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Meet the Champions of our Professional Polo Team

presented by Celebrity Cruises® & Hotels at Sea®

Celebrity Cup™ Champions

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



WORLD CUP Champions

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

IPC Wanderers Champions

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.



United States National Champions!

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

Back to Back USPA National Champions

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

The goal heard around the world!

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

The USPA Money Tournament

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

World Champions

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

IPC Field 1 Champions

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.

GPL at IPC: Senator Cup Champions

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 

USPA Chairmans Cup Champions

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

Polo TEAM USA®


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.


Polo Leadership

To play with the Palm Beaches Polo Tourism Alliance - Contact any of the leadership below while in Florida

John Gobin

USPA Mens Arena: 6

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 at the new Middleburg Twilight Polo Stadium.

Tareq Salahi

USPA: 1

Founder & Chairman of the Board of Hotels at Sea, and the International Polo Tour  and one of the founding members of Great Meadow 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  in Palm Beach County in b


Executives

Its all about Team Work - thank you to our team mates off the field

Dr. Lisa Spoden

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 Kastan

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

Handicap: 10

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

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