World Golf Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world class courses &

golf destinations. Golf tourism constitutes a vital segment in the global travel and tourism marketplace. An estimated 600 million golfer visits will take place in 2014 to the 32,000 golf courses and resorts worldwide. The inaugural World Golf Awards will focus on the leading 130 nations who are shaping the future of this dynamic industry. Whilst celebrating and rewarding excellence across golf resorts, courses and the golfing destinations throughout the world, World Golf Awards will strive to ultimately raise the golf tourist customer experience and stimulate both the domestic and international golf tourism market.

The worldwide voting process begins at 08:00 (BST) on 1st May 2014. Votes will be made by

professionals working within the golf travel and tourism industry – senior executives, travel buyers, tour operators, agents and media professionals. Votes may also be cast by the public (golf tourism consumers). The voting works on a first-past-the-post system to ensure impartiality and independence. Votes are submitted online via the World Golf Awards website. The winners of each national category will go head-to-head with the winners of the other countries before the unveiling of the World Winners.

World Golf Awards is part of World Travel Awards, currently celebrating its 21st anniversary as "the

Oscars of the travel industry".

Our global media partners include the leading brands: TV5Monde, International Herald Tribune,

Newsweek and CNBC. This global media partner network has a monthly readership of 1.7 million and a TV audience reach of 90 million.

For more information please contact World Travel Awards
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