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The 15th edition of the tournament was held at Salgados Golf Course, with excitement and a Sponsors Invitational.

CN Sports and Melair, the Portuguese representative of Royal Caribbean International, organised the 15th edition of the Royal Caribbean Golf Tournament. This year, the event had something new, as in addition to the Match Play played over several months from north to south of the country and with the participation of around 320 players, the Sponsors Invitational was held on the following day.

These two days of golf took place at Salgados Golf Course on 20th and 21st November and ended with a fantastic cocktail served by the W Algarve, followed by the prize giving lunch.

Patrícia Matias and Eduardo Lima were this year's great champions. In the second category, Patrícia Matias tied the last hole of the last match of the day to win...

In the first category it was necessary to resort to a play-off between three players. Eduardo Santos Lima won on the first hole with a birdie. He beat Tiago Costa and José Cândido de Oliveira.

The two winners were invited for a Royal Caribbean "golf cruise", between 12th and 19th June, in the Mediterranean, on board the Wonder of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, still under construction.

The following day, also at Salgados, the Royal Caribbean Sponsors Invitational took place, a tournament for 60 guests of the event's Partners. The net champion was Luís Filipe Luís with 36 points, and in gross Ricardo Pereira also won with 36 points.

The young Lucas Azinheiro was in evidence, by making a hole-in-one in hole 12; a par 3 of about 115 metres, playing a wedge. After the prize giving, there was also a raffle, highlighting a trip for two people in executive class, offered by Turkish Airlines, won by Tiago Costa, among others.

The 2022 edition, which will bring some new features, is already being prepared.

The Royal Caribbean Match Play 2021 had as main partners the Ageas Portugal Group, the W Algarve and LeasePlan, Banco Carregosa as official bank; as partners Freixenet, Turkish Airlines and Revo; it also had the support of Avila Spaces, Infusões com História, Shirt by Hand and Vista Alegre.

The official courses of the event were Nau Hotels & Resorts, Quinta do Peru and Oporto Golf Club; the official app of the event was Hole19 and had as Media Partners the TV program Golf & Golfistas, with transmissions in the several channels of SPORT TV, as well as GolfTattoo. All were essential to the success of another edition of the Royal Caribbean Golf Tournament.

Two golf courses and an Algarve travel agency won awards at the 8th edition of the World Golf Awards, which were delivered last Thursday, October 28th, in Dubai.

Quinta do Lago's Sul Golf Course as the Best Golf Course in Portugal category, Hilton Vilamoura "As Cascatas" was elected the best golf hotel in Portugal, and Tee Times golf agency, based in the Algarve, the best inbound operator in Portugal.

The World Golf Awards also awarded Portugal as the best golf destination in Europe.

The tourism industry has been one of the sectors that has contributed the most to the recovery of the Portuguese economy, after the worst phases of the pandemic.

It is with great pride that Portugal receives these awards as a tourist destination which makes it the place to choose for your golf holidays or golf breaks.

After its participation in one of the most important golf trade fairs of the year, the IGTM, where Turismo Costa del Sol has been present from 18 to 21 October in Wales, the Costa del Sol faces the month of November with an intense calendar of promotional activities in the golf segment.

In fact, the entity is preparing its presence in the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España, a tournament that will take place from 25 to 28 November at Los Naranjos Golf Club in Marbella and will serve as the culmination of the Race to Costa del Sol, ranking of the Ladies European Tour.

In addition to being held at Los Naranjos Golf Club, an unrivalled setting that acts as a magnificent ambassador for the golf courses that this region has to offer, the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España has a spectacular list of participants including players such as Carlota Ciganda and Beatriz Recari, Spanish champions in the Solheim Cup, Fátima Fernández Cano and Luna Sobrón, players with an LPGA Tour card, and Ana Peláez, Noemí Jiménez and Laura Gómez, three wonderful examples of the success of the Malaga junior players in recent years.

In this culmination of the year will be present the seventy-two best golfers of the Race to Costa del Sol, the ranking of the Ladies European Tour sponsored by Turismo Costa del Sol, all of them forming a great international line-up that can be enjoyed live by those who access the tournament website and request their tickets.

The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España is the last event of the Ladies European Tour calendar, with the main sponsorship of Andalucía, Costa del Sol and Acosol, who together with the Marbella Town Hall, the Benahavís Town Hall, among others.

Taking advantage of this important golfing event, the organisation is organising a press trip with specialised journalists so that, as well as covering the event, they can get to know other tourist attractions in the province.

Costa del Sol Tourism will also support the upcoming 42nd Annual Greenkeepers Congress organised by the Spanish Greenkeepers Association, which will take place from the 22nd to the 24th of November at the Marbella Exhibition and Conference Centre.

A non-profit association which, among its activities, holds an annual congress for its members with the aim of promoting training, coexistence, commercial exchange and the sport of golf.

At the end of November, a fam trip will also be organised for pros and media from the Netherlands to showcase the excellence of the golf courses and complementary services on offer on the Costa del Sol. The group has a special focus on the women's golf segment, and will highlight the role played by our destination in this sector, including a visit to the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España held at Los Naranjos Golf Club.

The programme focuses on Mijas, Marbella and Sotogrande, and has the collaboration of several Forum Member companies, including golf courses and hotels, and aims to inspire Pros to organise groups of golfers in the destination, as well as to spread the word about the many attributes the destination offers for the female golfer.

Hotel Jardín Tecina received today, during the first day of the CEHAT Hoteliers' Congress in Oviedo, the V Hotel CSR 2021 Award granted by the InterMundial Foundation in collaboration with Tourism & Law and the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation. An award that distinguishes it in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility. Specifically, it has been awarded in the category of environmental management, one of its major commitments.

Through its environmental management policy, Hotel Jardín Tecina's main objective is to be a leader in hospitality, offering its clients what they need for a happy holiday in compliance with the most demanding environmental and quality principles.

Proof of this, all the measures carried out in this respect in the hotel, which include actions that promote energy saving and efficiency, waste management and a great commitment to organic farming in the Eco Finca Tecina. A 100% ecological natural space with a habitat of approximately 9,500 m2, divided into 19 plots, in which the life of human beings is combined in a respectful and beneficial way with that of plants and animals.

The Hotel CSR Awards, which are held every two years, recognise the efforts of Spanish hotels in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility. In the words of the jury, on this occasion it has taken into consideration the originality of the actions carried out, the achievement of the objectives set and the integration of the proposal into the business model, the continuity of the action over time and its contribution to the overall improvement of the tourism sector by generating proposals that can be exported to other hotels.