The Chateau Whistler Golf Club Whistler, British Columbia, has long been one of North America's best ski destinations. For me, it's also become synonymous with great golf...
Talk about a dream incentive for golfers: 88 guests took the ride of a lifetime last fall, circling the globe by private jet and making stops at eight of the world's best courses. A full-time golf director prearranged tee times and had the players...
Ten Resorts Win Top Honors California's La Quinta Resort's PGA West took the trophy for "Course of the Year" at the first-ever APEX Awards in December. Ten courses received top honors at the annual convention of the National Association of Golf...
On January 1, 1999, 11 members of the European Community* started keeping track of transactions in the euro as well as in their local currencies. By 2002, all transactions in the 11 countries are expected to be conducted in euros. What will this...
When I was growing up in the '70s, I worked at my dad's golf club. One of my most vivid memories was of a well-known local businessman throwing his ball out of the sand trap with one hand, while tossing the sand up with the other so it looked like...
"People wanted warm and sunny," says Jana Stern, director, conventions and conference planning, at ReliaStar Life in Minneapolis. When they unfolded the kickoff poster (item 1) announcing the company's 1998 Top Ring contest, "warm and sunny" is...
William Scott Worsham, CMP, has been named director of golf for the Westin Rio Mar Beach Resort & Country Club in Puerto Rico. He will handle the sales and marketing for the resort's two courses: the Tom and George Fazio-designed Ocean Course...
The 860-room Westin New York at Times Square will open in spring 2002, next to E Walk, a 200,000-square-foot entertainment, retail, and restaurant complex opening this spring. Both projects are being developed by Tishman Realty & Construction...
Cancun is probably best known as Mexico's vacationers' paradise, offering a Caribbean experience with Mexican gusto. While the package groups will likely cycle in and out of some hotels forever, some properties are actively courting the meeting...