SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall perception that golf is a luxury sport has halved over the past 30 years, a survey showed Wednesday. Gallup Korea conducted a survey of 1,004 South Koreans over 18 years of age, 36 percent of whom believed that golf is a luxurious sport. Another 59 percent believed [...]
New York, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The best sports stars are choosing to travel with VistaJet, the first and only global business aviation company. Ahead of The 2022 Masters Tournament commencing this week, Champion male golfer, Jon Rahm, is officially unveiled as a VistaJet Program Member and Brand Ambassador. The announcement comes at a time when demand for safe, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of golf course users in South Korea passed the 50 million mark last year for the first time in history. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Golf Course Business Association of 505 golf courses with more than six holes throughout the country, the number of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Riding high on the golf boom in the COVID-19 era, some South Korean public golf courses have pushed up their green fees excessively, stirring up resentment among golfers. According to the Korea Leisure Industry Institute, the number of users of golf courses stood at 46.7 million in 2020, up [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Golf businesses are thriving in the pandemic era while restaurants and lodging facilities across the country struggle to remain afloat. Shinhan Card Co., a major credit card company in South Korea, reported that customers spent 31 percent more on golf-related activities than in 2019 before the onset of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Tuesday it will launch charter flights to Chiang Mai next month for tourists to enjoy golf courses in Thailand. Jeju Air said it will operate a flight every Friday on the Incheon-Chiang Mai route starting on Nov. 5. The scheduled [...]
JEJU, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Golf courses on Jeju Island appear to be an exception to the COVID-19 recession, with the southern resort island inundated with record numbers of golfers from outside for the second consecutive year, according to data released Wednesday. The number of visitors to Jeju’s golf courses totaled 1.66 million in [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘screen golf centers’, or shops with indoor golf simulators, are benefitting from the pandemic era, while driving ranges are being left behind. KB Finance Group Inc. recently reported that driving ranges, which grew in number by an average of 1.6 percent every year between 2011 and 2019, suddenly [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With golf courses in South Korea booming in the pandemic era, patterns in golf booking are changing. Tee-time booking service platform XGOLF reported that the number of weekday reservations over the last three months exceeded those on weekends, due to a 20 to 30 percent rise in green fees [...]
SINGAPORE, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With a successful delivery of HSBC Women’s World Championship golf in Singapore and the Honda LPGA Thailand production as a new proof of concept, NEP Singapore and Asian Tour Media have registered Asia’s first live-to-air remote production. NEP Singapore is excited about the development and deployment of the best technologies and [...]