Meet the Champions of our Professional Polo Team

IPT Polo Team USA champions teammates include from left to right: Tareq Salahi (Captain), Nizar Zakka, Marcos Mateo Bignoli & Audrey Wilde at La Palma Polo Club, Ecuador, South America.

Perpetual Trophy Value:  $1M USD

Individual Player trophies: $25K USD each

Final Score, 8-7 (Polo Team USA)

Finals played on June 22, 2024

The International Polo Tour Florida series was won by the Circumnavigators Club by Hotels at Sea & Scenic Luxury Cruises Polo Team with a 5-4 victory! Teammates where Marcos Bignoli, Norbeto Quirno Costa, Fernando Maciel Talavera; played at  Wanderers Polo Club in Palm Beach county. 

The Polo Team plays in the US Open arena championships annually.

The team will also be competing in the next US Open arena championships.  Left to right, Tolito OCampo, Marcos Bignoli & Tareq Salahi

Congratulations to the Delray Beach Polo®  Celebrity Cruises®  & Hotels at Sea®  polo team winning the coveted Celebrity Cup™ at Michael Jordans new Hope Sound Golf & Polo Club. Co-presented by Vita-Lift sports drink &  Bodvar House of Roses

Left to right, Tute Obregon, Marcos Bignoli,  (Marcos children) Santi Silva, Tareq Salahi

Finals held March 2022

Congratulations to the Hotels at Sea®  Celebrity Cruises® polo  team - played in South America in Ecuador to win the one of a kind International Polo Tour® Galapagos World Cup! Left to right:  Tareq Salahi, Debbie Nash, Ivan Maldonado & Jonas Larguia. 

Individual player trophy values: $30K each.   Perputual Trophy Value: $1 Million USD

Finals held February 2022

Congratulations to the Palm Beach Polo  & Hotels at Sea® polo  team winning opening night at IPC Wanderers poo field co-presented by Vita-Lift sports drink &  Bodvar House of Roses.  

Final championships held January 2022.

Winning the prestigous USPA United States National Handicap are from left to right, Marcos Bignoli, Tareq Salahi, Toliito OCampo.   Purse: $40,000.00

Winning for the 2nd year in a row, The Hotels at Sea Polo Team presented by Veuve Clicquot /Celebrity Cruises wins in the last 5 seconds with a neck shot by Marcos Bignoli!  From left to right, Tareq Salahi, Marcos Bignoli & Toliito OCampo 

Purse:  $35,000.00

In the final 5 seconds of the US national championship, down by 1 goal, teammate Marcos Bignoli hits a 2 pointer neck shot allowing the Hotels at Sea/Celebrity Cruises Polo Team to win the silver!  It was score that made the stadium roar into the loudest cheer in the history of professional stadium polo called by the Polo Association  "The goal heard around the world!"

Purse: $25,000.00

Winning once again, the USPA $10,000.00 National Tournament, the Hotels at Sea/Celebrity Cruises polo team remains undefeated for 2 years in USPA Pro Polo series.

Pictured from left to right, Dr. Lisa Spoden, Tareq Salahi, Marcos Bignoli, John Gobin & Melissa Basey.

Purse:  $10,000.00

The polo team captured the Stella Artois & Bentley World Championships in Arizona.

Pictured from left to right:  John Gobin, Tareq Salahi & Marcos Bignoli

Value of Gold Trophy:  $2.5 Million USD

Playing on field 1 at IPC (International Polo Club) in Wellington, Florida.   The team won the presitgous White Nights/Brooke USA Sunset polo match! Picture from left to right John Gobin, Marcos Bignoli, Whitney Ross, Mickey Matz, Emily Marquez-Dulin, Tareq Salahi and Diamonds International owners.

Playing on field 1 at IPC (International Polo Club) in Wellington, Florida at the GPL Polo Tournament.  

Picture from left to right John Gobin, Tareq Salahi, Marcos Bignoli & Tolito O'Campo 

A National Championship Victory for Hotels at Sea polo team. 

Picture from left to right:  Tareq Salahi, Tolito O'Campo & Marcos Bignoli

Purse:  $30,000.00

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SuperStar polo champion John Gobin plays for the Hotels at Sea Polo Team and also operates the Twilight Polo programs at the sister venues in the Washington DC region at the new Middleburg Twilight Polo Stadium.

Founder & Chairman of the Board of Hotels at Sea, and the International Polo Tour  and one of the founding members of Great Meadow Polo & creator of SunSet Polo.  Tareq has been a huge advocate for the sport opening it to new audiences globally.   Tareq has also won numerous USPA National Championships & multiple world cups.  He is an award-winning entrepreneur, travel/tourism marketing expert, IPT Captain of the USA Polo Team, winery owner and well known television personality.  Tareq resides  

Lisa is the CEO of Hotels at Sea and Executive Member of the International Polo Tour, Delray Beach Polo Club & 'We Will Survive Cancer'.   Her strategic planning and program development expertise is coupled with practical management know-how having previously worked in planning, marketing, operations and business development for a cross-section of service organizations.  She has many years of hands-on experience in hospitality having chaired numerous major fundraisers and galas. 

Asha DeAndrea. is a professional equestrian and you will see her at our major polo events where we hosts our guests and she looks forward to welcoming you.  Asha also represents the interest of the luxury markets with the IPT United States Polo Team and its sponsors & partners and VIP Suite sales.  Asha is headquartered in Florida and travels with the team and is onboard Hotels at Sea ships when we host our VIP suite guests onboard for special events

Asha O. represents the interest of the luxury markets with the IPT United States Polo Team and its sponsors & partners.  Asha is headquartered in Europe the majority of the time and on occasion in the United States Florida polo season.

Colleen is a International Polo Tour & Hotels at Sea cruise line executive and represents the interest of the luxury markets with the IPT United States Polo Team and its ongoing efforts promoting the sport of polo at various ports world wide.

Bentley is our team mascot - players that don't pay their dues/bills will be introduced to Bentley, our rescue Doberman from Palm Beach County :)