Golf

Norte golf courses to see investment

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:00

Private and public investors have unveiled a 'Minho IN' plan designed to invest €400 million through to 2015 on developing a network of golf courses and other developments for the Minho region (Norte).  The first stage of Minho IN will be €13 million. The development involves three regional governments, 24 local governments and 400 private developers who seek to update an image of the region and build it into a competitive tourist destination.  The consortium brings together the Inter-municipal communities of Minho-Lima (CIM), Ave and Cávado and tourism development associations for these regions together with Entidade Regional de Turismo Porto - Norte de Portugal, the Regional North of the Portugal Tourism Board.  According to Rui Solheiro who heads up the CIM: “most of the projects – some 80% – are in the tourism sector and include restaurants, hotels and golf and will be developed in a sustainable manner by public private partnerships.”  Source:  portugaloffer.com

Portugal: The Best golf Destination in Europe for 2010

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 14:48

The Algarve has won, for the third time, the German magazine GOLFmagazin’s Best Golf Destination in Europe award. Judges came from inside the sport, and from the magazine’s readers. Points of consideration were infrastructure, hotels and luxury facilities, and overall quality and professionalism. GOLFmagazin is the largest segment magazine in Germany, with a run of 57,000 per edition, - reaching some 270,000 readers each month.

New date for Portuguese Open

Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:39

The European Golf  Tour's Portuguese Open at Penha Longa (Sintra) near Lisbon is moving from April 1-4 to June 10-13, 2010. The new date has become available following the Austrian Open's change to September 16-19.

New Oitavos luxury Lisbon-area resort set to open

Sunday, 07 March 2010 00:00

A new luxury hotel is set to open on September 1st 2010.. Situated 20 minutes form Lisbon, the Oitavos, will open on 1st September, 2010, with 142 guest rooms, a golf course built around sand dunes, and salt water swimming pools. The nature inspired property is located within the family owned Quinta da Marinha estate, within the Sintra-Cascais National Park. The new hotel will have a conference centre which can accommodate up to 300 people, plus five additional meeting and board rooms catering for up to 150.