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Laver Cup Rules: The Team-Format Mixer That Closes Your Fall League With a Waitlist

The Laver Cup’s escalating-points scoring solves the exact problem that kills most fall tennis leagues: matches that stop mattering by week six. Here’s how to run a capped, team-format finale on Laver Cup rules — and why the waitlist you generate matters more than the event itself.

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What Gstaad Told Us: The Longevity Investment Trends Heading for Your Club Spa

The Longevity Investors Conference in Gstaad puts real capital behind the trends your members already chase at hotel spas and standalone clinics. Here’s what the money signals for your club — and which clubs are already acting on it.

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Before Fall Pricing Kicks In: Ikon, Epic and the Mountain Club Value Argument

As Ikon and Epic fall pricing approaches, prospects are already comparing mega-pass access against what a private ski club membership cost actually buys. From Palisades Tahoe’s new Apex Club to Windham, Hermitage, and Cimarron, this is the shoulder-season window mountain clubs should own before the pass companies frame the conversation.

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A Private Club Just Landed a PGA Tour Stop: What the Biltmore Championship at The Cliffs Means for Club Brand-Building

The Biltmore Championship brings the PGA Tour to a private club for the first time in Asheville in 80 years. Here’s what The Cliffs at Walnut Cove’s moment in the spotlight teaches every private club about turning visibility into lasting brand equity.

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Beyond the Berth: The Membership Economics of Private Yacht and Sailing Clubs

How private yacht and sailing clubs turn scarce berths, social members, and a $230B boating economy into durable membership growth.

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Napa Harvest 2026: The Cab Pre-Release, the Sotheby’s Auction and the Member Trip Your Club Should Be Selling

Sotheby’s auction, Cab Pre-Release weekend, and crush season all land in the same ten-day window this September — the moment to sell a Napa harvest wine club trip and launch your club’s in-house wine program.

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Nationals and a Paris Major: The Two Racquet Formats Growing Faster Than Tennis

The Veolia Pickleball Nationals, Premier Padel’s Paris Major, and the US Open final all land within two weeks of each other this September. Here’s what the capacity and capital-spend data says about where club racquet sports investment — including padel club membership — is actually heading, with real examples from five clubs already building for it.

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Opening Meet: How Hunt and Equestrian Clubs Turn Fall Season Into a Recruiting Calendar

The Hampton Classic just closed, Burghley and the Valkenswaard leg of the Global Champions Tour open this weekend, and equestrian clubs are entering the only season that matters for recruiting. Here’s how Belle Meade Hunt, Green Spring Valley Hounds, and three other hunts turn opening meet into a documented hunt club membership pipeline.

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Club Championship Season: Marketing Your Member Championship to Prospects, Not Just Members

The Walker Cup proves the amateur pipeline still sells. Your member championship is the same story, running on your own course, and almost none of it reaches the prospects your club needs next.

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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.