by Steve Pike | Sep 11, 2024 | Awards, golf business, Golf News, Hotels, Personalities, Real Estate, Resorts
Sheila Johnson, founder and CEO of Salamander Collectio,n in October will receive the AHLA Foundation’s Peggy Berg Castell Award at The Lodging Conference 2024 in Phoenix. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to elevating and...
by Steve Pike | Sep 10, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Hotels, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
By Hal Phillips Nearly 25 years ago – on Nov. 1, 1999 – Kauri Cliffs GC opened for play in what Kiwis call the country’s “winterless north.” The new course quickly changed the face of resort golf forever – not just in New Zealand, but around the...
by Steve Pike | Sep 10, 2024 | Adventure, Culinary, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
This past June, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that designated Florida A1A (from Georgia to Key West) as the “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway.’’ Near the southern end of that highway – at One Duval Street – is Pier House Resort & Spa, home to...
by Steve Pike | Sep 5, 2024 | Hotels, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
Atlantis Resorts has named Paul Baker as President, Atlantis, overseeing the region’s first entertainment destination, Atlantis, The Palm and the world’s most ultra-luxury experiential resort, Atlantis The Royal. Baker will also oversee Atlantis Sanya located in...
by Steve Pike | Sep 5, 2024 | Culinary, Personalities, Restaurants
West Palm Beach’s popular café and bakery, aioli, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of helping to make the South Dixie corridor a culinary destination. aioli opened in Fall, 2014 as a casual sandwich shop and juice bar serving an inventive...
by Steve Pike | Sep 3, 2024 | Adventure, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
Every once in a while, a destination surprises you with its charm and quality of golf. Welcome to Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd, MN. Located on the shores of Gull Lake, Cragun’s Resort is an outdoorsman’s dream. By “outdoorsman,’’ I’m including golfers, as Cragun’s...
