Ideas Exchange



Burgeoning Bodega
Burgeoning Bodega
Submitted by Middle Bay Country Club
To generate interest in Middle Bay Country Club’s start-up wine program, General Manager Frank Benzakour (and winner of the 2006 Excellence in Club Management “Rising Star” Award), had a pair of temperature-controlled mahogany and glass wine cabinets built where everyone could see them—in a hallway that had been devoted to public telephones.

Raising a Red Flag
Raising a Red Flag
Submitted by WaterColor Inn
On Florida beaches, colored warning flags alert swimmers to various water conditions. But, at the Beach Club Grill & Bar at the WaterColor Inn in Santa Rosa Beach (one hour east of Pensacola), the flags indicate the daily drink special.

Rounding Up
Rounding Up
Submitted by Circling Raven Golf Club
Circling Raven Golf Club’s management never stops brainstorming and looking for ways to maximize the operation and its results.

When temperatures soared and held steady at more than 100 degrees in July, the golf club faced something it had never encountered since opening in August 2003—the prospect that it likely wouldn't increase the number of rounds played that month compared to the previous year.

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