Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort celebrated its seventh year as the Central Florida host of the Group RCI Christel House Open on Monday, June 8, raising $110,000 for the charity. This was the first year that the tournament was hosted under Orange Lake Resort’s new timeshare brand, Holiday Inn Club Vacations.  Featuring two championship golf courses at the Orlando, Florida resort, Orange Lake’s 18-hole, Arnold Palmer-designed Legends golf course played host to the event.

Considered the largest single-day, charity golf tournament in the world, the Group RCI Christel House Open is spread out across 19 tournament sites spanning five continents. Approximately 2,000 golfers teed off on this day for the charity—and 100% of the worldwide proceeds went to programs and services that directly benefit the more than 3,000 children of Christel House.

Don Harrill, President and CEO of Orange Lake Resorts, said, “We’re very pleased that so many of our timeshare industry friends joined us once again in this year’s tournament to benefit Christel House—as well as several of our local attraction partners and vendors. We hope to continue this important tradition year after year here at Orange Lake Resort.”

Orange Lake Resorts has partnered with the non-profit organization for the Group RCI Christel House Open since its inception in 2002 as the charity’s major site host. This year’s tournament was graced with the presence of two very special guests: Christel DeHaan, founder of the Christel House International foundation, and Gordon Gurnik, President of Group RCI North America.

For sponsorship opportunities and more information on how you can participate in this tournament next year, contact Cathy Duncan, Manager of Corporate Events for Orange Lake Resorts, at 407-239-0000, ext. 1979.