The Cloister at Sea Island

The Cloister at Sea Island is one of the most legendary and comprehensively amenitized private resort destinations in the United States, a Forbes Five-Star property on a private barrier island off the Georgia coast whose spa, championship golf, shooting school, equestrian center, and the full breadth of Sea Island's 5-mile beach give it a completeness of luxury experience that places it in a category shared by very few American resorts. The property hosted the G8 Summit in 2004, a credential that speaks to its capacity and security infrastructure as much as its prestige, and the combination of Forbes Five-Star service, a setting of extraordinary natural beauty, and the self-contained island resort experience makes it the most aspirationally complete luxury resort destination in the American Southeast. For planners booking flagship incentive programs or major corporate events where the resort itself is expected to function as the entirety of the program environment with no need for off-site excursions, The Cloister is among the most complete and prestigious single-property choices in North America. Similar properties worth benchmarking include The Lodge at Sea Island and Kiawah Island Golf Resort.

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