GEM Wales: Great golf breaks to Wales

Established in 1991, the early pioneering work on in bound golf tourism started at a time when Ian Woosnam was world number 1 and the US Masters champion. Throughout the 1990’s the company grew slowly and the first web site www.welshgolfingholidays.co.uk was launched in 1999.

Since then and particularly from 2007 Wales Golf Holidays has grown exponentially and has now has become the largest golf tour operator in Wales, looking after the golf holiday requirements of over 5000 golfers a year. Now with 17 web sites specialising in golf holidays and breaks to the different regions and areas in Wales, golfers coming into Wales, from all over the world, spend upwards of £4m in the local economies that they visit. The company has been working with the Celtic Manor Resort for over seven years and are proud of our association them”

As Mark Pearce, Managing Director says, “it is good news all round as Wales now offers a quality, welcoming and value golf destination which has been invigorated by the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, and the Senior Open Championship being held at Royal Porthcawl in 2014 and 2017”.

Ian Richardson who recently collected, on behalf of the company, the South Wales Retail Business of the year award says “the company’s plans are now set to deliver even more growth over the next 2 years making Wales an established golf destination that is a must for all holiday golfers.