Two properties are claiming firsts in golf car technology this week. Greenhorn Creek Golf Resort in Angel Camp, Calif., is the first golf course in the U.S. to provide solar-powered phone charging by mounting ultra-slim solar panels on top of golf cars. On July 27, Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield, Ohio will debut the first two models of Neoteric Golf’s Signature Series Hovercraft Golf Carts for use in special events.
Turning Up the Heat
Despite a snowstorm that was severe enough to cancel hundreds of flights into the usually weather-proof Denver International Airport, over 200 executive chefs, general managers and other industry food-and-beverage leaders from 37 states and Canada made their way to Colorado for Club & Resort Business’ Fifth Annual Chef to Chef Conference, held March 10-12 at…
A CLUB & RESORT BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Sunday, March 10 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Arrival/Registration 6 p.m. Opening reception and sit-down, plated dinner. Welcoming remarks and sponsor recognition: Dan Ramella, President, C&RB Keynote Address: Reports of Fine Dining’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated (and Other Myths About Club Cuisine) Presented by: Jeff McFadden, CCM, General Manager, The Union League, Philadelphia, Pa. Monday,…
Helpful Tips
There’s a lot of talk and thinking going on about tips, gratuities and service charges, and how they can best fit in with strategies to motivate staff and maximize operating income. It seems there’s a lot of talk and thinking going on these days, from various perspectives of the club market, about tips, gratuities…
A CLUB & RESORT BUSINESS CONFERENCE
March 10-12, 2013 Grand Hyatt Denver Taking F&B to New Heights C&RB’s 5th Annual Chef to Chef Conference Denver, Colo., March 10-12, 2013 Making the most creative chefs in the culinary industry even more creative. Today’s club chefs are probably the most flexible, creative chefs in the culinary profession. They have to provide food for…
Design & Renovation INSIGHTS A Club & Resort Business Seminar Series
Scheduled Workshops for 2012 Club & Resort Business’ Design & Renovation Insights seminar series presents on-site, one-day workshops that provide exclusive, inside looks at successful renovation and expansion projects. These new programs will be held in 2012: Monday, October 1—Columbus, Ohio (presented in conjunction with the CMAA Ohio Valley Chapter) Restoring Scioto Country Club…
Smarter By Design
The Design & Renovation Insights workshops offer an even more in-depth, in-person look at projects we’ve featured in print. The Club Architect feature in this issue (“Escape from New York,” pg. 26) once again provides an in-depth look at how a project to build or renovate a club facility has also served to lay the…
Smarter By Design
The unique challenge for many “coming of age” clubs is to bring the functionality of older clubhouses into the current century, while still preserving their original charm.