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Activities
Tees made New golf developments are opening around the world to tempt
your clients, p41; On your bike Why mountain resorts are perfect for active
customers, p44; Going down Egypt and Red Sea diving destinations, p48
Opened September 2008: The Bom Sucesso Design Resort, Leisure & Golf, an hour’s drive north of Lisbon, features an 18-hole championship course, spa hotel, housing and other leisure facilities
Get your sales swinging
Despite the recession, golf developments are still being
built across the globe. Peter Ellegard rounds up the
latest in this A-Z of resorts and courses
CANADA.
The final nine holes of a second Jack Nick-
laus course at Bear Mountain Resort, near
Victoria on Vancouver Island, in Canada’s
AUSTRIA. BULGARIA. British Columbia, open this year along with
Austria’s rapidly-expanding golf facilities New kid on the golfing block Bulgaria has a Nicklaus Academy. Its Mountain and Valley
now comprise 150 courses, many with spa several new courses and more under devel- courses make it the only resort in Canada
and wellness resort hotels. The Tyrol’s opment. Balkan Holidays has with 36 holes by the golf
Mieming Plateau Golfpark now has 27 launched a Bulgaria golf pack- maestro.
holes, with its 18-hole championship course age featuring three courses,
which opened last August voted Austria’s including ones by Ian Woosnam CZECH REPUBLIC.
best new golf course in 2008. and Gary Player. Prices start at Golf is also booming in the
from £339 including three Czech Republic, which now
BAHRAIN. nights’ bed and breakfast has 80 courses. Prague City
Bahrain opened Colin Montgomerie’s accommodation, flights, Golf Club, an 18-hole design
Royal Golf Club at Riffa Views in November. transfers and unlimited golf. by Czech PGA Tour golfer
The Gary Player-designed Saadiyat Beach It also offers two courses in Alex Cejka, is due to open
Golf Club opens in Abu Dhabi in September. Slovenia. The course at Madinat Makadi Golf Resort this month.
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