LAKE MARY, FL (March 27, 2013) – Four more companies have committed as exhibitors for the 23rd Annual ING Spring Conference May 19-23 at Reunion Resort in Orlando.
This annual gathering of golf media, companies and executives from the golf industry is set for May 19-23 at beautiful Reunion Resort in Orlando. The non-profit International Network of Golf, the industry’s only media-based networking organization, conducts the conference. ING is “where the media and golf industry connect.”
Anyone in the golf industry and media is invited to join ING and attend the conference. Call 407-328-0500, ext. 1 for details.
The four latest companies to sign up for the conference are:
PGA GOLF EXHIBITIONS: In partnership with The PGA of America, PGA Golf Exhibitions organizes the PGA Merchandise Show (January in Orlando) and the PGA Expo (August in Las Vegas). The PGA Merchandise Show celebrated its 60th Anniversary this year. The PGA Expo, during Las Vegas Fashion Week, is a springboard for golf business in the second-half of the season featuring more than 200 vendors and hosting some 4,000 buyers to source new merchandise, preview Spring fashions, test the latest products and learn new business methods.
POWERBILT: Founded in 1916, the PowerBilt Golf Company has long been known for traditional yet innovate designs for all players, from beginners to tour players. In 2012 PowerBilt is launching the fourth generation of Air Force One deep face drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, featuring the patented nitrogen charged technology. Also features the new Powerbilt Junior program and the in-store junior golf center along with the PowerBilt scholarship program for higher education supported by the HB Foundation.
RAZOR GOLF: Razor Golf, based outside of Tampa, FL, is a design/manufacturer of high quality, mid-priced golf equipment. Razor Golf is a leader is developing “game improvement” clubs. The latest offering is the beautiful Eclipse line of irons and woods. Razor Golf also provides logo/promotional merchandise through its subsidiary, Razor Promotions.
TAYLORMADE GOLF: TaylorMade pioneered the metalwood, an alternative to persimmon that was so easy to hit that amateurs embraced it and tour professionals couldn’t ignore it. Ever since then TaylorMade has been golf’s leader in technology, engineering golf clubs that meet the specific needs of all types of golfers. The Rocketballz fairway woods won the Product Ingenuity-Market Leaders category of the 2012 ING Industry Honors.
Attendees at the ING Spring Conference will have the opportunity to test the latest and greatest golf products from manufacturers large and small during the popular ING Demo Lab. Companies with golf clubs, putters and training aids get space on the range and putting green to display product. Attendees, including golf writers, broadcasters and editors from media outlets across America come through the Lab to capture first-hand knowledge of the equipment.
The popular One-On-One Appointment Show returns, featuring private, 20-minute meetings between exhibitors and attendees. The Appointment Show, which has been expanded to two days at this year’s conference, was created to place an emphasis on business relations between the media and golf companies, resorts, destinations and entrepreneurs.
The ING staff gathers all meeting requests ahead of the conference and makes appropriate matches for the appointments. The entire schedule is determined and published prior to the show to allow for adequate planning time.
The featured golf competition that week will be the World Golfers Amateur Tour National Qualifier on Monday of the conference. This individual net stroke play will take place over the Watson Course, with five flight winners earning spots in the WGAT National Finals in Mesquite, NV, in September. Flight winners there will be on Team USA in the World Finals in South Africa.
The Durland Cup Scramble will be played over the Palmer Course at Reunion on Wednesday May 22. The competition is named after longtime ING Golf Committee chairman Larry Durland.
Reunion Resort is located only 25 minutes southwest of the Orlando International Airport, and is part of the newly established Grand Golf Resorts of Florida – a Salamander Collection – along with 2011 ING host Innisbrook Resort near Tampa and Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast.
Along with the three diverse golf courses by Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson, Reunion is also home to the ANNIKA Academy of Annika Sorenstam, and the Frankly Putting PAD of Frank Thomas.
ING attendees will be treated to the incredible 3-bedroom villas for their accommodations. The villas average approximately 2,200 square feet. Each bedroom has its own bathroom and TV, and shares a spacious and well-appointed living room and kitchen with the other two bedrooms. Each villa also features a balcony and flat-screen TVs.
The ING Conference is open to everyone in the golf industry and media. For more information, call 407-328-0500, ext. 1. For more information regarding Reunion Resort, visit www.reunionresort.com.
Contact:
Mike Jamison
407-328-0500, ext. 1
mike@jamisongolf.com
