IN THE PRESS
YourGolfTravel.com in the Press:-
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| Your Golf Travel bosses scoop top Entrepreneur of the Year award | ||
| Your Golf Travel has added another chapter to its remarkable success story after co-founders Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding were named Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2012 Spear’s Wealth Management Awards – the Oscars for London’s top business movers and shakers. (Full Article) | Nov 2012 | ITCM |
| Fans Make Pilgrimage in Honour of Seve | ||
| Quite often when visiting The Open, it is possible to imagine you have put in a moderately hard day’s work, what with all that walking to follow the field. (Full Article) | Jul 2012 | The Open Championship |
| Golfers embark on 300 mile walk for charity | ||
| A group of amateur golfers have set off on a 300-mile walk from London to Royal Lytham and St Anne’s. (Full Article) | Jul 2012 | The Telegraph |
| Partnerships - Andrew Harding and Ross Marshall |
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| Two friends who launched travel group Palatinate have seen their business boom since recession took hold in 2008. (Full Article) | May 2012 | Director |
| Celebrities launch 'Seve Day' in tribute to Golfing legend |
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| Marking the first anniversary since Seve Ballesteros lost his battle with brain cancer, celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment have united to launch the first ever ‘Seve Day’ (Full Article) | May 2012 | ITCM |
| Golf specialist founders up for entrepreneur award |
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| Founders of a specialist golf tour operator have been nominated for the Ernst & Young 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. (Full Article) | Apr 2012 | Travel Mole |
| YourGolfTravel.com partnership with PGA EuroPro Tour | ||
| YourGolfTravel.com has taken its partnership with the PGA EuroPro Tour to new heights after agreeing title sponsorship of this year’s tournament at Bovey Castle Hotel and Golf Resort. (Full Article) | Mar 2012 | Travel Daily News Int. |
| Disabled British Open in partnership with YourgolfTravel.com |
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| The Disabled British Open, which takes place at East Sussex National in August, will be sponsored by Europe's largest golf travel company, yourgolftravel.com. (Full Article) | Mar 2012 | Golf Monthly |
| Golf Stag Do Ideas |
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| Golf stag dos may not seem the most obvious choice to some, but they offer a more relaxed alternative to the stereotypical, chaotic affairs of many. (Full Article) | Mar 2012 | Leaderboard |
| New Travel Partnership a Boost for Time-Poor City Golfers |
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| Your Golf Travel.com has forged an exciting new link with CityJet to provide time-poor city golfers with the perfect way to forget the stresses of everyday life and make a quick getaway to the fairways. (Full Article) | Feb 2012 | Golf International Magazine |
| YourGolfTravel tees up choice and value for 2012 |
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| YourGolfTravel.com has pledged to provide even greater value for money to its customers after unveiling its new brochure for 2012, with breaks available from just £69. (Full Article) | Feb 2012 | Easier Travel |
| Ashes winner hosts Algarve Golf Classic |
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| Golfing cricket fans from across the globe are expected to come together in Portugal to celebrate the career of Ashes-winning wicketkeeper Geraint Jones, thanks to Your Golf Travel.com. (Full Article) | Jan 2012 | ICTM |
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| Three travel firms in the sunday Times Fast Track 100 |
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| Only three travel companies feature in this year’s Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of the UK’s fastest growing companies. (Full Article) | Dec 2011 | Travel Weekly |
| Golf In a Box - Xmas offers for Your Golf Travel |
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| Every golfer wants to play golf; but every golfer also wants a present under the tree. This year forget the novelty head covers and treat the golfer in your life to Golf in a Box courtesy of Your Golf Travel.com. (Full Article) | Nov 2011 | Golf International Magazine |
| Golf 4 Heroes off to a flying start |
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| More than 200 clubs around Europe have signed up for the new Golf 4 Heroes project and it is continuing to grow at a phenomenal rate. (Full Article) | Nov 2011 | Golf International Magazine |
| Top 50 Rising Stars |
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| University friends Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding founded Your Golf Travel after graduating. (Full Article) | Sep 2011 | Business Xl Magazine |
| Mondial - my time in sport |
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| Ross Marshall has built up www.yourgolftravel.com into a £40m turnover company in just over five years. (Full Article) | Sep 2011 | Podium Magazine |
| Golf business pair in full swing |
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| IMAGINE if your son, that you put through university, came home one day and announced that he had quit his comfortable job in the City and was moving back in to start a business. (Full Article) | Sep 2011 | City A.M. |
| Make your firm a success with our start-up secrets |
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| ROSS Marshall knows a thing or two about setting up and running successful businesses. (Full Article) | Aug 2011 | Daily Mirror |
| Coffee Machine |
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| THE EARL of Sandwich cornered the market in brand recall. But Ross Marshall, the founder of YourGolfTravel, is coming a close second. (Full Article) | Jul 2011 | City A.M. |
| Leuka Mini Masters |
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| The Leuka Mini Masters, Golf's Unofficial Fifth Major, kicks off this July. It's to raise money for Leuka, which funds leukaemia research.(Full Article) | Jul 2011 | The Guardian |
| Golf for Heroes |
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| Charles Starmer-Smith unveils a new campaign to allow wounded soldiers free access to golf courses across Britain.(Full Article) | Jul 2011 | The Telegraph |
| Golf deal fit for a Prince |
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| How's this for the ultimate golf package for a fourball? A round of golf at at the highly-rated Princes Golf Club in Kent while The Open is taking place.(Full Article) | Apr 2011 | GolfMagic |
| Never lay Tiger |
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| Tiger Woods may be the 9/1 favourite to win the Masters in Augusta next month, but one former City boy is so confident he will be defeated that he has staked an estimated £1.5m on the improbable outcome. (Full Article) | Mar 2011 | City A.M. |
| Free Golf Breaks... If Tiger wins Masters |
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| Thousands of travelling golfers will be cheering Tiger Woods on at Augusta next week after Your Golf Travel.com announced it will be giving away free golf holidays if he records his fifth Masters victory. (Full Article) | Mar 2011 | Today's Golfer |
| ABTA Magazine Company Profile on Your Golf Travel |
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| Now in its sixth year of operation, Your Golf Travel is striving to become Europe's largest golf tour operator. (Full Article) | Mar 2011 | ABTA Magazine |
| Golf holiday company teed up for drive to Ireland |
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| Duo behind Yourgolftravel.com also have their sights set on the American market, home to 60pc of the world’s players, but is their first stop still a suitable staging post for a global expansion plan? (Full Article) | Jan 2011 | The Telegraph |
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| Tiger Prank |
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| So where do ex-City boys end up several years down the line? (Full Article) | Dec 2010 | City A.M. |
| Fasttrack Top 100 awards 2010 |
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| Maxing out their credit cards to the tune of £30,000 to fill a perceived gap in the market, Durham University friends Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding set up their company in 2005. (Full Article) | Dec 2010 | Sunday Times |
| Huge discounts on the Algarve |
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| Golfers can save up to £400 on trips to the Algarve this autumn and enjoy free airport transfers or evening meals courtesy of Your Golf Travel.com. (Full Article) | Oct 2010 | Golf News |
| How to keep your wife happy on a golfing break | ||
| I want to go on a golfing break but my wife does not play. Can you recommend somewhere that will keep my other half amused? (Full Article) | Sep 2010 | The Telegraph |
| Top 10 Golfing Holidays |
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| With the Ryder Cup teeing off on Friday, Charlotte Civil picks out some of the world's best 'green' breaks. (Full Article) | Sep 2010 | Sunday Express |
| Your Golf Travel has the cure for Ryder Cup fever |
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| With fewer than 100 days until the biggest event in golf, people across the country are getting gripped by Ryder Cup fever and Your Golf Travel can ensure golfers get their fix of the biennial competition. (Full Article) | Jul 2010 | Golf News |
| Golf company's not horsing around |
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| Happy birthday to yourgolftravel.com and its founder Ross Marshall. The pair celebrated their fifth and 30th birthdays this week. (Full Article) | Jul 2010 | Telegraph |
| Top 10 Father's Day Fun |
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| Book a golfing break with Your Golf Travel. The company is offering a two-night break at Worsley Park, Cheshire, from June 19. (Full Article) | Jun 2010 | Sunday Express |
| No-fly breaks for grounded golfers |
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| Your Golf Travel.com is offering UK golfers some solace from the ongoing volcanic ash saga with a range of packages designed to keep them out on the fairways. (Full Article) | May 2010 | Golf News |
| One Million Pound Putt |
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| Most one-shot sporting challenges offer you the chance to win, say, an oversized stuffed animal or a bag of depressed goldfish. (Full Article) | Apr 2010 | Mail on Sunday - Live magazine |
| Wandell wins ultimate job in golf |
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| If you've ever dreamed of swanning around the world playing golf at the best courses and finest resorts at someone else's expense, then you should pehaps look away now. (Full Article) | Mar 2010 | Golf News |
| Your Golf Travel.com crowns dream job winner |
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| Your Golf Travel.com has crowned its winner of the "Ultimate Job in Golf" after the competition reached its climax at the Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales - the host venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup. (Full Article) |
Feb 2010 | Golf Monthly |
| The 100 best summer holidays for 2010 |
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| Ten years ago, Turkey’s golf courses were one big sand trap. Now, the fairways are green, the greens are groomed and the bunker mentality is gone. (Full Article) | Jan 2010 | Times |
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| North Easy golfing brand Inta Group in buy-out |
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| ONE of the region’s biggest golfing brands has been bought by a London-based company after going into liquidation and putting thousands of holidays at risk. (Full Article) | Dec 2009 | nebusiness.co.uk |
| Price Wars |
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| A price war looks set to erupt in the golf travel market as two of the UK’s biggest firms prepare to duke it out!. (Full Article) | Dec 2009 | Todays Golfer |
| With rivals in the rough, it is time to advance |
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| There are an estimated three million golfers in the UK, and this year more than 100,000 of them will have booked a golfing holiday online with Your Golf Travel (YGT). (Full Article) | Nov 2009 | Times |
| Online Golf |
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| Two young entrepreneurs have successfully mixed business with pleasure, hitting a hole in one selling golf breaks online. (Full Article) | Oct 2009 | easyJet Traveller |
| 33 travel websites that save you money |
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| There are great travel deals to be had online - you just have to know where to look. (Full Article) | Oct 2009 | Times Online |
| Other Golf Venues |
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| Just 22 miles north of London, Brocket Hall is a spectacular location with two championship courses which are at their most beautiful in autumn. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | City A.M. |
| Travelling golfers never had it so good |
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| European golf resorts have reduced prices by an average of 30 per cent. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | TravelDailyNews International |
| The best golf job in the world? |
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| More than 4,500 hopefuls have gone for a dream job, earning £50,000 to travel the world playing golf. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | mirror.co.uk |
| Pair hit it big with golf travel |
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| There are 3m golfers in the UK, and it is the largest participation sport in Europe. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | Telegraph |
| The best travel websites |
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| This Abta member offers great value golfing holidays at many of the world's finest courses, particularly in Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | Telegraph |
| Bankers face daunting test for dream job |
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| The Times' Prufrock column reports that the two former City types who founded website yourgolftravel.com in 2005 are now looking for a new hire for the perfect job. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | Here is the City News |
| Home & Away with Robert Walshe |
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| Your Golf Travel.com is rewarding golf break organisers by giving them their next trip for just £1. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | Wicklow News |
| Bankers line up for the dream golf job |
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| Interested in the ultimate job in golf? You had better hurry. Your Golf Travel, a website selling golf holidays that was set up by a pair of former City boys, is offering someone £50,000 to review, ergo play, golf courses around the world for one year. (Full Article) | Sep 2009 | Times Online |
| Golf break bargains abound in Britain |
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| Golf resorts, even Celtic Manor, have been forced to cut rates to attract players in this recession. (Full Article) | Aug 2009 | Times Online |
| Take a £1 golf break in England |
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| An overnight stay with breakfast and two rounds of golf for £1. (Full Article) | Aug 2009 | The Times |
| Golf operator makes acquisition |
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| Your Golf Travel.com has acquired the key assets of Rightclub Ltd for an undisclosed sum. (Full Article) | Aug 2009 | Travel Mole |
| American Golf signs with YourGolfTravel.com |
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| The deal guarantees a range of travel benefits for american golf’s customers. (Full Article) | Jul 2009 | Golf Business News |
| Late Deals - July |
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| The Ashes may have overtaken the Open in sporting headlines but golfers, especially those of a certain age, will be inspired to pick up their clubs by Tom Watson’s efforts. (Full Article) | Jul 2009 | The Times |
| Cypriot resort that's truly top of the range |
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| I’VE always been eager to try new things on holiday. I’ve practised yoga at sunrise in the Himalayas, swum along a murky river in Kenya and yomped through the drizzle on a wet weekend in the Lake District. (Full Article) | Jul 2009 | Sunday Express |
| Great Open Sunday packages on offer |
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| Golf fanatics who can’t make it to Turnberry can still enjoy the 138th Open Championship in style thanks to Your Golf Travel.com. (Full Article) | Jul 2009 | Todays Golfer |
| Play Turnberry after The Open |
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| Turnberry's magnificent links will see history made when the world's best golfers compete for the Claret Jug in July. (Full Article) | Jun 2009 | Golflinks.co.uk |
| Freedom Past-times |
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| Robert Low improves his golf. (Full Article) | Jun 2009 | The Oldie |
| Chance to play in top charity event |
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| Your Golf Travel.com is aiming to raise loadsa money for wounded servicemen through up-and-coming charity golf days. (Full Article) | May 2009 | Todays Golfer |
| Want to play TPC Sawgrass? |
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| The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass kicks off this week and if like me, you always wanted to play the stadium course, here’s your chance. (Full Article) | May 2009 | Findthefairways.com |
| Have you got good news fo us? |
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| Amid all the bad news about the economy, the banks and business closures there are some small businesses out there bucking the trend. (Full Article) | May 2009 | Federation of small businesses |
| Late Travel Deals |
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| Golfers will find themselves paying less with yourgolftravel.com. (Full Article) | May 2009 | The Times |
| Late Holiday Deals and Last Minute Breaks |
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| Three nights' self-catering at the Praia D'El Rey Apartments in Amoreira. (Full Article) | May 2009 | The Telegraph |
| Win a Golf Holiday to The Dona Filipa Hotel in Portugal |
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| The UK's leading Golf Holidays experts Your Golf Travel.com are offering you the chance to win a fantastic 7 night break at the 5* Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Resort for two people. (Full Article) | Apr 2009 | Sky Sports |
| Your Golf Travel.com teams up with GOLFPLAN |
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| Europe’s fastest-growing golf travel company has partnered with GOLFPLAN, Europe’s largest specialist golf insurance provider, to give its customers one less thing to worry about and more opportunity to concentrate on their game. (Full Article) | Apr 2009 | Golf Business News |
| Have a ball like the Pros |
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| GOLF nuts can now play the same courses as Tiger and co, thanks to these packages from yourgolftravel.com. (Full Article) | Apr 2009 | News of the World |
| Late Holiday Deals and Last Minute Breaks |
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| Your Golf Travel has three nights' B&B at a five-star hotel, with three rounds of golf. (Full Article) | Mar 2009 | The Telegraph |
| Top Three Golf Resorts in Scotland |
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| St Andrews Links has seven courses including the 600-year-old ‘Old Course’ - the oldest golf course in the world. (Full Article) | Mar 2009 | Golf Venues Scotland |
| YourGolfTravel.com - from runways to fairways |
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| 50% conversion rate for golfing holiday company. (Full Article) | Mar 2009 | Skyscanner.net |
| Travel Doctor |
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| Late deals and last minute breaks |
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| Three nights' b&b at the Meridien Hotel Portimao, Faro. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | The Telegraph |
| Travel Doctor |
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| Your Golf Travel.com has plenty of reasonably priced breaks - as well as useful sections on the best places for combining golf and a bit of the local nightlife and “extreme” golf experiences. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | The Times Online |
| Diary of a golf business |
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| Yourgolftravel.com was set up by Ross Marshall, 27, and his friend, Andrew Harding, 28, after they decided to turn their passion for the sport into a business. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | The Telegraph |
| Departure Points |
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| As the credit crunch and recession continue to bite, a number of companies are trying to attract holidaymakers with rock-bottom prices. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | Metro |
| Golfers commit to carry on swinging |
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| While many people are feeling the pinch of the recession new research shows golfers are defying the credit crunch and plan to swing on regardless. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | Golf News |
| Teeing off for success |
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| Mr Marshall believes that the most important milestone during the four years came last May when the business moved to a 4,000 sq ft office in Clerkenwell Green, London. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | The Telegraph |
| The hole world in your hands |
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| Extreme golf: Do you think golf is just a good walk spoiled? Well think again. (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | Metro |
| Valentines Travel Special |
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| You don’t need to travel far for that perfect Valentine’s Day getaway — you can find it all right here in Scotland! (Full Article) | Feb 2009 | News of the World |
| Golf keeps swinging |
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| As more job losses in banking, retail and several other sectors are posted, a new survey of 12,000 golf enthusiasts shows golfers are defying the credit crunch and plan to swing on regardless. (Full Article) | Jan 2009 | Conference News |
| This Weeks Bargain Breaks |
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| Get fit and have fun in 2009 on one of these activity hoildays. (Full Article) | Jan 2009 | Daily Express |
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| Bonuses may be scarce, but there are lots of birdies |
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| YourGolfTravel, the website, is offering golfers in the Square Mile a turkey with every booking. (Full Article) | Dec 2008 | The Times Online |
| Cold Turkey |
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| YourGolfTravel.com, run by former Square Miler Ross Marshall, has an idea that’s bound to perk up those who find themselves in enforced early retirement. (Full Article) | Nov 2008 | City A.M. |
| Youthful Drive of Golf Duo |
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| Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding were just 24 when they set up yourgolftravel.com in July 2005. (Full Article) | Nov 2008 | Financial Mail |
| Late Deals Under £100 |
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| GOLFERS get one night's dinner, bed and breakfast (DBB) in a twin or double room plus two rounds of golf from £36pp at the Belmont Lodge Hotel & Golf Club, Hereford. (Full Article) | Nov 2008 | Daily Mirror |
| Chivas at the home of golf |
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| The drinks brand wanted to strengthen its golfing ties and celebrate a record-breaking year with senior staff. (Full Article) | Oct 2008 | Conference & Incentive Travel magazine |
| Late Travel Deals - October |
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| A golf breaks company set up by two young City gents before the credit crunch now has crunch-beating offers. (Full Article) | Oct 2008 | The Times Online |
| Partnerships - Andrew Harding and Ross Marshall |
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| After a trial run at university, Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding started for real with Palatinate Leisure, a company that includes golf holidays venture yourgolftravel.com (Full Article) | Oct 2008 | Director.co.uk |
| The Sportsman - Ross Marshall |
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| Ross Marshall learned about links early in life. His grandfather taught him to play golf when he was barely taller than a full-size five-iron. (Full Article) | Oct 2008 | Condé Naste Travelller magazine |
| 2009 'Early Eagle' offers from Your Golf Travel |
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| Organised golfers can save up to £300 on their holidays thanks to Your Golf Travel.com’s Early Eagle offer. (Full Article) | Oct 2008 | Telegraph Golf Club |
| Play Celtic Manor, the 2010 Ryder Cup venue |
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| Golfers looking to get a taste of the Ryder Cup, without travelling all the way to Kentucky, can stay and play at the 2010 venue, Celtic Manor. (Full Article) | Sep 2008 | Executive Golf |
| 50 ways to change your life | ||
| Make money from your passion - "You've got to be prepared to give up everything to make your passion a commercial success" says Ross Marshall. (Full Article) | Aug 2008 | Business Life |
| Singles Golf | ||
| It's golf, dear readers, but not as we know it. YourGolfTravel.com, the online golf holiday firm, believes that there's a gap in the market for singles golf. (Full Article) | Aug 2008 | The Times Online |
| Success is all in the planning | ||
| SOLID research and a good business plan were the foundation on which the rapid growth of Yourgolftravel.com was built. (Full Article) | Aug 2008 | The Sunday Times |
| DJ Spooney: A Day on the fairways, a night on the tiles | ||
| Your Golf Travel.com is offering readers of 'The Independent on Sunday' who book a holiday through its website a £25 voucher... (Full Article) | Jun 2008 | Independent.co.uk |
| Away Weekend | ||
| The place: Augusta, Georgia. The date: 10-13 April, The event: US Masters (Full Article) | Apr 2008 | The Guardian |
| London Golf Show 2008 | ||
| "We are delighted not only to be the official travel partner of the London Golf Show 2008 but to be sponsoring the 100ft putt competition." (Full Article) | Apr 2008 | Londongolfshow.com |
| Score a birdie | ||
| Golf lovers are being encouraged to be just that on new holidays offered by a specialist operator. (Full Article) | May 2007 | The Times Online |