Exklusiv-golfen.de, number 2 golf portal-site from Germany launched a partnership with Golfswitch to enable German golf travellers to book Teetimes independently and convenient as golfer in other countries are used to. It’s a logical step after establishing exklusiv-golfen.de among top 3 in Golf Media, running a golf app for the German market since 2012, now offering golfers the opportunity to book exclusive tee times directly through the website – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. GolfSwitch’s Network communicates flawlessly and instantly with over 40 different tee sheet systems like Jencess, Openbook, EZlinks and others.
Golf tourism has been grown to a worldwide successful business. In 2013 global golf holiday sales grew by an average of 9.3% compared to the previous year. The Overall turnover concerning golfing holidays is only in Europe 1.5bn € in 2012 (indirect: 5.3 bn €)
Most tour operators were positive about the future, with the vast majority expecting further growth in the years to come. Germany ranked on spot 2 behind UK & Ireland bringing the most golfers to foreign golf destinations.
Golf tourism has been grown to a worldwide successful business. In 2013 global golf holiday sales grew by an average of 9.3% compared to the previous year. The Overall turnover concerning golfing holidays is only in Europe 1.5bn € in 2012 (indirect: 5.3 bn €)
Most tour operators were positive about the future, with the vast majority expecting further growth in the years to come. Germany ranked on spot 2 behind UK & Ireland bringing the most golfers to foreign golf destinations.
Those are:
•Spain
•Portugal
•Turkey
•Scotland
•Ireland
•Spain
•Portugal
•Turkey
•Scotland
•Ireland
The Tee Time Booking service is designed to accommodate the increasing demand for 24/7 access to golf reservations by golfers. One major market is still missing. It´s Germany, due to the technical infrastructure and due to the fact, that the German golf federation (DGV) and its partners still not support any kind of API or Interface to access the Clubs Tee Time Booking system.
