Monday, January 28, 2013

  Largest Human QR Code: Mission Hills China sets world record (VIDEO)

SHENZHEN, China -- Some 2,000 employees of luxury golf and spa resort Mission Hills came together to form a gigantic real life QR Code by staff carrying umbrellas, in an effort to promote eco-tourism to the world and to make sustainable tourism a global reality, setting the world record for the Largest Human QR Code, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy. com/.

  Photo: The World's Largest QR Code was created by staff carrying umbrellas and gathering at the Mission Hills driving range in Shenzhen, China. ( enlarge photo )

Guinness World Records recognized the Mission Hills Golf Club, China, as the world's largest golf facility, with twelve 18 hole courses fully operational since December 2006.

The Guinness world record for the largest [corn] QR code is 28,760 m² (309,570 ft²), and was achieved by Kraay Family Farm, Home of the Lacombe Corn Maze Inc. (Canada) at the Kraay Family Farm in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

  The World's Largest Human QR code was created by staff carrying umbrellas and gathering at the Mission Hills driving range in Shenzhen, China.

  The aerial photo, taken from a height of 270 feet, is readable by a QR scanner and takes smartphone users to a campaign website promoting sustainable eco-tourism.

On the Net:
Mission Hills website
Mission Hills on Facebook
Mission Hills on YouTube

   Mission Hills has invested some US$50 million on the implementation of an environmental sustainability program that encompasses everything from air quality monitoring to energy, water, waste, and carbon emissions management in a concerted effort to prove that modern day golf course management can go hand in hand with eco-tourism development and environmental protection and sustainability.