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AGTC Business Session AGTC Business Session IAGTO’s AGTC Team Phokeethra GC Caddies About AGTC: AGTC is an annual meeting place for IAGTO members, focused on golf tourism development within the Asia, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Gulf States regions. 420 IAGTO members participated from 45 countries including 162 golf tour operators from 34 countries. Golf destinations represented included Cambodia and the ASEAN countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam; China & Japan; India & Sri Lanka; Mauritius; Australia & New Zealand; Abu Dhabi, Dubai & Oman; Russia, Azerbaijan & Turkey. over 2750 members in 104 countries including over 700 golf tour operator members in 64 countries, which control more than 87% of golf holiday packages sold worldwide and which collectively have annual sales of over €2.5 billion. IAGTO runs annual Asia and North America Golf Tourism Conventions exclusively for its member companies, along with regular Destination Conventions. IAGTO is the Association Partner of the International Golf Travel Market and established the International Golf Travel Writers Association in 2000. IAGTO also runs the prestigious annual IAGTO Awards. About IAGTO: Established in 1997, IAGTO is the global trade organisation of the golf tourism industry, and has Volume 4 • Issue 47 97