by Steve Pike | Jan 29, 2025 | Casinos, Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants, Travel News
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa has unveiled more than $65 million in resort enhancements designed to elevate the guest experience. The upgrades include a Fresh Harvest Buffet reopening, new gaming area, and renovated, smoke-free hotel rooms. The...
by Steve Pike | Jan 29, 2025 | Culinary, Resorts, Restaurants, Travel News
The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota has named Specialty Chef Joe Bennett as the latest addition to its culinary team. Bennett will oversee culinary operations and offerings at the property’s newly opened Rufa, as well as the recently refreshed Jack Dusty Coastal Cuisine and...
by Steve Pike | Jan 28, 2025 | Awards, Conservation, Resorts, Restaurants, Spa, Travel News
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, an icon on Florida’s Paradise Coast and one of the great resorts in the Southeast, has received LEED Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its Vanderbilt Tower. As the world’s most widely used green...
by Steve Pike | Jan 27, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts, Travel News
Golf course architects are notorious for praising the land of their next project. Sometimes that praise is warranted… sometimes not. Put golf course architects Dana Fry and Jason Straka in that “warranted’’ category in regards to Curracloe Links, the course the duo is...
by Steve Pike | Jan 27, 2025 | Real Estate, Resorts
Acqualina Resort & Residences, the ultra-luxury oceanfront property in the North Miami enclave of Sunny Isles Beach, has unveiled its newly enhanced event spaces, offering a blend of classic charm and contemporary sophistication on its Mezzanine level. Designed...
by Steve Pike | Jan 23, 2025 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Resorts
In most years, the biggest news coming from the PGA Show in Orlando is on the equipment side. This year, however, the biggest news comes from the golf course side, as KemperSports announcd that acclaimed architect David McLay Kidd will design the fifth course at its...
