Successful Meetings - January 2009 - (Page 74)

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida PGA NATIONAL RESORT & SPA This legendary golf resort is back on the meetings map with renewed facilities. Inside Scoop eginning in 1982 with the PGA Championship, golf has been an integral part of PGA National Resort & Spa. Extensive renovations to the Palmer Course, named after its designer Arnold Palmer, were unveiled in January 2008. In 2007, a multi-milliondollar upgrade of the Champ ensued, lengthening the course in time for the Honda Classic. The resort is home to the new PGA National Golf Academy, which provides customized group programs, including instruction by the Dave Pelz Scoring Game School and David Leadbetter Golf Academy. B The Big Day: August 2008 The Bottom Line: $65 million DIVERSIONS & EXCURSIONS Five master-designed, 18-hole golf courses, plus on-site PGA National Golf Academy • 40,000-square-foot spa features unique Waters of the World outdoor mineral pools • 32,000-squarefoot Health & Racquet Club • 19 HarTru tennis courts • Four croquet lawns • Newly redesigned resort pool overlooking 26-acre lake • Minutes from highend shopping, beaches, and cultural attractions of Palm Beach PROPERTY PRIMER A legendary golf and meetings resort, PGA National has stepped up to the next level with a host of improvements in the wake of new ownership. The first stage of the transformation began last summer and is now fully complete, with $65 million of resort-wide updates and renovations. Changes have included a new entrance, a redesigned lobby, a chic new lobby bar, a new restaurant, meeting space overhaul, and a completely revamped pool area with a twolevel pavilion, providing an additional 5,000 square feet of outdoor function space. The resort has also been sprucing up its impressive 90 holes of championship golf, including a multi-milliondollar renovation of the Champion Course, new home to the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. cent to the resort • Separate balcony or terrace with property views • High-speed wireless Internet access • Dual-line telephones • Flat-screen televisions • New marble bathrooms MEETINGS BLUEPRINT A total of 39,000 square feet of meeting space • 23 meeting rooms • Two ballrooms for up to 850 guests • Executive boardroom • 50-seat amphitheater • Outdoor atrium, poolside pavilion, and other outdoor spaces for functions MAP IT OUT Next door to PGA of America, the 2,348-acre resort is just 20 minutes from Palm Beach International Airport, and within easy driving distance of Fort Lauderdale and Miami International airports. IN GOOD TASTE Seven restaurants and lounges • Ironwood Grille, a new, upscale steak and seafood eatery • Contemporary lobby bar, iBar• Poolside Wave Bar & Grill for poolside dining • The Bear Trap Bar & Grille, named for three of the toughest holes on the PGA Tour • 19th Hole offers light fare overlooking the practice greens • The Waters of the World Spa Café • Café Pronto • In-room dining CONTACT James Gelfand VP of Sales, Marketing & Revenue Development (561) 227-2557 E-mail: james.gelfand@pgaresort.com www.pgaresort.com SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION INTERIOR DESIGN 381 spacious guest rooms, including 58 suites • 42 two-bedroom cottages adja- 74 http://www.pgaresort.com

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