2026 Excellence in Club Management® Awards Dinner & Gala
A look back at the 2026 Excellence in Club Management® Awards Dinner and Gala, which was held on Sunday, April 19th at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo during the 2026 National Club Conference – This was an incredible evening dedicated to celebrating the outstanding achievements of the class of 2026 winners.
Winter Park Racquet Club Marches Forward
In early November of 2025, construction equipment began to tear into the Tuscany House at the Winter Park (Fla.) Racquet Club (WPRC), to dismantle an existing building inside the club’s entrance that was acquired in 2015 to expand on WPRC’s 72-year-old property.
What’s Hot and What’s Not in Private Clubs
We are having some fun in playing a little game that looks at our private clubs and tries to see what direction they are going. The game is simply what is working and what is not as we continually try to improve our clubs. So here we go in what’s hot and what’s not.
2025 Excellence in Club Mangement® Awards Dinner and Gala
A short video taking a look back at the 2025 Excellence in Club Management® Awards Dinner and Gala.
Why is Strategic Planning So Important For Achieving Club Facility Success?
The real challenge at many clubs today for their facility programs is that well-meaning Boards see a need to fix a facility problem, but not in the context of a club’s future development and membership needs.
Additional Insights from the “Outlook 2024” Pulse Survey
McMahon Group conducted a proprietary “Outlook 2024” Pulse Survey at the end of 2023, to gauge the overall health of the club industry and measure club leaders’ level of optimism as a new year approached.
2023 ECM National Club Conference Panel
The wide-ranging discussion included the ECM winners’ comments and thoughts on subject areas that included lessons learned from their own personal mentors and how they strive to now be effective mentors themselves
Why The Facility Approval Survey Assures Facility Project Approval
Developing important club improvement projects is always a challenge for a Club’s leadership. Many hours of work by the Board, Manager and Planning Committee are spent developing a Member Survey, a Master Plan and finally presenting a needed project to the members. But when it is all said and done, the last step is the most…
2022 Excellence in Club Management® Awards Dinner and Reception
The Excellence in Club Management® Awards Dinner was held this year, for the first time, at NCA’s National Club Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The Awards Dinner took place Monday, May 16th at The Riviera Theater at The Charleston Place.
Budgeting for Future Projects: If you know the cost, you can get the money
It is almost certain that clubs will have to undertake major facility improvement programs in at least ten-year cycles. Irrigation systems, grill rooms, new recreation activities, etc. will need to be added or improved.