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)
Front Cover:
Myrtle
Front Beach
Cover:
USA
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
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wait
to
get
the
2015
travel
season
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way.
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Golf is
delighted
to announce
our latestRepublic,
global partnership
with the
China,
Mexico,
Morocco
and Tour
Ireland.
A long-standing member and media
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Long
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European
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In January 2015, we were delighted to announce our media partnerships with leading golf
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shows Toronto Golf Show (Canada)
and Rhein Golf (Germany). This follows on from our
yards, the LDET combines Pro-Am events and more as part of their established
media partnership with the inaugural World Golf Awards, which took place in the Algarve
tour that is held at some of Europe’s finest golf resorts. Our media partnership
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the
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Slovenia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain and France.
took place
coming
years. at Mission Hills Haikou Resort is yet another prestigious golf event in
China which is helping to positioning China on
the world golf map.
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main
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global
expansion,
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to announce
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new appointments:
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(DG
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live shows and theatre.
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castles
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top
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Grand
Strand
region,
which
boasts
over
100
championship
their
doorstep
short drive away.
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ofaCambodia’s
star golf courses.
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