AWARDS SEASON
Destination Golf
Media Ltd
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www.destinationgolf.travel
PUBLISHER
Dermot Synnott
EDITOR
Karl Doyle
CONTRIBUTORS
Andrew Marshall
Paul Marshall
Aidan Bradley
FINANCIAL
CONTROLLER
Darren Maguire
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Helen Duggan
INTERNATIONAL
OFFICES/AMBASSADORS
• Albert Ferrer (Spain)
• Ronald Montesano (USA)
• Peter Barnes (UK)
• Gene Oberto (Sweden)
• Gianni Attanasio (Italy)
• David Cooney (China)
• Maarten Hageman
(Netherlands)
• Benjamin Oosterveer
(Tunisia & Morocco)
• Kevin Markham (Ireland)
• Declan Crowe
(Malaysia & Indonesia)
• Jordan Fletcher (Canada)
• Lee Owen (Australia)
• Pall Sveinsson (Iceland)
• Wayne Morden (Canada)
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Royal County Down
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Northern Ireland
The slightly calmer winter months 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
Global tourism associations are all reporting excellent winners coming from the US
resorts from all over t he world, with this years’ growth throughout 2014, and the
teamtheDestination GolfScan’t wait to get the 2015 travel season under way. We’veseason
states of North and outh Carolina, the longer summer evenings, the golf got
With at brighter, warmer mornings andthe Dominican Republic, Spain, Slovenia,
China, Mexico, full swing.
is well and truly in Morocco and Ireland. A long-standing member and media
partner of IAGTO, we are delighted to review the 2014 IAGTO Awards.
In January 2015, we were delighted to announce our media partnerships with leading golf
In this edition, we review IAGTO’s Excellence awards, featuring some of the highlights
Further afield in China, Destination Golf was an Official Media partner from our
shows Toronto Golf Show (Canada) and Rhein Golf (Germany). This follows onto one of
and some of the winners and also taking a closer look at this glitzy event, which is sure
the partnership with
media year’s biggest sports and entertainment events. A star studded flied list of
to grow in stature over the inauguralyears. Golf Awards, which took place in the Algarve
the coming World
24 celebrities from ent not possible to feature paired with professional golfers
back in November 2014. It’sertainment and sport all of the winners from around the
for weekend
This large scale
world,abut we take of golf,glamour and gala events. is sure to edition,event, which
Following on from a look back to this& Clubs feature in the last grow in stature of the duo
our Dublin Pubs glitzy event that
our travelling
took place at Mission Hills Haikou Resort is yet another prestigious golf event in
coming years.
of Andrew & Paul Marshall travel a few hours north to Northern Ireland to play some of
China which is helping to positioning China on world golf map.
the
the fantastic golf courses, explore some of the highlights. And of course, you can’t go
Asthe North, without trying some of the ‘Uisce Beatha’ meaning ‘whiskey’ appointments:
part of our global expansion, we are delighted to announce new four new or in its direct
to Our travelling duo of An
drew & Lee Owens (DG Australia
Jordan Fletcher (DG life’, home of Bushmills Irish Whiskey.The Caribbean’s largest
Rep), Paul Marshall v isited
translation, ‘water of CanadaJamaica for a feast of flavours, Rep), Pall Sveinsson (DG
English-speaking island
and the familiar fare of
Iceland Rep), Jonathan Star (Global Partnerships Executive) and Brian Murphy (Business
rum, reggae, jerk chicken, sugary sand beaches, aquamarine waters, towering
Development Manager). features
The first of our threetop shelf golf. comes from St Annes Golf Club, one of Ireland’s
palms and some resort
SUMMER LOVIN’
GLOBAL TOURISM GROWTH
finest links golf courses with spectacular views of Dublin Bay across
Our travelling duo of Andrew & features comes from Scotland to
to TheWicklow Mountains, making this an unmissable course to
the first of our two resor t Paul Marshall travel to Cambodia,
check out some ofEast best castle and golf in Asia.combinations.at
play when on the the Coast. destinationfavouriteFeaturing
2nd fastest growing golf A personal course of the team
They soon discover that there are many options to spend the the
DG Travel. world class golf courses in close proximity andnight
several
at breath-taking Angkor Wat, we take a look at Angkor Golf
many castles and several have top drawer golf courses right on
their doorstep to aCambodia’s star golf courses.Golf Resort is our
Heading back or mainland Europe, Torremirona
Resort, one of short drive away.
second resort feature locatedour second resort featureBrava
Heading back to Europe, along the beautiful Costa is the
Fresh from its “Sustainable FrenchCourse.the Year Award 2015”
coastline, withOitavos Du Golf Course Spanish influences. the
renowned both strong Golf and of Situated within
nes
at Sintra-Cascais Natura l Park, this past hosttake a look at
the GEO / IAGTO Awards in Lake Como, we venue to
Dundonald Links, which has quickly oftravel recognised as
Across Portuguese Open is in area become features is the
the to North Africa, the last of our natural beauty
one of Europe’s north of Lisbon. A personal favourite of
luxurious Sahara“must play” links courses.the bustling city of
only 30-mins Pa