Spain’s largest golf complex, La Cala Resort, has presented an award to the U.K.-based company Yourgolftravel.com in recognition of its achievement of “Most Improved Tour Operator” in bringing golfers to the resort during 2009. The new awards scheme was introduced to coincide with Spain’s recent presidency of the European Union. According to La Cala’s Leisure Director, José Navas: “We are a truly cosmopolitan resort with people representing 17 different countries resident in the complex. Every year we are developing more and more ties with different countries and we wanted to reflect this with the awards scheme,”
Yourgolftravel.com Product Director, Andrew Smith was presented with the award by La Cala Resort’s UK representative, Doreen Boulding at an industry function held during the recent British Open.
Andrew Smith admitted that his company was very pleased to have won the award: “I am delighted to receive such a prestigious award. It is nice to receive acknowledgment for all the hard work that has been put in by our sales team over the last twelve months in selling La Cala Resort. Your Golf Travel has more than tripled business to Mediterranean Europe over the last 18 months, a feat helped by the relationship and quality of such resorts as La Cala, which throughout 2010 has offered the consumer outstanding value for money. Many thanks, and see you in 2011 when we hope to achieve the accolade of Best Tour Operator, UK & Ireland”
Doreen Boulding, La Cala Resort’s UK representative for Sales and Marketing added that she is delighted that La Cala Resort has annual business awards for suppliers, as suppliers need to be praised for their achievements, particularly in these economic down turns. At times like these, the tour operators are under pressure to very creative and it is essential for their employees to be customer service orientated. With this in mind, we hope that the award will give Your Golf Travel an incentive to generate even more business in the autumn of 2010 and 2011.
Over the past 20 years, La Cala Resort has developed into the biggest golf and leisure destination in Spain with a luxury hotel, three 18-hole courses, a David Leadbetter Golf Academy, spa, gymnasium, tennis and a football pitch. The resort is ideally located in the heart of the Costa del Sol between Marbella and Mijas and only 30 minutes from Malaga Airport. Visit www.lacala.com for more information.
