Emails sreveal staff at the resort wrote to golf tour operators offering to switch trips in the United Arab Emirates that were disrupted by the war to his own resort.
Donald Trump’s Ayrshire golf course has used the chaos caused by the US President’s war in Iran to drum up business, it can be revealed.
Staff at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Ayrshire wrote to golf tour operators offering to switch trips in the United Arab Emirates that were disrupted by the war to his own site.
“I can only imagine the impact recent events in the Middle East may be having on your UAE bookings and wider plans,” a business development manager for Trump Turnberry wrote in an email to members of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO).
The sender suggests they could re-arrange tours originally booked to take place in the Middle East to visit Turnberry instead.
“We’ve seen an increase in last-minute bookings for golf and accommodation at Turnberry as a result of changing travel arrangements,” she wrote. “And I would be delighted to support you and your clients should a “stay and play” option be of interest.”
The email continues: “If you’re available for a call, it would be great to connect and explore how we can assist.”
Our sister title The Mirror approached the Trump Organisation, which operates the course, for comment.
Trump visited Turnberry personally last year, holding meetings with Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen at the resort’s hotel.
UAE and other countries in the region are under threat of retaliatory strikes from Iran, following Trump’s decision to bomb the country at the start of March. Travel has been heavily disrupted through the region, and has yet to recover.
Trump said yesterday that he would give Iran 48 hours to open the vital Strait of Hormuz or face a new round of attacks. He said the U.S. would destroy “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”
He may have meant the Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran’s biggest, which was already hit last week, or Damavand, a natural gas plant near Tehran, Iran’s capital.
Meanwhile, a Cabinet minister played down Israel’s warning that Tehran now has long-range missiles capable of hitting Europe – after two targeted the US-UK base Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, around 2600 miles away. One failed and the US shot down the other.
Steve Reed said: “There is no specific assessment the Iranians are targeting the UK or even could if they wanted to.”
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