News

October 2009 

On October 21/22 this year Golf Marketing Services organized the first ever Legendary Golf Marketing Bootcamps in Ireland with Andrew Wood, President of Legendary Marketing.

 Andrew Wood is the world's leading expert on golf, resort and real estate marketing, although his successes reach far beyond those industries. He is the author of over 20 books on sales and marketing including, Cunningly Clever Marketing and The Golf Marketing Bible. Andrew speaks worldwide on sales and marketing topics and is in high demand as a copywriter and marketing consultant, He owns Marketing Commander software, an advertising agency, Legendary Marketing and Legendary Golf & Resort Management.

 

Druids Glen Golf Club, Wicklow

Edenmore Golf Club, Craigavon

 

Delegates from Golf Resorts, Commercial, Pay and Play and Private Golf Clubs, got to hear Andrew Wood, of Legendary Marketing and author of "The Golf Marketing Bible."

Our many thanks go out to our hosts at Druids Glen and Edenmore and to all who attended.

While we could tell you ourselves about how successful these training days were, we thought we would let the attendees tell you themselves...click here

 

Friday 6th February 2009

Roganstown Hotel & Country Club becomes the second club in Ireland to sign up with Club Prophet Systems golf management software which is distributed in Ireland by Golf Marketing Services.

Roganstown has selected Club Prophet Systems' state of the art POSExpress software to manage their golf shop sales and inventory as well as the Starter Hut reservations suite to manage both in-house bookings and web reservations

"We chose Club Prophet Systems because we recognized the power of the integrated POS and the ease of use of Starter Hut, but also because we need to integrate with our own Spa and Leisure and Property Management System. Having spent a long time searching for the right solution, we now have a serious golf management tool that can take our business further."

Ian McGuinness CEO of Roganstown Hotel and Country Club


Since 1993 Club Prophet Systems software has helped golf clubs across the globe run better, smarter and more efficiently. And today, Club Prophet Systems  automates  all facets of golf operations - golf management, point of sale, inventory, tee time reservations, back office accounting, food and beverage and much more. The company's cutting-edge features include high-speed credit card processing, member billing, electronic tee sheet with Internet options, event management and much more. Club Prophet Systems offers unmatched functionality and value. Regardless of club size or club type, Club Prophet Systems provides a software solution to meet the facility's needs. Full-service implementation, training and expert after-sale support ensures ongoing customer satisfaction.

 

Wednesday 21st January 2009 

Glasson Hotel and Golf Club chooses Resort Marketing Commander For Premier Email Database Building And E-Marketing. Golf Marketing Services are pleased to announce that Glasson Hotel and Golf Club have become the first golf resort in Ireland to choose our Resort Marketing Commander online marketing solution.

Glasson will be able to use their Resort Marketing Commander Website for around-the-clock email collection to continually build their email database. Through the use of custom online surveys and back-end CRM, Marketing Commander is then able to segment the data into specific target markets. Our Legendary Marketing team then provide original email campaigns with professionally written sales copy which are guaranteed to make the phone ring and sell more rooms, rounds, outings and weddings.

Resort Marketing Commander is a Web solution enabling businesses to have a dominant presence on the Internet. This revolutionary Web tool is the only all-in-one dynamic Website, marketing, sales, customer relationship management, broad scope report generator and training solution, making it an Internet pioneer and Next Generation Website. No other technology in golf can match Resort Marketing Commander and no other company can match our service and support.

"We are delighted to be able to build on Glasson's success by employing 21st Century online marketing, using the best available tools, golf and resort marketing expertise and legendary service."

Gareth Jones, Director of Sales and Golf

Glasson, one of the more established golf resorts in Ireland , has built a reputation for great golf and a warm luxurious welcome. Situated on the shores of Lough Ree, just outside Athlone, in the quaint village of Glasson, this family-run luxury hotel is the ideal get-away for business, leisure or your big wedding day. Glasson has played host to the European Challenge Tour in 2007 and 2008 and has earned a reputation as one of the most challenging and scenic golf courses in Ireland.

 

Friday 3rd October 2008 

Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links becomes the first club in Ireland to sign up with Club Prophet Systems golf management software which is distributed in Ireland by Golf Marketing Services.

Moira Cassidy, Director of Golf, says she is looking forward to having one system to handle all the golf operations with ease-of-use and a full suite of business and accounting reports plus integration to the hotel's Opera Property Management System.

CPS interfaces with most hotel software package through the Micros interface, allowing you to charge specific golf items to a room or individual within a room.

 CPS, which has over 1,100 installations worldwide is now available in Ireland for the first time.