Scotland will play host to the world’s first joint men’s and ladies golf competition following the announcement that the inaugural European Golf Team Championships will be played at The Gleneagles Hotel in 2018. Golf is to join the…
I think there are at least two common motivations among the 4 bidders (Spain, Italy, Germany and Austria) for the 2022 Ryder Cup: golf enthusiasm and promoting their country (as a country of investment, tourism destination etc.). The…
Andalucia is in a controversial situation. Although, we can see 7 million tourists are visiting Andalucia every year, among them many golf tourists (see below the figures), but we can also find an unemployment rate of 35.21 % (The forecast is still…
Just like many golf clubs around the world, the Seve Ballesteros designed The Shire London golf club has also prepared a winter page, the 'Legends Winter Offer'. The new ‘Legends Winter Offer’ at The Shire London is available from Monday,…
The International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) 2015, that was held in Tenerife between 5-8 October has ended last week. So I thought to share with you the list of TOP 10 winners : Michael Campbell, one of New Zealand’s most…
Today is the last day of the International Golf Travel Market. So I thought to share with you some interesting insights about the golf tourism industry. Golf tour operators reported that the number of golfers they carried between January…
Mount Juliet Estate becomes the 16th member of the exclusive European Tour Properties network with the announcement of the Irish venue as a European Tour Destination. Mount Juliet is located in the heart of County Kilkenny, becomes the first European Tour Destination…
Colin Montgomerie, yesterday officially opened the five-star Dreamland Golf Club in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is the first golf club of Baku (capital of Azerbaijan). Dreamland Golf Club, a 170-acre premium golf club was designed by Cynthia Dye. The golf club…
The International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) will hold its annual event for the tenth time in Tenerife (Canaray Islands). For those who are not familiar with the International Golf Travel Market, it is the world’s premier global event for golf…
Most recently, as part of the next stage of Scotland’s bid to host The 2019 Solheim Cup, a team of Ladies European Tour officials inspected The Gleneagles Hotel. They spent 2 days touring the hotel, golf courses and other facilities as…
IGTM (International Golf Tourism Market) has helped generate more than €79 million worth of business for the golf travel industry since 2012. Reed Travel Exhibitions found that 31% of attending buyers negotiated between €50,000 and €200,000 worth of business,…
Golf participation at Algarve continued to grow in the second quarter of 2015. More than half a million rounds played in the first half of this year. This is almost 35,000 more rounds than in the same period in 2014. The Algarve…
Bunker Mentality has just announced that they have become a clothing partner of the Turkish Airlines Open. According to my sources, they decided to take up the sponsorship, after seeing direct links at the start of the season between their…
I think The 2014 Ryder Cup was an outstanding event for golfers and Scotland as well. This Ryder Cup event at Gleneagles, attracted over 250,000 spectators and generated £106 million for the Scottish economy. The Scottish government (led by VisitScotland’s Events…
Scotland is still excited about hosting The Solheim Cup in 2019. In March it was questionable whether Scotland will launch a formal bid in the summer. Now it is sure that they will officially bid for the hosting of The…
Last year PGA Catalunya Resort was awarded as '2015 Golf Resort of the Year for Europe' by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO). Now PGA Catalunya Resort proves that they have not received the recognition in…
As part of TaylorMade Golf’s 15 years of Driver dominance a VIP event was held at Macdonald Rusacks Hotel. Junior golfers from Scotland were invited to celebrate with their heroes including Stephen Gallacher, Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia and Dustin…
International Golf Travel Market 2015 (IGTM is a leading golf travel trade show for golf tourism suppliers, buyers and media) is set to provide a showcase for emerging golf tourism markets, as first time exhibitors are announced from Eastern…
In the last couple of years UAE is among the the Top 10 Fastest Growing Tourism Hotspots in the world. Just in 2013, UAE's golf tourism grew by 10.4%. In 2013, Abu Dhabi and Dubai were the 6th golf tourism…
To exploit Swedes' natural attraction to Portuguese golf courses, early this year Orizonte Lisbon Golf exhibited in Malmo, Sweden (part of this promotion tour they exhibited in Helsinki, Paris and Scotland as well). Now it seems like that…