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Portugal golf holidays – Dom Pedro Vilamoura official hotel of the Vilamoura Marina International Boat Show

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Dom Pedro Vilamoura official hotel of the Vilamoura Marina International Boat Show

Dom Pedro Vilamoura

Dom Pedro Vilamoura is the official hotel of the Vilamoura Marina International Boat Show, an initiative promoted by FIL and the Vilamoura Marina, between June 5th and 13th, and will host the event’s entourage, while the Dom Pedro Old Golf Course will be the stage for the Vilamoura Boat Show Golf Trophy, a ‘side event’ of the initiative that takes place on June 5th.

The idea of holding the Vilamoura Boat Show Golf Trophy as a ‘side event’ of the Vilamoura Marina International Boat Show arose because “boating and golf” go hand in hand in the Algarve.

Since the Boat Show has been a highly renowned event for several years and aims to promote Vilamoura among sophisticated segments with characteristics that fit with Golf, the idea came up to organize this trophy to link two products, in which Vilamoura is number 1 in Portugal and Europe, Nautical and Golf.

For the organization, this event represents an “opportunity to leverage tourism in the Algarve, contributing to the economic and tourist growth” of the region.

Boating and golf end up being complementary, so, this ‘side event’, the Vilamoura Boat Show Golf Trophy fits in with the event’s theme and adds content to the Vilamoura Boat Show.

For the organization, as well as for Dom Pedro Vilamoura, this “event and its side events” constitute the addition of content to help foster the economy of south Portugal, especially in periods that are not yet high season, such as June. They will create notoriety for the destination and the motivation for people to choose the Algarve for Golf breaks or family holidays. Thus, they are very important events for the economy of the Algarve.

Tee Times Golf Agency considers this combination of sports very appropriate, as both sports have great prominence and give great visibility to the Algarve region, as well as the Dom Pedro chain, both in its hospitality version and in the management of the best golf courses in Vilamoura.

An unparalleled golf break in Vilamoura will have to be at one of the charming and welcoming Dom Pedro Hotels, Dom Pedro Golf ****, Dom Pedro Portobelo **** or Dom Pedro Marina **** complemented by at least 1 round at each Dom Pedro Golf Courses, Old Course, Victoria, Pinhal, Millennium & Laguna.
Very special packages available combining accommodation and golf rounds or the unique packages for 3, 4, 5 or more rounds, as well as unmissable Groups, Pro & Juniors offers.

Source: publituris.pt

Portugal golf – Golf «is a strategic sector that cannot die» in the Algarve

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Carlos Ferreira - Tee Times Golf Agency

Carlos Ferreira – founder and manager of Tee Times Golf Agency

Tee Times Golf Agency

Tee Times Golf Agency is one of the Portuguese leading Agencies in the golf industry.

The pandemic brought «many uncertainties», but Carlos Ferreira, founder and manager of Tee Times Golf Agency, one of the main golf agencies in the country, based in Vilamoura, has a deep conviction: “This is a «strategic sector for the Algarve that we cannot let die».

The Tee Times Golf Agency foundation history, about 20 years ago, can be explained by “a sequence of coincidences”.

«There was the opening of low cost in aviation, the development of the real estate business and there started to be another type of visitors who either had a home in the Algarve or could already travel more autonomously», says the businessman to Sul Informação.

Based on this, golfers now need someone to provide them with the “green fee” service, a type of pass that allows them to play the golf courses, with discounts.

«Initially, people came to the Algarve to play golf through traditional international tour operators, with a complete package, including travel and accommodation. With the “green fees “service that ceased to exist and golf became a more accessible product for everyone, explained Carlos Ferreira.

Carlos Ferreira - Tee Times Golf Agency

Carlos Ferreira – founder and manager of Tee Times Golf Agency

The challenge in the golf sector was a complement to Carlos Ferreira’s already vast experience in the tourism, started in the hotel industry about 40 years ago.

Today, he has agreements with all the golf courses in Portugal and Spain, with excellent results.

«It is an experience that is being very interesting, with sustainable growth. In 2019, we ended the year with 95 thousand rounds, very good numbers », he adds.

2020 was also going well … until March. «Our turnover fell by more than 75% last year», laments Carlos Ferreira.

The pandemic came to change the sector in so many scrolls in the Algarve.

To give an idea, at the regional level, according to data from the Association of Hoteliers and Tourist Enterprises of the Algarve (AHETA), the average number of rounds per golf course (18 holes) was 1205, 21.1% below that recorded in the homologous month in 2019.

Vaccination is advancing around the world and offers hope for the resumption of travel and tourism, but the prospects for this year remain “very uncertain”.

«People are withdrawn, ask quotations, ask for prices, but confirmations are not happening because we still do not have concrete information that it will be possible to travel to Portugal and Spain and under what conditions. It is all a great uncertainty, and we have to wait to see how everything will go », says Carlos Ferreira.

In the opinion of the Tee Times official, it is possible to “do more and better” to support the tourism sector, and golf in particularly.

Carlos Ferreira - Tee Times Golf Agency

Carlos Ferreira – founder and manager of Tee Times Golf Agency

«There may be some golf players here, from residents, but it is not these people who count – the value is residual. They will give a movement of 10, 20% to the golf courses, but that is not enough to the sustainability of the sector », considers Carlos Ferreira.

«Everything is so uncertain that we cannot have a firm optimism and that is what is lacking. We have had some windows that opened, but that passed by. Last year, in September, we had a good reserve spike, for example, with an October that was also interesting, but then everything went down again ”, he adds.

What is certain is that this is a «strategic sector for the Algarve». «The industry is the best in Europe, the golf courses are well organized and structured. We have an operation that is very good worldwide, we are at the top worldwide, in terms of the service provided », he stresses.

«We cannot let this sector die», concludes Carlos Ferreira.

Portugal golf holidays – Portugal with new air routes in the summer

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Portugal with new air routes in the summer

Portugal with new air routes

Ryannair is an important partner for the development of tourism in Portugal and so the Tee Times Golf Agency considers these new routes of great importance, as the frequency of flights is vital to encourage travelers, especially golfers both for the Algarve and for Lisbon.

Operating already in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Ponta Delgada and Terceira (Lajes) airports, Ryanair announced that two new routes, Lisbon-Cologne (Germany), with two weekly flights, and Faro-Belfast (Northern Ireland), with daily flights, will be included in their new summer programme, plans to operate a total of 121 routes in Europe and 595 flights during the high season.

For Ryanair, this is an optimistic message of hope and confidence in the return of trips for this summer being favourable with the European Union’s proposal for the creation of “green certificates” that allow citizens of the Member States to travel between the different countries during the summer, although, they think that should not be a discriminatory factor among voyagers.

Ryanair currently operates at 240 airports, has 77 bases in 40 countries and expects to receive more than 200 new Boeing aircraft in the coming years.