GolfNow.com Wins at the 7th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards Competition
Portland Oregon – May 18, 2008 – The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, announced the 2008 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.
GolfNow.com was recognized for their excellence with a Bronze award for the e-Commerce and Shopping category.
“We are really excited to be recognized by the Horizon Interactive Award committee this year,” said Matt Arnzen, director of marketing for GolfNow.com. “Our redesign was a company wide effort and was developed entirely in-house. We have incorporated the latest web technology and enhanced the user experience to help our customers find the tee times they are looking for.”
The seventh annual, international competition saw just over 1000 entries from 20 countries around world including: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand Turkey, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and nearly all 50 of the United States of America. An international panel of judges, consisting of industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, as well as an end user panel evaluated 18 different categories ranging from online advertising to video games. The 2008 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including web sites, CDs and DVDs, online ads, video and more.
“The 2008 competition was the most competitive to date. The work in this year’s competition is at such a high level that the judges really had their work cut out for them,” said Mike Sauce, founder of the Horizon Interactive Awards. “All of the winning entries displayed a high level of sophistication, aesthetic creativity, technical excellence and clear purpose.”
The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the annual competition in early spring of each year with the winners being announced in May. For more information visit the Horizon Interactive Awards at www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.
About GolfNow.com
GolfNow utilizes strong partnerships with golf courses, affordable pricing and excellent customer service to manage more than 1.5 million registered golfer accounts to maintain the best Rewards Program and Players Club available in the industry today.
Through easy and convenient booking methods and by using leading edge technology which allow golfers more ways to stay connected to the courses.
Founded in 2001, Golfnow.com is today the largest online tee time retailer in the United States. Operating in 25 states, and partnered with more than 1,500 courses across the nation, GolfNow.com has sold more than 4.5 million rounds of golf online, with 1.8 million sold in 2007. For more information about GolfNow.com, please visit http://www.golfnow.com
About the Horizon Interactive Awards
In its 7th year, the Horizon Interactive Awards was created to recognize excellence in interactive media production worldwide. Since 2001, the competition has received thousands of entries from countries around the world and nearly all 50 US States. Each year, those entries are narrowed down to the best of the best to be recognized and promoted on and international stage for their excellence. The judging process involves a Horizon Interactive Awards advisory panel, end user panel and a worldwide panel of judges consisting of industry professionals. Winning entries are dubbed the “best of the best” in the interactive media industry. For more information, visit www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.
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