Glenmuir has a longstanding history of supporting PGA events. Therefore, it is not a big surprise that company will continue its title sponsorship of this year’s Foremost Golf Championship. The game will be played at The Oxfordshire Golf Club…
In 2009, the developers of the gated Steelwood residential community, on 1,500+ acres in Loxley, Alabama have sold their ownership in the Steelwood Country Club to a group of club members. Originally, Richard and Carol Miller bought land in 1992 from…
Just like many other areas of tourism that have greatly benefited by coming online, the golf industry is no exception. In the past decade, we’ve notably seen how the hotel industry was revolutionized by the appearance of OTA’s…
I assume when you hear Costa Rica then you don't think about it as a possible golf holiday destination. Even KPMG left out Costa Rica from their 2015 Caribbean Golf Overview study. All this happens to a country…
Although Germany is the #2 golf country in Europe with 639,137 registered golfers (source: KPMG: Golf Participation in Europe 2015), we hardly talk about the country's golf club business. Germany is also the country with one of the…
There is no big surprise in selecting Al Zorah Golf Club for the Development of the Year Award by Golf Inc. Al Zorah Golf Complex is probably one of the biggest if not the biggest golf club development…
In this article, I would like to emphasize the developing stages of Golf industry in Turkey, focusing mainly the efforts of Ministry of Culture and Tourism's investments and Turkish Golf Federation (TGF) and Turkish Airlines supportive activities within…
It is interesting to find countries, in this case Egypt, that are hardly mentioned in the daily golf business media, but somehow are able to attract such well known golf course architects as Gary Player, Greg Norman and…
For first hearing, Baby Boomers look very attractive for many marketers and golf marketers (e.g. ClubCorp, Callaway Golf, Nike Golf). This is based on the perception that the nearly 79 million Baby Boomers (in the US; 15% of them are…
A couple of months ago, Ricky Potts (Digital Communication Manger at Troon; community manager of Golf on Google+) invited me to become his next guest on his Friday Foursome online talk show (via Google Hangout/Google+). I was asked…
Troon was selected to manage Tierra del Sol Resort & Golf's golf operations. It is a premium lifestyle community providing a choice of home ownership and rental opportunities. Tierra del Sol Resort & Golf has a 18-hole golf course designed by Robert…
I rarely write about Indian golf tournament events, but in this case I thought it is worth to write about the Knight Golf Tournament. Knight Golf Tournament took place early this week at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.…
One of my learning at the latest PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando was that the big data phenomenon and measurement fetish have arrived to the golf industry. Today different kind of mobile apps, wearables and other gadgets are…
Golf Tourism England has just announced the formation of a partnership with England Golf. I think they can complement each other well. I hope this partnership does not come too late. England Golf reported last year a 12%…
I must admit that I am in a dilemma. Two weeks ago I wrote about wearables versus gadets like Arccos Golf and Game Golf. I highlighted in that post as one of the main disadvangtages of such devices…
Canalys recently published a survey that showed 2.7 million wearable bands (e.g. Fitbit, Nike's Fuelband, Motorola's Motoactv etc.) were shipped worldwide in Q1 2014. Some experts predict a decline in popularity + usage of wearable products. Personally I…
No matter how we look at it, golf club operation/business is a service. As such our interest is to measure the performance and satisfaction to attract new golfers and golf club members, but also to retain existing ones. …
This week Michael Galasso (COO at golfscape.com) continues his previous post on how social technology is influencing on golf tourism: Perhaps it’s the remnants of the bruised trust many feel in institutions post-recession where word-of-mouth now rules, or…
Last week I mentioned you that Michael Galosso, the Chief Operating Officer at Golfscape.com will share here his thoughts about the latest trend in golf tourism. Social technology is definitely changing the landscape and what think about golf…
I don't want to spoil the celebration of Royal & Awesome, because I know from my work how great to have 100,000 fans in Facebook. Number of fans (see: reach) is an important social media KPI. However there…