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INVgolf participated in
the European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) inaugural conference
Amsterdam,
November 23-25, 2006
INVgolf participated in the
EGCOA's inaugural
Conference in Amsterdam,
November 23-25, 2006, which was a grand success. We would like to
congratulate the organisers for this excellent forum and look forward to
participating again next year!
Click here to find the
eight presentations that were delivered by Roger Pride, Dr. Falk Billion,
Joe Bedford, Jonathan Smith, Andrea Sartori, Niall Flanagan, Gill Wilson,
Henk-Jan de Boer and Jay Karen. The brand-new, completely non-smoking Moevenpick Hotel Amsterdam
behind the Central Station was superb and we especially enjoyed the
extremely well-received boat trip, great networking
opportunities and hospitality as well as the hotel's excellent Swiss service and
magnificent cuisine offering flavours from India, Indonesia, Thailand
cuisine. Bravo!
2006 KPMG Golf Business Forum:
"A Blueprint for Successful Golf Development, Operations and Marketing in Emerging Countries"
Peter Michel Heilmann speaking at the Golf
Business Forum in Cyprus on June 10, 2006
(photo courtesy of INVgolf)
Paphos, June 8-10, 2006
Peter
Michel Heilmann, Founding Chairman, INVgolf, participated in the KPMG's Third Annual Golf Business
Forum (3rd GBF),
which took place at the InterContinental Aphrodite Hills
Resort Hotel in
Paphos, Cyprus, June 8-10, 2006. As a moderator of the "Country Focus
on Greece" panel, he highlighted the challenges, opportunities as
well as obstacles that this East Mediterranean country faced and asked the panel and audience
several thought-provoking questions, which were discussed on the second
day of the international conference.
Gary Player
posing with some of the organisers, speakers and delegates of the 3rd Golf
Business Forum in front of the Aphrodite Hills InterContinental Resort Hotel on June 10, 2006
(photo courtesy of
KPMG)
Gary Player was the first recipient of the 'Golf Business Forum Life Time Achievement
Award' at this year's event, where he was the special guest of
honour. "It is a tremendous honour to have Gary present at our Golf Business Forum," said Andrea Sartori, Head of KPMG's
Budapest-based Travel, Leisure & Tourism practice in Central and Eastern Europe. "His experience and passion for the game make him a true 'international ambassador' of golf."
IPD Leisure Property Investment Conference
Lisbon, Portugal on May 10, 2006 Leisure property is now coming of age as an institutional grade investment, with the emergence of specialist funds and greater transparency in the sector.
Peter Michel Heilmann, Founding Chairman, INVgolf, spoke at the IPD Leisure Property Investment Conference,
which was held at the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon on May
10 and offered insights into a developing market. Many mainstream European investors remain wary of the novelty of leisure property and the products on offer. This IPD event
brought leisure property opportunities into sharper focus, by concentrating on the most accessible sub-sectors -- leisure parks, hotels and golf course resorts -- and highlighting the key issues of user demand, performance and market transparency. Other
keynote speakers included key executives of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS),
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), HVS International, IPD, Lusotur, JLLHotels, Real Estate Advisory Group (REAG Iberia) and
Planbelas SA of Portugal, who have a wealth of experience in emerging,
converging and mature markets, and talk the property investor's language. They understand the issues of cash flow, risk and value that are fundamental to any investment decision, and how their own specialist areas fit into the wider portfolio context. Click here to view the conference programme.
Press releases and articles
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September 1, 2005:
INVgolf CD Rom 2005 released: "We are seeing an unprecedented growth in the development of destination resorts most of which include golf as an important element of the offering alongside residential development, a
hotel... |
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July 8, 2005:
Golf World Magazine featured some of the major golf escapes, with six venues in Turkey, claiming 'Europe's best-kept secret has ambitious plans to become one of the continent's premier golf
destinations' |
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July 7, 2005:
The Grove named Best-Managed Golf Venue of 2005:
INVgolf names honorees for 2005 Europe, Middle East and Africa
(EMEA) Awards (Troon Golf's press release) |
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March 24, 2005:
Jonathan Smith,
Chief Executive, Committed of Green Foundation, to join 'Sustainable
Development' panel at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005
on April 22 |
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March 15, 2005:
Ken Moodie, Vice President, European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA),
and Principal, Creative Golf Design, to share his expertise at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005
on April 22 |
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March 14, 2005:
John Moore, Export Regional Sales Manager, Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd.,
to join 'Sustainable Development' panel at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 on April 22 |
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March 11, 2005:
Alexander Baron von Spoercken, CEO, Clubhaus AG and Vice-President, European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA), to present Berlin's Seeburg Project on April 22 |
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March 3, 2005:
Tevfik Turel, Executive Vice President, Director of Eurasia & Middle East Operations, Stewart International, USA, joins INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 Steering Committee |
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March 2, 2005:
Jens Bernitzky, Marketing and Sales Director, Hartl Life Resort, Bad
Griesbach, Germany, to make a case presentation on Europe's largest golf and spa resort at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 |
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February 21, 2005:
Kevin Scholl AIA, Vice President,
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) London, to chair 'Golf as a Driver for Real Estate Development / Residential Communities' panel on April 22 |
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February 18, 2005:
J. Christoph Panfil, Managing Director, Hart Howerton,
London, to chair the 'Sustainable Development' panel at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 on April 22 |
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February 17, 2005:
Edward Anania, Executive Vice President & Director of Title Operations, Stewart Information International, Inc., to join expert real estate panel at
the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 |
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February 16, 2005:
Angeles García-Tenorio, Business Development Manager for RCI Europe & Middle East (Cendant Group), to deliver keynote speech at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 on April 22 |
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February 14, 2005:
Keith Haslam, Operations Director, PGA Golf
Management and member of the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 Steering
Committee, to join 'Five Experts Comment on Four Projects in Three Countries' interactive session |
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February 11, 2005:
Paul Dellanzo, Vice President of European Operations, Troon Golf, to present case study on The Grove -- 'London's Country Estate' -- at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 |
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February 9, 2005:
Dr. Falk Billion, independent golf course appraiser/valuer and co-founder & former Managing Director, German Golf Course Owners Association, to share his expertise at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 in Belek |
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January 20, 2005:
Ayhan Yeginsu, Managing Director, LDC - Leisure Development Consultants,
London, appointed Special Adviser
to the Steering Committee of the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 |
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January 13, 2005:
Muriel Muirden, Managing Director, EMEA, Economics Research Associates, to present '10 key trends impacting resort development over the next ten years' on April
22 at the INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 |
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January 11, 2005:
Colin Hegarty, President, Golf Research Group, joins INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 Steering
Committee; to deliver speech on 'Recent Trends and Future Projections for Golf Resort Development in the EMEA Region' |
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November 8, 2004:
Martin Armitstead, Director of Hotels, RH International
(affiliated with Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker),
United Kingdom, joins INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 Steering Committee |
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November 2, 2004:
Jeremy Slessor, Managing Director, European Golf
Design Ltd., joins
newly formed INVgolf Investment Forum 2005 Steering Committee,
consisting of respected members of the hospitality, golf and
real-estate industries |
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November 29, 2003:
Cyprus' Aphrodite Hills
resort
awarded in
Athens:
The first integrated golf, leisure and real estate development in Cyprus receives the award for
'Best New Integrated Leisure Resort in Europe 2003' |
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November 25, 2003:
Photis Photiou, Chairman, Cyprus Tourism Organisation, to speak at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference on November 29th |
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November 11, 2003:
Lawrence Thornton, General Secretary, The PGA of Europe, to speak at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference
on November 28th & 29th |
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November 10, 2003:
Lyssandros Papatheofilou, Regional Director, Greece and Cyprus, Interval International, to sit on
'Vacation Ownership Resorts and Golf in Europe: The Timeshare Outlook' panel
on November 29th |
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November 5, 2003:
Fabio Lacatello, VP & Regional Managing Director, Southern Eastern Europe,
Resort Condominiums International, to sit on expert panel at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference |
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November 3, 2003:
Napoleon Tsanis, CEO and President, Albatross Investments and Development, to speak at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference on November
28th & 29th |
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October 28, 2003:
Ben Martin, Senior Associate, Economics Research
Associates - London, to speak at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference on November 29th |
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October 24, 2003:
Victoria Tassopoulou,
Publisher, HOTEL Magazine, to speak at the 2003 European GOLF
Investment and Real Estate Conference in Athens on November
28th |
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October 24, 2003:
Jannis Patellis, former
President, Greek National Tourism Organisation (EOT),
to deliver keynote speech to a distinguished audience at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference on November 28th |
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October 8, 2003:
Michael Vranas, President, The Crete Golf Club,
to deliver speech to a distinguished audience at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference on November 28th |
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October 6, 2003:
Alex Hillston, Vice President, Albatross Investments
& Developments, Greece, to chair the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference |
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October 3, 2003:
Georgios Drakopoulos,
General Manager, Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises
(SETE), to speak at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference on November 28th |
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October 2, 2003:
Dennis van Golberdinge, executive chef, independent international culinary adviser and founder of New York based Apicius Culinary Support,
appointed executive chef in charge of preparing food for the
conference |
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September 24, 2003:
Oktay Varlier, Chairman, Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD), to
deliver presentation titled 'Prospects for Turkish Tourism in the
Near Future' on November 29th |
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September 23, 2003:
Falk Billion, independent golf course appraiser and
Co-Founder & Managing Director, German Golf Course Owners Association, to deliver speech titled 'Key Factors For Successful Golf Course Business' |
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September 15, 2003:
Andrea Sartori, Partner, KPMG Travel, Leisure & Tourism Group CEE,
Hungary, to deliver presentation on 'Golf Trends in one of the fastest-growing European Regions: Central & Eastern Europe' on
November 29th |
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September 1, 2003:
David Dean, Managing Director, PGA Golf Management,
to sit on the 'Effective Golf Course Management: Creating the Most Value for Owners and Investors in Europe'
panel on November 29th |
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August 19, 2003:
The U.S. Department of Commerce
partners with INVgolf, organisers of the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference
& Exhibition, to showcase U.S. products and services at this
industry event |
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July 30, 2003:
Mario Seric, MBA, Partner & Senior Consultant, Horwath Consulting Zagreb, Croatia,
to sit on 'Trends in Integrated Leisure Resorts and Investments' panel on November
29th |
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July 28, 2003:
Peter Harradine, President,
European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA), to sit on 'Trends in Golf Course & Resort Design'
panel on November 29th |
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July 25, 2003:
Alan Egford, National Coach to the Hellenic Golf Federation and member of the PGA of Europe and R&A Conclave of Missionaries, to speak at the
2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference |
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July 25, 2003:
Tim Hill, Operations Director, Loyalward Group PLC and Loyalward
Ltd.,
Greece / UK, to present case study of the Cavo Sidero Project on Crete
on November 28th |
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July 18, 2003:
Golf Management Europe, the leading pan-European business magazine for the golfing industry, becomes official communication sponsor of the
2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference & Exhibition |
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July 17, 2003:
Paul Dellanzo, Vice President of European Operations, Troon
Golf, to deliver keynote speech at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference
on November 29th |
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July 8, 2003:
Ewout G. Hoogendoorn, Managing Director, Horwath Consulting Europe, keynote speaker at the
2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference on November
29th |
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July 4, 2003:
Aris Ikkos, General Manager, JBR Hellas
Ltd., to deliver a
speech at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference
on November 28th |
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July 2, 2003:
Joel Jones, Senior Associate, EcoPlan, USA, to deliver a speech on
'Evolving Patterns of Residential Developments in Golf Course
Communities'
on November 29th |
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June 23, 2003:
Stratos Papadimitriou,
Ph.D., Chairman, Hellenic Centre for Investment - ELKE, to deliver a keynote
address at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate Conference
on November 28th |
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June 18, 2003:
Kevin Scholl AIA, Vice President,
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) London, to deliver a speech to a distinguished audience in Athens on
November 29th |
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June 6, 2003:
Brian Costello, Principal and Owner, JMP Golf Design Group, Inc., to
sit on 'Trends in Golf Course & Resort Design' panel at the 2003 European GOLF Investment and Real Estate
Conference on November 29th |
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February-March 2005:
Swinging into action: Industry leaders, investors, developers, owners, operators, designers and political leaders meet in Belek to discuss investment opportunities and... (Total Business magazine, United Kingdom) |
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February 2004:
Golfin' Greece: Philip Pangalos attended the first international convention on golf in Athens and tells us how this country's ambitious golf plans first have to overcome some bureaucratic
hurdles... (Insider Athens) |
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December 2003:
The New Frontier:
Europe's first Golf Investment and Real Estate Conference and Exhibition has been hailed as a great success by show organisers INV International. David Bowers reports on the two-day
event... |
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December 30, 2003:
Reuters
Feature: Golf - New courses could stretch Greek tourist season:
Few Greeks play it and many dismiss it as a rich man's hobby but Greece's tourism industry sees golf as the perfect sport for the country's... |
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December 29, 2003:
Can Greece tee off? Hoping for a better future, real estate investors strive to open up a new lucrative tourism chapter in Greece through state-of-the-art golf courses.
Developers, investors and operators of golf courses have... |
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December 24, 2003:
Golf craze hits Cyprus: 3 new 18-hole courses planned:
The golf craze sweeping Cyprus continues, with plans underway for the development of
three more, 18-hole golf courses in the districts of Limassol, Larnaca
and... |
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December 15, 2003:
ELKE Chairman speaks on Golf Potential in
Greece: Greece has a unique advantage in its efforts to promote golf tourism. A conservative estimate shows Greece could attract enough golfers to play 200,000... |
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December 12, 2003:
Time for teeing off in Greece:
Golf is wrongly viewed as a pastime for the rich and idle few that locals can afford to do without. But the sport's professionals insist it is the only
cure for the country's ailing tourism... |
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November 29, 2003:
Investors: Greek red tape strangling potential golfing paradise:
Golf tourism investors and real estate developers see green in Greece's year-round sun and mild climate, but the nation's notoriously
complex... |
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November 28, 2003:
Golf seen as future tourism option for Greece:
Greece has leeway for growth in golf tourism as the sector has been little exploited, speakers at an international investment and real estate conference said on Friday... |
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October 2003:
Going for the Green:
Greece is driving off the tee and aiming for the billion-euro golf industry with new golf courses emerging all over the country. Greg Lalas tells us where to
golf... |
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August 2003:
Converging
Markets: [The event] aims to promote the further development of golf by bringing together experts and decision-makers
to expedite the promotion and recognition of the integrated resort,
golf development and... |
Further information
For further information on
upmconing INVgolf events and/or media-related enquiries, please contact Peter Michel Heilmann,
Founding Chairman, INVgolf.
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