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Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge golf course, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
ABTA Golf 2017 is published on behalf of ABTA by APL Media. Editorial Director: Maria Pieri Editor: Josephine Price Contributors: Stephanie Cavagnaro, Amelia Duggan, Jo Fletcher-Cross, Zane Henry, Sam Lewis, Seamus McDermott, Glen Mutel, Pat Riddell, Tamsin Wressell, Farida Zeynalova, Joanna Reeves Sub Editors: Hannah Doherty, Lorraine Griffiths, Chris Horton, Peyvand Khorsandi Group Art Editor: Chris Hudson Designers: Lauren Gamp, Danielle Humphrey, Daniel Almeroth, Lauren Atkinson-Smith, Gabriella Finney, Philip Lay Picture Researcher: Connor McGovern Production Manager: Daniel Gregory Production Controllers: Maia Abrahams, Joaquim Pereira, Lisa Poston, Joanne Roberts, Anthony Wright Special Projects Consultant: Matthew Midworth Project Manager: David Mitch Media Sales Managers: Neil Bhullar, Rebecca Fraser, Danny Pegg, Mark Salmon, Chris Dalton Business Development Manager, India: Sinead McManus Chief Executive: Anthony Leyens Managing Director: Matthew Jackson Sales administrator: Melissa Jurado Office Assistant: Taylah Brooke Financial Controller: Ryan McShaw Credit Manager: Craig Chappell Account Manager: Siobhan Grover Account Assistant: Jana Abraham Head of Billings and Revenue: Sarah Robinson
WELCOME
Golf has had a triumphant 2016. Aſt er a 112- year hiatus, the glorious game returned to the Olympics. Rio de Janeiro provided an epic backdrop for its comeback and, although headlines were initially marred with dropouts,
Team GB’s Justin Rose scooped gold with his birdie on the 72nd hole. Such scenes — watched on screens the world over — are
sure to inspire roving golfers to book their next holiday. That’s where you come in. Many travellers are counting on
agents to customise trips to help them discover the world, as they perfect their swing. This year’s issue of ABTA Golf will inform and inspire with a
mix of news, interviews, insights and destination features. We also look at how to blow the budget with private jets
(p.46), where to send beginners keen for their fi rst golfi ng holiday (p.34), and what tour operators are predicting for the year ahead (p.30). Plus, we catch up with Italy’s fi nest golfi ng export,
Costantino Rocca (p.20), who tells us how he thinks the industry is changing and where he likes to play. And join us as we follow the golf trail from Tanzania to
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Thailand, stopping off at destinations as far apart as Namibia, the UAE, Fij i and, of course, Scotland along the way.
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