Karl Doyle
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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 , Sam Sakociu ,
Diana DeLuci , Kathy Synnot ,
Mark Alexander , Kevin Markham , Karl Doyle , Sam Sakocius ,
Zenta Thomas , Andrew Marshall , Paul Marshall , John Cockayne ,
Kathy Synnott , Brian Nygaard Oswald , Nick Bradshaw , Kevin Murray ,
Rob McDougall , Golf East Lothian
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 Oliva Nova , Valencia
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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 Who Global resorts doesn tourism from ’ t love associations all over Mid-March t he are world : all the reporting , with clock this changes excellent years ’ and winners growth days throughout coming get longer from 2014 , the , the and golf US the
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