{"id":11758,"date":"2020-12-31T11:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.es\/b\/2020\/12\/only-25-years\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T10:28:13","slug":"only-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/2020\/12\/only-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"468\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11751 img-responsive img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.es\/b\/cont\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gis25ani-505x468.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/cont\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gis25ani-505x468.png 505w, https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/cont\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gis25ani-1166x1080.png 1166w, https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/b\/cont\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gis25ani.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/>\n<p>When, in 1995, I embarked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/elsurexiste.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El Sur Existe <\/a>project to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/eng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GolfinSpain\u00ae<\/a>, the internet seemed to many to be the eccentricity of an ambitious \u201cyoungster\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was an era when the early internet \u201cbubble\u201d was in vogue, when Google and Facebook were still notional concepts. \u201cGolf will never be sold online&#8221;, was a common response I heard at the time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fortunately, they were wrong and the company&#8217;s other projects, in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfinspain.com\/eng\/\">Golf in Spain\u00ae<\/a>, are still here \u2013 <strong>60,000 bookings later<\/strong>. The path has certainly not been one that could have been envisaged 25 years ago, and there have been some difficult moments, including the current situation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nevertheless, our key principles have been discretion, financial solvency, and essentially working behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We are proud that we have had more than <strong>18 million page visits<\/strong> and as many as <strong>three million online users<\/strong> who have discovered useful information about golf in Spain. 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class=\"slate-resizable-image-embed slate-image-embed__resize-middle\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We have every intention of continuing along the same positive path. This has been a bad year for celebrations \u2013 well, actually for almost everything \u2013 but we remain committed to introducing new projects and changes over the forthcoming months.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Deep down I think that 2020 has been a year we should simply \u201cnot count&#8221; so, whether it is 25 or 25+1, it will be a happy birthday that we now begin to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My sincere thanks especially to our clients, but also to the colleagues and collaborators who have made it all possible, as well as to those who represent the golf courses, hotels, transport companies, car rental firms and other services that have accompanied us on this unprecedented journey, many of whom already know they will always be an important part of our lives.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When, in 1995, I embarked on the El Sur Existe project to create GolfinSpain\u00ae, the internet seemed to many to be the eccentricity of an ambitious \u201cyoungster\u201d. 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