73 entries: "Abu Dhabi"

Lee Westwood and Your Golf Travel

Your Golf Travel & the importance of added value services

By: 2018. 09. 04.

I am so happy that Your Golf Travel came to the same conclusion as I did last July. In that post, I highlighted the Portuguese Tee Times Golf Agency's 'unlimited golf concept' as a great offer. The reason why…

Pacific Links International expansion in 2018

What will 2018 bring to Pacific Links International?

By: 2018. 06. 28.

I think my American and Australian readers will be much more familiar with Pacific Links International, the world’s premier golf network. The reason why I thought to highlight Pacific Links International to you is that the number of Pacific Links…

Troon International Trophy at Abu Dhabi Golf Club

Where will be the first Troon International Trophy?

By: 2018. 06. 22.

Troon International has announced to launch of the first-ever Troon International Trophy, to be held at the world-renowned Abu Dhabi and Saadiyat Beach Golf Clubs (Gary Player-designed) from the 22nd – 24th October 2018. What makes it unique is that…

Golf travel instagramers - visual communication

Who are the TOP 7 golf travel instagramers to consider?

By: 2017. 10. 20.

I received many positive feedbacks about my TOP 10 golf travel blogs' list that I published in August. So I thought to analyze another social media platform, the Instagram, and who are the most successful golf travel Instagrammers.…

Abu Dhabi Golf Club

What are the new golf destination promotion techniques in 2017?

By: 2017. 08. 09.

Troon International has recently sealed a partnership with leading golf tour operators Golfbreaks.com, Your Golf Travel and golf.extra, to increase visibility and encourage more golfers than ever to venues within its world-class golf course portfolio. Properties in the…

Troon Abu Dhabi Golf Club

What could Troon wish more for Christmas?

By: 2016. 12. 19.

It seems like, the Troon-managed Abu Dhabi Golf Club was able to keep up the outstanding customer experience performance from last year. In 2015, they received the "Best Golf Course above 500 AED of the Year" at the Middle…

A surprising event at the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

By: 2016. 10. 28.

Next week, we will see in Abu Dhabi a historical moment. The Saadiyat Beach Golf Club (Gary Player designed seafront golf course: par-72 course, which will be set up at 6,337 yards / 5,795 meters for the championship) will…

How can help the Berenberg Gary Player Invitational?

By: 2016. 07. 08.

Similar to 2015, the Berenberg Gary Player Invitational will be held at Wentworth Club. This year it will be held between July 17-18. Berenberg and The Player Foundation are continuing to support Depaul (helps who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged) who…

How can Troon exploit German golf tourism?

By: 2016. 04. 18.

There is a golf country in Europe that despite its size and purchasing power we hardly hear about her. The country is Germany. Germany is the #2 golf country in Europe (639,137 golfers; 15% of European golfers), not far…

Who is the big winner of the latest Middle East Golf Awards?

By: 2016. 01. 14.

I almost started this post by heralding Troon's 4 new accolades (within 3 months Troon received awards in 12 categories in total) at the latest Middle East Golf Awards (MEGA). Although The Els Club, Dubai is managed by Troon,…

Troon won in 8 categories at the 2nd Annual World Golf Awards

By: 2015. 11. 09.

This weekend (5th-8th November) was held the full-3 day World Golf Awards program at the Conrad Algarve (it is the 2nd year in a row that the event is held in this luxury Algarve hotel). World Travel Awards celebrated earlier…

HSBC extended its commitment to golf sponsorship by 5 years

By: 2015. 11. 04.

HSBC's announcement about the renewal of their global golf sponsorship portfolio (World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, the HSBC Women’s Champions and the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship) brought a great relief. In the summer was announced that HSBC will…

What can offer the new Qatar International Golf Club?

By: 2015. 11. 03.

When I think about Qatar's connection to the sport, then Qatar Airlines' & Qatar Foundation's FC Barcelona sponsorship comes to my mind. Unlike in the UAE, Qatar has only one serious golf course the Doha Golf Club. This…

Have you heard about the on-demand Matteo Manassero?

By: 2015. 11. 02.

Matteo Manassero is quite busy in these days. Two days ago I had the chance to write about his support of Italy's bid efforts to win the hosting rights of the 2022 Ryder Cup. Today, he held an interactive…

Can Australia defend its title at the 27th Nomura Cup?

By: 2015. 10. 21.

Tomorrow will tee of the 27th Nomura Cup (an Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) event) at Yas Links Abu Dhabi with 27 four-man amateur teams. As you can remember, in 2013, Team Australia won the 26th Nomura Cup with a…

Can Al Zorah Golf Complex compete with other UAE golf clubs?

By: 2015. 07. 02.

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…

Golf GameBook a new breed of golf social networking site

By: 2015. 02. 05.

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…

Romain Wattel is joining Nike Golf team

By: 2015. 01. 15.

Nike Golf has just informed me that Romain Wattel is joining their brand team. In the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship Romain Wattel will play with Nike Golf equipment. He had a very impressive year in 2014 with…

Who will be the “Golf Course Maintenance Team of the Year” at MEGAs?

By: 2014. 12. 17.

Abu Dhabi Golf Club’s maintenance team (Andrew Whittaker and his team; Peter Harradine) has been named “Golf Course Maintenance Team of the Year” at The Middle East Golf Awards (MEGAs), hosted at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai. This recognition came just in…

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club was the host MENA Golf Tour’s 25th event

By: 2014. 10. 12.

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club has long been (cca. since 2011) an active supporter of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Golf Tour's mission to grow new talent in the area. Not often occurs such thing that even…