Half Moon, the luxury resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica, has been declared the Golf Resort of the Year in the Rest of World category at the annual International Association of Golf Tour Operators Awards.

The resort features a Robert Trent Jones Sr-designed par 72 championship golf course, recently renovated by Roger Rulewich, and the Half Moon Golf Academy directed by Scottish pro, Ewan Peebles.

Half Moon was a founding member of the Rose Hall Golf Association, a collection of Jamaica's best championship courses located in the exclusive Rose Hall enclave. Golfers staying at Half Moon can play at the Half Moon, Cinnamon Hill and the White Witch courses, so enjoying 54 holes of golf in one holiday.

The IAGTO Awards are voted for by over 300 golf tour operators from 45 countries. Over 2000 golf resorts from around the world were considered for this award category and were judged on customer satisfaction, quality of golf course and accommodation, value for money, accessibility to tee times as well as speed of communication and quality of service of the golf resort sales and marketing team.

Half Moon joins a roster of acclaimed international golf resorts which have received the prestigious award in previous years. Past winners in the category included: Druids Glen Golf Resort in Ireland, Turnberry in Scotland, Mission Hills in China, Sandy Lane in Barbados and Arabella Western Cape in South Africa among others.

Aram Zerunian, Half Moon's general manager, said, "We are honoured to be named among such legendary golf resorts in the world. This award affirms the work we have invested to continuously improve our product and the quality service offered by the over 800 men and women who work at Half Moon."

The IAGTO Awards were established in 2000 to recognise exceptional resorts in the world of golf travel.

For more information visit www.halfmoon.com

About Half Moon

Half Moon is set in 400 acres with two miles of white sand beaches and offers 398 rooms including suites, cottages and staffed villas. Half Moon also features 13 floodlit tennis courts, an equestrian centre, fitness centre, superb cuisine, 51 swimming pools, the Anancy Children's Village, numerous water sports, an exclusive dolphin lagoon, and shopping village. The resort has also recently opened Fern Tree, The Spa at Half Moon which features beachfront spa suites, over the water treatment cabanas, water sculptures, hydrotherapy swimming pools, yoga pavilions, and therapeutic/healing spa treatments. The spa offers treatments specifically designed for golfers.

For further information:
Kish Wilkinson
E-mail: kish@alchemy-communications.co.uk
Tel: 0788 4444841/0208 428 6525