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Tee Times Golf Holidays Nominated for Europe’s Best Golf Tour Operator 2026

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Tee Times Golf Holidays has once again been nominated for the prestigious Europe’s Best Golf Tour Operator 2026 award at the World Golf Awards, one of the most respected and recognised accolades in the international golf tourism industry.

A Record of Recognition

This nomination marks another important milestone in a journey that has seen Tee Times establish itself as one of the leading names in golf travel. Over the years, the company has received multiple World Golf Awards distinctions, including Portugal’s Best Inbound Golf Tour Operator, Portugal’s Best Outbound Golf Tour Operator, and Europe’s Best Golf Tour Operator, reflecting its long-standing commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.

From Vilamoura to the Wider World

Founded in Vilamoura in 1993, Tee Times Golf Holidays has grown alongside the Algarve’s rise as one of Europe’s premier golf destinations. What began as a small local business has evolved into an internationally recognised golf tour operator, helping thousands of golfers enjoy unforgettable golf experiences every year.

Portugal, Spain and Beyond

Today, Tee Times offers one of the most comprehensive golf holiday portfolios in the market, with programmes available throughout Portugal and Spain, from the Algarve, Lisbon and Porto to the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Madrid, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. In addition, the company has expanded its offering to include a selection of renowned international golf destinations, giving clients access to some of the finest golf courses and resorts around the world.

Built on Partnership and Trust

Over more than three decades, Tee Times has built strong relationships with golf courses, hotels and tourism partners, earning a reputation for expertise, reliability and exceptional service. The company currently handles around 120,000 rounds of golf annually, a reflection of both the scale of its operation and the trust placed in it by golfers worldwide.

The nomination for Europe’s Best Golf Tour Operator 2026 is a recognition not only of the work and dedication of the Tee Times team, but also of the confidence shown by the thousands of clients who choose the company to organise their golf holidays year after year.

How to Cast Your Vote

Voting for the World Golf Awards 2026 is now open and is available to both industry professionals and golf travellers.

If you have travelled with Tee Times Golf Holidays, booked a golf holiday through our team, or simply followed our journey over the years, we would be delighted to receive your support.

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Every vote is a recognition of more than 30 years of dedication to golf tourism, the trust of our clients, and the strong partnerships we have built along the way. Your support can help us continue to strengthen Tee Times Golf Holidays’ position among Europe’s leading golf tour operators.

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Amendoeira Signs Water Reuse Protocol With Águas do Algarve

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The resort’s efficiency awards now come with a signature on paper — and some serious plumbing next door in Vilamoura.

Amendoeira Golf Resort marked a quiet but considerable moment this week: a formal cooperation protocol with Águas do Algarve, committing the Silves resort to greater use of treated Água para Reutilização (ApR) on its two golf courses.

Signing ceremony for the Águas do Algarve water reuse protocol at Amendoeira Golf Resort, SilvesThe signing, held at the resort itself, closed a day in which Portugal’s Minister of the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, opened some of the largest water infrastructure projects the Algarve has seen in years. For a region whose golf depends on rainfall it can no longer take for granted, the timing was not accidental.

The agreement was signed at Amendoeira by the resort’s CEO, Eng.º Parreira Afonso, alongside director João Fernandes and the administration of Águas do Algarve. Its purpose is specific: increase the share of treated, reused water irrigating Amendoeira’s Faldo and O’Connor Jnr. courses, reducing the resort’s reliance on groundwater and dams already under pressure from tourism, agriculture and a growing resident population.

Why the Algarve’s Golf Courses Are Watching Closely

Early Morning Irrigation Golf Course Algarve

Golf accounts for roughly 15 cubic hectometres of water use across the Algarve each year. Águas do Algarve’s own Water Efficiency Plan targets 8 cubic hectometres of treated reused water in irrigation by the end of 2025 — 71 per cent of it earmarked for golf courses. Reach that, and around half of the region’s forty-odd courses will be running at least partly on reused water rather than water drawn from boreholes and reservoirs. (Sul Informação)

The Bigger Story, Down the Road in Vilamoura

Amendoeira’s signature came at the end of a single, dense day of Algarve water announcements. That same Wednesday, Maria da Graça Carvalho inaugurated the new Água para Reutilização station at Vilamoura — now described as the largest wastewater reuse plant of its kind in Europe, built at a cost of around €13 million with roughly 12 kilometres of new pipework and ten delivery points feeding golf courses, gardens and farmland. (Algarve Marafado)

Founation Stone of the new desalination plant - Algarve

The minister also laid the symbolic first stone for the Algarve’s new desalination plant in Albufeira — a €107.92 million contract awarded to the Aquapor–GS Inima consortium, around €56 million of it funded through Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, designed to convert 16 million cubic metres of seawater into drinking water a year, with capacity to grow to 24 million. (Agroportal) A new wastewater treatment station at Albufeira Poente closed out the visit.

A Resort That Was Already Paying Attention

Amendoeira arrives at this protocol with some form. The resort already holds Green Key certification, Turismo de Portugal’s Sustainability Committed label, and the Save Water efficiency seal — recognition, in each case, for measurable changes rather than good intentions. (Amendoeira Golf Resort) Courses that plan for water scarcity now are the ones still worth playing in fifteen years.

Amendoeira Faldo Golf Course - Algarve

None of this changes what a round at Amendoeira feels like on the day — the Faldo’s tight, tree-lined finish is still the Faldo. But it says something about a destination when the golf infrastructure is built to outlast the next dry summer, not just survive it.


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Algarve’s Two Biggest Tourism Bodies Confirm Merger to Form AETA

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On Monday 6 July, Quinta do Canhoto in Albufeira hosted a milestone moment for Algarve tourism.

Some 250 people watched AHETA and AIHSA, the region’s two largest tourism business associations, sign a Memorandum of Understanding formally launching their merger into a single body: AETA, the Algarve Association of Tourism Companies.

Two Associations, One Long-Discussed Union

AHETA, founded in 1995 and representing hotels, tourism real estate and entertainment, and AIHSA, founded in 1971 and rooted in hospitality and restaurants, bring a combined membership of around 1,300 businesses to the new entity. Presidents Hélder Martins and Daniel do Adro both framed the merger as additive rather than a break from the past — a modern structure built to lead Algarve tourism’s future without erasing either association’s history. (Publituris)

A Full House of Regional and National Backing

AETA dignitaries at merger

The ceremony was presided over by Pedro Machado, Secretary of State for Tourism, Commerce and Services, who closed proceedings by welcoming a stronger, unified Algarve tourism sector as good news for Portugal’s wider economic competitiveness. André Gomes, president of the Algarve Tourism Region, and António Pina, president of the Algarve Intermunicipal Community, both spoke in support, while Albufeira’s mayor, Rui Cristina, was among those present, calling the merger a sign of the maturity and strategic vision of the region’s business community. Francisco Calheiros, president of the Portuguese Tourism Confederation, rounded out the institutional line-up. (Publituris)

Why This Matters for Golfers Booking a Trip

Industry consolidation rarely makes for gripping reading, but a region that speaks with one voice tends to invest more coherently in the things golfers actually notice — course maintenance, service standards, transfers that run on time. The Algarve has never lacked for courses. What this merger suggests is a sharper, better-resourced case for keeping them, and everything around them, at the level this destination is known for.


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