In April 2020, McMahon Group conducted a pulse survey to assess the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the club industry and the larger outlook for the industry in the post-COVID-19 world. While many questions aimed at measuring the industry’s response to the challenges brought
Prevented from offering their members a refuge during the quarantine phase of the pandemic, clubs will be positioned to thrive in the Phase I reopening of the economy. A return to their roots providing social and recreational activities solely for the benefit of their members
For too long, the club industry operated without accurate data and without context, flying blind when it came to decision making. Good decisions demand consideration of context. Crises tend to invoke panic and panic can lead to poor decisions, as happened in 2007-2008 in the
In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity. – Albert Einstein The hospitality world, specifically the private club labor market, has been turned on its head. KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE recently completed several weeks of recruitment efforts in the Las Vegas area, making major
A new day is dawning for clubhouse planning. When club operations and offerings change as they are now, so should the facilities that contain them. Good clubhouse architecture is not just about attractive interiors and trendy exteriors. Clubhouse design, floor plans, relationships between rooms, staff
Now clubs get the chance to rebrand, retheme and rethink their dining offerings to truly create favorite, safe place dining for their members. More than ever, privacy and controlled environments mean safety and enjoyment rolled into one at the club. This is a time to
The coronavirus pandemic has posed an unprecedented crisis that suddenly changed the way of life for billions of people around the world. As a result, the way people interact and do business with each other has been dramatically changed, and in many cases, halted altogether.
Integrating the Virtual Club Experience Technology is everything that doesn’t work yet,” observed Danny Hillis who, as it turns out, is actually a big fan of technology. He’s a successful entrepreneur who pioneered the concept of parallel computers and part-time MIT professor whose wry definition
Relevance and Creativity Steered River Oaks Country Club through 2020 Words like reimagined, modified, adapted and reinvented pepper a recent lively conversation with COO and General Manager Joe Bendy, CCM, CCE, and Club Manager Casey Newman, CCM, of Houston’s River Oaks Country Club (ROCC) about
Late Thursday afternoon Pete finished up his daily routine and peeled off to visit his club. He followed a light snack with a squash lesson—charging both to his account—before he headed home. Pete is a relatively new dues-paying member at the Country Club of Virginia