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Priceless Experiences

At Ascot Tours, we work with travel agents across the world to offer clients exceptional golf trips to Africa. Looking at Mastercard and the experience economy, it seems we’ve been on the right track.

Since 1996, Ascot Tours has been a leading DMC when it comes to exceptional golf, beach and safari experiences across Southern and Eastern Africa, including the Indian Ocean Islands. We’ve realised that combining the thrill of playing golf on world-class courses with the adventure of a traditional safari and beach holiday is what travellers want.

In the last couple of years, there has been a significant pivot with consumers packing the bags for more unique trips and experiences rather than the traditional holiday. Travelling to sport events is at the top of the list in what has been described as the experience economy.

For the last ten years, Mastercard has curated exclusive opportunities for cardholders, naming it “Priceless Experiences”. Last month, during The Open at Royal Troon, hospitality tickets to the tournament and a Monday tee time to play the course post-tournament were offered to participants.

Mastercard Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Raja Rajamannar, told GolfDigest “Golf is one of those fine games people are deeply passionate about, and it gives us fantastic opportunities to curate experiences that may or may not be available in other sports.”

He added “In the last four to five years we’ve not just focused on a single passion but a confluence of multiple passions and that’s what gives us a ton of mileage and a great experience for our customers. We try to connect the dots with consumers, remembering golf is the number one but knowing we can help make that travel nicer and easier.”

That is exactly what we do at Ascot Tours. As a leading golf tour operator, we offer exclusive golf packages to some of the most amazing destinations in Africa. Our incentives are designed to make our tours even more attractive, helping you to encourage bookings.

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