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News from the frontline

CMAE hosts US managers for prestigious BMI International

Leading club managers from America

gathered in Edinburgh for the 2022 Club

Management Association of America (CMAA)

Business Management

Institute (BMI) International Conference from 6-11 October. The event, organised and hosted by the CMAE, saw around 100 club management professionals from major US golf, country, city and dining clubs attend the five-day programme, to enjoy a combination of keynote presentations, interactive sessions, round table debates and networking.

BMI International takes place at various places across the world bi-annually. • Photosoftheeventcanbeviewedon CMAE’sfacebookpageatthislink. ImagecourtesyofKennySmith, KennySmithPhotography

CMAE storms ahead at 2022 Club Awards

Congratulations to all CMAE clubs who entered the 2022 Club Awards, with particular congratulations going to The City of London Club, Mortonhall Golf Club and Roehampton Club.

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CMAE 2022 European Conference hailed a success

The Club Management Association of Europe (CMAE) hosted the European Conference on Club Management from the 5-8 November in Costa Adeje, Tenerife.

Delegates travelled from across the UK, Europe and as far as South Africa and the US to attend the event which featured a programme of inspirational keynote sessions, workshops and excellent networking opportunities, culminating in the closing Gala Dinnner. •Turntopage9 foraConferenceReview.

Ballybunion GC streamlines standards

Ballybunion Golf Club in County Kerry has embraced a Safety and Compliance platform from Obbi Golf which helps ensure that safety, compliance and training standards at golf clubs are up to date at the click of a button.

Matthew Trousdale, Head of Course Data, Training and Health & Safety at the clubs, said: “Prior to Obbi our H&S was a cumbersome process because it was paper based. This resulted in a slower onboarding of new team members as well as inefficient record keeping in terms of H&S. Obbi has helped us overcome these challenges. ”

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NEWS IN BRIEF

CMAE welcomes new Commercial Director

Craig Cotterill has been appointed to the position of CMAE’s Commercial Director, taking responsibility for the operational management of CMAE’s corporate partnerships.

The Commercial Director is a new position, created in line with CMAE’s strategic plan published in June.

Craig comes with a wealth of experience, having recently held roles as Head of Commercial Partnerships at the NEC Group and Partnerships Manager at the Golf Club Managers Association. • Turntopages15-16formoredetails.

New launch for PGA Professionals

Golf Genius Software has launched its ‘Golf Shop’ product across international markets, aiming to help create new levels of efficiencies for PGA Professionals worldwide.

With functions to manage special orders, club repairs, demo and rental sets, staff scheduling and customer profiling, the Golf Shop product combines numerous features that enable golf retailers to deliver greater customer value, save time and create more revenue.

“We recognise that golf professionals and specialist retailers are always looking for a concise and efficient service to run their shop operations, so we came up with a solution, ” said Craig Higgs, Managing Director for Golf Genius International. “We pride ourselves on listening to our customer’s needs and Golf Shop is a biproduct of this approach; it’s there to help manage the workload of staff, streamline retail communications and provide PGA Professionals with useful information about their customers. ” • Moredetailsatthelinkbelow. calendly.com/golf-genius