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Spain Golf Holidays – Good forecasts for Spain’s tourism sector this Easter

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Playa Burriana in Málaga. Favorable forecaster for the Spanish tourism sector this Easter

A busy Easter is expected in Spain

According to SiteMinder’s World Hotel Index, 60% of Spanish hotels’ April guests will be foreign. The platform predicts a high occupancy in the first long holiday period of the year: the Easter.

Tourists are spending more and returning to travel. Easter Week reservations help to predict one of the strongest summers in recent years with higher revenues, reservations, and occupancy due to international tourist rebound.

SiteMinder puts hotel bookings 20.9% above pre-pandemic levels, confirming the year’s auspicious start. To be more precise, Easter weekend bookings account for 14.2% of all bookings in Spain’s hotels.

According to current statistics, the top five nationalities choosing Spain as their holiday destination this year are the British, the French, the Germans, the Italians and the Dutch.

Despite inflation and rising prices, people still want to travel. Spanish hotels are currently 12% more costly than they were in 2019, and the average price per room has risen by 25% in the previous year. The percentage of cancellations has dropped by 11%, as well.

The reopening of China has accelerated the recovery of reserves in recent weeks, helping Spain and other countries across the world.

Reservation levels throughout the world (across 40 nations) have, on average, stayed just slightly above their levels before the pandemic.

Spain has regained its pre-pandemic status as a top tourist destination, surpassing other European nations like Portugal, Italy, France and Germany.

The Costa del Sol remains the top golf holiday choice for golfers visiting Spain. This is mainly due to incredible golf courses like Valderrama and Finca Cortesin, and the status this region has gained over the years.

The World Hotel Index numbers portray a positive picture for the summer as well, mostly because of rising optimism and the early planning with which tourists book their holidays in Spain.

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Portugal Golf Holidays – Algarve beach among the top 10 best beaches in the world

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Falésia Beach, Algarve. Falésia Beach among the top 10 best in the world

Falésia Beach, in the Algarve, ranks 6th among the world’s best beaches

With its “rich red sand cliffs” and “a white sand beach that appears to continue on forever”, both of which lead to the “blue-green ocean”, Falésia beach in the municipality of Albufeira, on the Algarve, was voted number 6 in TripAdvisor’s annual list of the finest beaches in the world.

The Algarve beach has been a favourite of international platform users for a long time, and it is the only Portuguese beach to make the list. Compared to 2021, Falésia beach has risen 6 places.

One more thing to add to this impressive accomplishment: this beach was ranked the best among beaches in continental Europe.

A user’s comment, highlighted by TripAdvisor in a statement, says: “it’s a magnificent beach… the sun strikes the many tones of orange and yellow sand on the towering cliffs that reflect a warm colour. The sand on the beaches is a beautiful golden yellow. The water is perfect for bodyboarders and surfers since the waves pound the shore with a mild fury.

Falésia beach enjoys a prestigious location, between Albufeira and Vilamoura, close to two of the most famous tourist destinations in Portugal and some of the best golf courses in the country, like the famous Dom Pedro Old or the always popular Salgados golf course.

Falésia is often considered the most famous beach in Albufeira and attracts a huge amount of tourists every year.

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Spain Golf Holidays – Spain’s tourism industry shines at Service Excellence Awards

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Many of Spain's hotels and golf courses won at Service Excellent Awards gala

Son Muntaner was one of Spain’s winners

Several of Europe’s top golf clubs, teams, and pros were present at the event in the UK, where 59club presented its awards for outstanding service to its members and visitors. Many of those awards came to Spain.

The 59club Service Excellence Awards recognize the best customer service providers for having achieved the highest standards of excellence during 2022.

The winners are selected based on the results of mystery shopper audits that compare the quality of service offered to visitors, club members, and prospective members to objective benchmarking standards set by 59club.

About 40 individual and team awards were handed in 18 categories at the event, honouring service excellence across all departments from sales and service to operations and retail to the spa and golf course to the front desk and food and beverage service.

Many Spanish golf industry representatives walked up to the stage to accept awards, after beating competitors from neighbouring markets including Portugal, Italy, and Greece.

The Golf Operations team at Finca Cortesin, led by Rocio Sánchez, was named “Team of the Year” by 59club Europe South, while Sánchez herself was named “Golf Manager of the Year”.

Food and beverage director at Camiral Golf & Wellness, Marta Castells, and head greenkeeper at Son Muntaner, Paco Gavira, were respectively voted “Food and Beverage Manager of the Year” and “Greenkeeper of the Year” for southern Europe.

“Celebrating accomplishments is important to our values and a priority at 59club. Our venues around Southern Europe not only continue to give exceptional experiences but continually seek to further expand their trips by striving for that additional 1% day after day”, adds Lee Mathew Waggott, Managing Director of 59club Europe South.

“In a highly competitive environment, being nominated for and winning an award is a great honour, and the ability to share this recognition with individuals and teams across the property is incredibly important”. Waggott continues, “We are looking forward to the upcoming season and we welcome more progressive and ambitious teams to our awards next year”.

This year, 59club awarded 28 “Golden Flags”, with recipients including Camiral Golf & Wellness, Club de Golf Alcanada, Finca Cortesin, and Golf Son Muntaner; 17 “Silver Flags”, with Infinitum being Spain’s representative; and 15 “Bronze Flags”, with recipients including Golf Son Quint, Golf Son Vida, and Pula Golf Resort.

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