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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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Spain Golf – Finca Cortesin won at Inspire Action Awards 2022 for promoting women’s golf

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Finca Cortesin Golf Course. Finca Cortesin recognized for promoting women's golf

Finca Cortesin won Inspire Action Award

Women’s Golf Day (WGD) has just revealed the winners of the 2022 Inspire Action Awards and Finca Cortesin, the host of the 2023 Solheim Cup, is on the list. The winners are from the United States, Canada, and Spain, demonstrating WGD’s extensive global influence.

«Finca Cortesin is proud to have received the Inspire Action Award from Women’s Golf Day. Providing equal opportunities in the game of golf to women and girls has always been a key focus for the resort since its opening, and for me personally. As host of this year’s Solheim Cup, we are dedicated to creating a lasting legacy in the region», says Vicente Rubio, president of Finca Cortesin, a long-time supporter of Women’s Golf Day.

With our continuous commitments to the R&A’s Women in Golf Charter and our present sponsorship of three Spanish players on the Ladies European Tour, we hope to increase opportunities for women to participate in sports at all levels, both on and off the golf course, says Rubio.

The annual awards, which were unveiled during the PGA Merchandise Show, are presented to individuals and organisations who have made significant contributions to increasing the number of women and girls in golf.

“All of our winners share our commitment to expanding golf’s reach to more women and girls”, says Elisa Gaudet, founder of WGD.

Elisa Gaudet also revealed that WGD 2023 will last for a whole week, from May 30th to June 6th, giving venues unprecedented flexibility in planning events.

Finca Cortesin is a popular golf holiday destination in Costa del Sol due to its outstanding golf course and glamorous resort (Finca Cortesin Golf and Spa) and it’s used to host important golf tournaments.

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Spain Golf – Isla Canela Old Golf Course installed photovoltaic panels for self-consumption

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Isla Canela Old. Isla Canela Old installed photovoltaic panels for self-consumption

Isla Canela Old wants energy independence

Isla Canela Golf’s photovoltaic enclosure on the Isla Canela Old course has been recently installed and turned on. Located in the out rough area of the golf course, the installation has a total surface area of around 1500 square metres and has been used as part of a larger effort to reduce the irrigated area and make better use of water.

The Isla Canela Golf Hotel, the clubhouse, and the golf course’s irrigation water pumping system will all be able to utilise electricity from the solar array, which includes a compensation mechanism for energy that is not self-consumed.

The owners of Isla Canela Golf are hoping to further advance energy transition initiatives and implement steps from its Strategic Plan for Social and Environmental Sustainability in accordance with the sustainable development goals set forth by the United Nations.

Isla Canela may now reduce its CO2 output thanks to this new installation. The owners have been calculating the company’s carbon impact since 2019, and this action will help them get closer to their decarbonization target.

Isla Canela is located in a truly unique place on the Costa de la Luz region, near Huelva, right next to the border with Portugal, and it is one of the most popular golf holiday destinations in the region.

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