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courses designed by the world’s finest golf architects, including Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Arthur Hills, Tom Fazio, and Rick Smith. “IAGTO is the leader in International Golf Tourism and we are excited to host tour Golf News Michigan BOYNE to Host International Association of Golf Tour Operators The International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) will hold its IAGTO’s 2024 North America Convention at BOYNE Resort in Northern Michigan, June 14-21, 2024. The announcement was made by NAC organizer and global golf tourism industry organization IAGTO at Saddlebrook Resort in Florida where the 2023 North American Convention attracted tour operators from all over the world as well as IAGTO member golf destination suppliers from across the Americas. “We are delighted to be taking the 15th North America Golf Tourism Convention (NAC) to Michigan in 2024. This will be a great opportunity to showcase the golf destinations of this Great Lakes state to leading golf travel operators from more than 20 countries,” said Peter Walton, Chief Executive, IAGTO. “This will be the first time that IAGTO has staged the NAC in the Great Lakes region. This event will place BOYNE Golf and the surrounding golf destinations at the heart of the golf tourism industry for the coming 12 months.” Bringing the IAGTO Convention and its more than 350 golf tour operators and suppliers from around the globe to BOYNE was a cooperative effort. BOYNE led the effort, with support from Pure Michigan, the area tourism bureaus in Gaylord, Traverse City, and Petoskey, Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), and America’s Summer Golf Capital (ASGC). The cooperation of all was integral in attracting this one-of-a-kind conference to the idyllic Northern Michigan region. The ASGCA destination features a collection of eight resort properties representing 26 golf Michigan Golf Journal

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