Meet the Champions of our Professional Polo Team

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 Delray Beach Polo®  Celebriyt Cruises®  & Hotels at Sea®  team winning opening night at IPC Wanderers poo field co-presented by Vita-Lift sports drink &  Bodvar House of Roses.  

Final champoionships 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 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

The Hotels at Sea®  Polo Team is presented by Celebrity Cruises representing polo TEAM USA®  worldwide in various ports where the cruise ships dock in co-operation with Ministry of Tourism & governments in each country.

SuperStar polo champion John Gobin plays part time for Celebrity Cruises & Hotels at Sea.

John Gobin also operates the Twilight Polo programs at the sister venues in the Washington DC region both at the new Middleburg Twilight Polo Stadium & the new Twilight Polo Open at Great Meadow Field events center.

Whitney is a long time polo manager & player; She loves the Delray Beach community to enjoy the beach & social life during the winter and in the summer she is the manager of Twilight Polo in the Capitol Region... so contact Whitney to book your chukkers when you want to play.

Founder & Chairman of the Board of the IPT Delray Beach Polo Club, and one of the founding members of Great Meadow Twilight 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.

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. 

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

Our unofficial mascot - players that don't pay their dues/bills will be introduced to Bravo :)