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Platinum Clubs of America 2026: The Definitive List & Rankings

0 Of all U.S. private clubs earn Platinum 0 Total Platinum Clubs (2025–2026) 0 Selection criteria evaluated 0 Program founded by John R. Sibbald Country Clubs 150 Golf Clubs 50 City Clubs 50 Yacht Clubs 30 Athletic Clubs 20 300 clubs total, representing the top five percent of U.S. private clubs, according to Platinum Clubs […]

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Industry News & Trends

Founders, Garages, and Grid Time: How Driving Clubs Build Waitlists That Don’t Break

How private driving clubs use founding-member programs, garage waitlists, and event calendars to build demand, community, and long-term retention.

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Industry News & Trends

The Economics of Wellness Membership: Recurring Revenue, Retention, and the Traditional Club’s Best New Growth Lever

The recurring-revenue math behind wellness membership—pricing, retention, and how traditional clubs can add wellness as a durable membership driver.

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Member Retention & Engagement Social & City Clubs

Selling Belonging, Not Amenities: What Social and City Clubs Actually Sell

The best social and city clubs don’t sell gyms, dining, or spaces — they sell community, curation, and identity. Here is how they market belonging as the product.

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The Multi-Line Barn: How Equestrian Clubs Turn One Member Into Six Revenue Streams

Boarding, training, lessons, clinics, and show hauling make equestrian clubs the most diversified business in private clubs — and the stickiest membership.

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Inside the Private-Track Boom: The Membership Economics of America’s Driving Clubs

How private driving clubs are turning racetracks into real estate, initiation fees, and garage-condo communities for high-net-worth members.

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PCM News Wellness & Lifestyle

The Longevity Boom: Why Premium Wellness Clubs Are the Fastest-Growing Category in Private Membership

Premium wellness and longevity clubs are the fastest-growing category in private membership. What is driving demand, and what it means for club leadership.

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Social & City Clubs

The City-Club Comeback: How Urban Social Clubs Became the Hottest Membership Category in America

Why urban private social clubs are booming post-remote-work — the new-wave clubs, the legacy houses modernizing, and the membership playbook behind the revival.

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Industry News & Trends

The Fall Season Advantage: What Equestrian Clubs Teach Every Membership Team About Scarcity, Loyalty, and Land

How private equestrian, riding, and polo clubs build membership economics on land, season, and lineage — and the marketing playbook behind them.

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Industry News & Trends

The Beach Club at Peak Season: Cabana Economics & the Summer Waitlist Playbook

The beach club compresses almost all of its annual revenue into a 90-to-120-day window — and the operators who maximize it treat the cabana tier, the day-pass program, and the summer guest list as a single integrated machine, not three separate problems.