sept. 5-11, 2011) celebrates its tenth anniversary from a truly unique point of view, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is launching an international youth competition to search for a Roving Elephant Reporter aged between 7 and 15.