
2019 IAGTO Awards Winners Unveiled at IGTM in Slovenia18 October 2018
Golf resorts and golf destinations across the globe have been honoured at a gala dinner to mark the 2019 IAGTO Awards in Slovenia capital Ljubljana.
IAGTO Golf Destination of the year for Latin America & The Caribbean: Mr Hiram Silfa Aybar, Golf Director, Ms Evelyn Paiewonsky, eMarketing Director, Ms Monica Diaz Vecino, Sales Golf Director Europe, and Mr Alberto Pique
The winning destinations in the golf tourism industry’s annual celebration of excellence are Spain’s Costa del Sol and Logroño-La Rioja regions, Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Hua Hin in Thailand and Scottsdale, in Arizona. Golf resort awards were scooped up by Scotland’s Gleneagles, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, in Canadian province British Columbia, and Mission Hills Haikou, on China’s tropical paradise island of Hainan.
Besides the IAGTO Awards – organised by global golf tourism trade organisation IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators) – a further four golf resorts were lauded for their environmental and community efforts in the 2019 IAGTO Sustainability Awards. Run in conjunction with non-profit golf sustainability body GEO Foundation, they have been held for the last six years. The 2019 winners are: Italy’s Gardagolf Country Club; Jack’s Point Golf, in New Zealand; Al Mouj Golf, in Oman; and Portugal’s Vidago Palace, which is only the second recipient of a Special Award.
The winners were announced to 1,200 international golf tourism delegates at the gala dinner, which was held in the Ljubljana Exhibition & Convention Centre at the end of the 21st International Golf Travel Market.
- Golf Destination of the Year - North America: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Golf Destination of the Year - Latin America & Caribbean: Dominican Republic
- Golf Destination of the Year - Africa, the Gulf States & Indian Ocean: Mauritius
- Golf Destination of the Year - Europe: Costa del Sol, Spain
- Golf Destination of the Year - Asia & Australasia: Hua Hin, Thailand
- European Golf Resort of the Year: Gleneagles, Scotland
- North American Golf Resort of the Year: Fairmont Chateau Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
- Asia Pacific Golf Resort of the Year: Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan Island, China
- Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year: Logroño-La Rioja, Spain
- 2019 IAGTO Sustainability Awards winnersSustainable Golf Course of the Year for Nature Protection: Jack’s Point Golf, New Zealand
- Sustainable Golf Course of the Year for Community Value: Al Mouj Golf, Oman
- Sustainable Golf Course of the Year for Resource Efficiency: Gardagolf Country Club, Italy
- Special Award: Vidago Palace, Portugal
Established in 1997, IAGTO is the global trade organisation of the golf tourism industry, and has over 2700 members in 105 countries including more than 690 golf tour operator members in 64 countries, which control more than 87% of golf holiday packages sold worldwide and which collectively have annual sales of over €2.1 billion. IAGTO runs annual Asia and North America Golf Tourism Conventions, along with regular Destination Conventions. IAGTO established the International Golf Travel Market, now owned and operated by Reed Travel Exhibitions, in 1997 and the International Golf Travel Writers Association in 2000. IAGTO also runs the prestigious annual IAGTO Awards.
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