A host of successful new strategies for long-term growth is leading a market rebound for business, dining and athletic clubs. When the downturn put a damper on both corporate and individual spending, city clubs were challenged more than any others to stay relevant and provide value. To confront that challenge, many in the market segment—which…
DAC’s Rob Barr Named Club Athletic Director of the Year
Top honor earned from North American Association of Club Athletic Directors
Developing a Sense of Belonging
What’s worked—and what hasn’t—to help clubs hold existing membership levels and attract new prospects.
Strength in Numbers
Joining forces with another club can boost membership and offer things their club can’t offer their members.
DAC, Forest Lake Country Club to Vote on Merger
Members of the Detroit Athletic Club and Forest Lake County Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., will vote later this year on what’s being billed as a proposed merger that would make the golf course a club-within-a-club for the DAC. According to Crain’s Detroit Business, the downtown athletic club and the suburban country club on Oct.…
Detroit Athletic Club Earns Platinum Club Distinction
The honors keep coming for the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC). According to The Detroit News, leaders and managers of the nation’s 6,000 private clubs named the DAC a Platinum Club of America, voting it the number-two athletic club in the U.S., just behind the New York Athletic Club. What’s more, the downtown Detroit facility received…
Lighting Up the Night
Because of the many ways he’s helped to create, and sustain, after-hours excitement at Detroit Athletic Club, Craig Cutler has earned recognition as the industry’s “Rising Star.”
Ideas in Vegas…
…didn’t stay in Vegas, as those attending C&RB’s inaugural Chef to Chef Conference took away an abundance of F&B insights and innovative culinary techniques to use at their properties.
Detroit Athletic Club Receives Michigan Quality Leadership Award
The Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) has been honored with one of the most prestigious awards in the state, the Michigan Quality Council’s 2008 Michigan Quality Leadership Award, the highest honor for organizational excellence in the state.. The award, modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, has never been presented to a hospitality organization in…
2008 Excellence in Club Management Awards
Winners of the 2008 Excellence in Club Management Awards are known for their achievements at their club and selected to be nominated by their club…
Strength in Numbers
Dave Frem, GM, Cyprian Keyes Golf Club Michael Hughes, CEO, NGCOA Some properties participate in group purchasing networks to get more bang for their bucks. Mike Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NCCOA), says his organization developed the Smart Buy Purchasing Network in 1992 to offer a tangible benefit to…