Karl Doyle
Destination Golf Media Ltd EMEA Office,
Suite 2 Eden Gate Centre, Delgany, Co. Wicklow,
Ireland marketing @ destinationgolf. travel www. destinationgolf. travel
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MAGAZINE
PUBLISHER Dermot Synnott
COMMERCIAL MANAGER Dane Galligan
MARKETING MANAGER Kathy Synnott
GOLF TRAVEL EDITOR Peter Ellegard
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Darren Maguire
PHOTOGRAPHY / EDITORIAL IAGTO, Peter Ellegard,
Andrew Marshall, Kevin Markham, Sam Sakocius, Zenta Thomas,
Brian Nygaard Oswald, Golf in Veneto, Shutterstock, Carnoustie Country,
Panmure, Ritz Carlton.
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES David Doyle( Spain) Albert Ferrer( Spain)
Francisco Pinto Leite( Portugal) Ronald Montesano( USA)
Peter Barnes( UK) Gene Oberto( Sweden) Gianni Attanasio( Italy)
Paul Chan( China) Maarten Hageman( Netherlands) Benjamin Oosterveer( Morocco) Kevin Markham( Ireland) Declan Crowe( Malaysia) Wayne Morden( Canada)
Lee Owen( Australia) Pall Sveinsson( Iceland) Dewi Merckx( Belgium)
Ru Macdonald( Scotland) Zenta Thomas( Asia)
FRONT COVER Golf della Montecchia, Italy.
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AWARDS SEASON
GOLF
The slightly calmer
&
winter months
GASTONOMY
provide the perfect time golf festivals, golf shows and golf awards shows. Lake Como in Italy recently played host to the International Golf Travel Market( IGTM) and the 15th annual IAGTO Awards. This glamorous awards show honours golf destinations, golf courses and golf With Global resorts the tourism brighter from associations all, over warmer t he are mornings world all reporting, with and this the excellent years longer’ winners growth summer throughout coming evenings from 2014 upon, the and US us the the
golf team states season Destination of North is well Golf and Scan truly outh’ t wait in Carolina full to get swing, the. 2015 Dominican travel season Republic under, Spain way., We Slovenia’ got, China, Mexico, Morocco and Ireland. A long-standing member and media In partner this edition of IAGTO we review, we are three delighted different to review golf destinations the 2014 IAGTO, each with Awards a touch. of“ In Golf January & Gastronomy 2015, we were”: Dermot delighted Synnott to announce & Peter our Ellegard media partnerships visited Veneto with region leading in golf Italy shows; Kevin Toronto Markham Golf Show visited( Canada e Carnoustie) and Rhein Country Golf( Germany in Scotland). This; and follows Andrew on from Marshall our
visited media partnership the Rioja region with the of inaugural Spain. World Golf Awards, which took place in the Algarve back 24 in celebrities November from 2014 ent. It’ s ertainment not possible and to feature sport all paired of the with winners professional from around golfers the Our world for cover, a but weekend story take takes of a look golf us, back glamour on a to culinary this and glitzy gala journey event events that to. is Veneto This sure large to region grow scale in. Italy event stature’ s biggest, which of the
wine-producing coming took place years. at Mission area might Hills make Haikou golf Resort almost is yet feel another incidental prestigious, after all it golf is home event to in the China likes which of sparkling is helping favourite to positioning Prosecco China and top on the quality world wines golf. map While. gastronomy does As part Our play of our travelling a large global duo
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holiday delighted to announce new four new appointments: Jordan Fletcher( DG Canada Rep), Lee Owens
Marshall to Italy
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some top quality golfing options in this exciting destination. Carnoustie will be hosting( DG the 147th Iceland Rep), Jonathan Star( Global Partnerships Executive) and Brian Murphy( Business rum Open, reggae Championship, jerk chicken this, sugary July, but sand with beaches 34 golf, aquamarine courses the waters surrounding, towering Development Manager). area palms, there and is some far more top on shelf offer golf. Keeping. a European theme, our next destination feature Our travelling reviews duo on of the Andrew Spanish & t features
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. within 2015 the” at Sintra-Cascais the GEO / IAGTO Natura Awards l Park in Lake, this Como past, host we take venue a look to at Dundonald the Portuguese Links, which Open has is in quickly area become of natural recognised beauty as Follow our travels on Twitter(@ Dest _ golfguide), one only of Europe 30-mins’ s“ north must play of Lisbon” links courses. A personal. favourite of Facebook(@ destinationgolf)
Destination Golf! or Our Instagram other two(@ features destinationgolfglobal from the tropical Royal). Jakarta Golf Club Enjoy and! Terramar Golf Club, a popular seaside course in Barcelona.
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