Scottsdale-based Troon names operations director

Troon, 15044 N. Scottsdale Road, which provides golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, has appointed Michael Loizou as director, operations of its Troon International division.

Loizou moves from his position as director, property transitions for Troon in the United States to support executive vice president of Troon International DJ Flanders in overseeing the company’s international portfolio of 40-plus facilities in 20 countries and offices in Switzerland, UAE and Australia.

Loizou joined Troon in 2010, beginning his career as golf sales manager at Costa Navarino, in Greece. Loizou’s journey continued with a move to Abu Dhabi, UAE where he took up the role as complex sales manager – golf for Troon’s Abu Dhabi portfolio, which comprised Abu Dhabi Golf Club and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, as well as the then Starwood managed The Westin Abu Dhabi Golf Resort and Spa and The St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort.

In 2015, Loizou moved to the U.S. and Troon’s corporate team as a regional director of sales and marketing supporting the revenue generation and marketing efforts of a cluster of Troon’s domestic daily fee, private and resort properties from Arizona to Puerto Rico.

Since 2018, Loizou has been in the role of director, property transitions during which time he has overseen more than 250 property transitions into the Troon family domestically over the past five years including private clubs, daily fee facilities, residential communities and properties.

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