Meanwhile, Skinner said that Golden Horseshoe, a KemperSports-managed 45-hole resort facility in Williamsburg, Va., enjoyed double-digit, year-over-year growth in golf package visitors during the late summer and early fall.
Such resilience shouldn’t come as a surprise in the destination golf industry. While the number of overall golfers in the U.S. declined over the 15 years leading up to the pandemic, and the number of golf courses went down by 10%, according to the NGF, the global destination golf industry has expanded. From 2011 through 2019, sales by golf tour operators increased 8% to 10% annually, according to the International Association
Fodor’s Travel picked Burlington as one of five U.S. cities to visit that feel like prominent travel destinations elsewhere in the world.
The article, published this month, gives travelers who would normally be making plans to traverse the world, options here in the U.S. while international travel is not recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fodor’s suggests five U.S. cities or parks they consider counterparts to locations abroad. For a Parisian feel — New Orleans; a Rio vibe try Miami; London found its mate in Philadelphia; the Amazon — Red Wood National Park.
And Copenhagen found its twin in
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Wyndham Destinations, an Orlando, Fla.-based timeshare resort company, has acquired Travel + Leisure from publishing giant Meredith in a $100 million deal.
The resort company owns 230 timeshare resorts and runs 18 travel clubs. Meredith will continue to operate the media properties under a long term-licensing deal as the company uses it to enhance its travel club relationships.
“Over the past 18 months, we have laid the foundation to expand our footprint beyond our core vacation ownership business, and today we add one of the most trusted and influential brands in travel through the acquisition of Travel + Leisure,” said
