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Travel News Quinta do Lago unveils new €7m golf investment. Quinta do Lago’s South Course is to be given a modern makeover as part of a new €7m golf course investment programme taking place at the luxury Portuguese resort this summer. The upgrade of the iconic layout, an eight-time host of the Portuguese Open, forms the centrepiece of a multi-million euro golf improvement plan announced by the top Algarve destination resort, with all the work due to be completed by September 1. www.quintadolago.com Mallorca Golf Island is returning back to normality. Mallorca Golf Island is returning back to normality, as the COVID-19 situation on Mallorca is currently under control we can announce with great pleasure that tourists are allowed back on our island as of the second half of June 2020. The Golf Courses are ready and in great condition and numerous of our Hotel Partners have already opened again or are going to resume their activity in the next couple of weeks to welcoming back golfing tourists from around the globe. www.mallorcagolfisland.com All golf courses in Bulgaria are open. We are glad to announce that all golf courses in Bulgaria are opened and in very good condition: Lighthouse Golf, Thracian Cliffs, BlackSeaRama, Pirin Golf, Saint Sofia, Riu Pravets. Bulgaria has managed to keep coronavirus cases relatively low, so hotels started progressively opening. Restaurants, shopping malls and shops are opened. Museums and exhibition halls progressively opening. www.bggofltours.com Region of Valencia #1 for Blue Flags. Spain is the world leader in blue flag beaches and marinas. This distinction guarantees beaches with first-rate water quality, specialized life-saving services, public toilets, recycling bins, accessibility, singposted areas for surfing, kite surfing, pedalos etc. Region of Valencia ranks Spain’s number 1 in Blue Flags, with a total of 148 blue flags. Our beaches are part of our tourist character, our landscape, our lives and we offer them to the world as a representation of our Mediterranean lifestyle. Discover all our golf, coast and beaches in the brand new tourist portal. www.regionofvalencia.com Troon Venues Welcomes Golfers Back Troon, the leader in upscale golf course management, has welcomed golfers back to immaculately conditioned greens, across the world, under the relevant local health, hygiene and distancing protocols. As the world comes together to tackle the ongoing spread of the Covid-19, Troon International agronomy teams have been working relentlessly, behind closed doors, to ensure that golf clubs were ready for when golfers returned. Glenmuir Autumn Winter 2020 Collection. Glenmuir, the renowned Scottish golf clothing brand, reveals its Autumn Winter collection for 2020 with products crafted to perform combining sustainable luxurious natural fibres and technical fabrics with contemporary design. The three striking colour stories continue for AW20 with Spring Green, Magenta and Ascot Blue. www.glenmuir.com www.Troon.com Volume 5 • Issue 52 15