Comprehensive Weather Information and Services Help Club Managers Enhance
Member Safety and Experience and Improve Club Operations
Golf Industry Show - Booth # 865 - Orange County Convention Center
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- WeatherBug(R), operator of the
world's largest proprietary weather network, and the Club Managers
Association of America (CMAA), announced today WeatherBug Club Safety, a
comprehensive suite of solutions to help club managers and supervisors
respond to and handle weather-related risks, enhance member safety &
experience, and improve operations.
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"The WeatherBug Club Safety solutions integrate highly relevant, live,
local weather information and alerts with unprecedented support both online
and through their team of meteorologists to provide the best total picture
of weather-related risks," said CMAA CEO James B. Singerling, CCM, CEC. "We
are proud to support the WeatherBug solutions and are confident they can
help provide a highly valuable service to our more than 3,000 member clubs
nationwide."
Available immediately, WeatherBug Club Safety provides:
-- Increased Member Safety: localized severe weather alerts-including
lightning, high wind, heat index, and heavy precipitation-available
exclusively from WeatherBug's National Network of Tracking Stations and
cameras and the National Weather Service;
-- Enhanced Member Experience: live, local weather conditions, radar and
forecasts on club Web sites or in high-traffic areas as a resource for
members and the community;
-- Improved Event Management: 24x7 support from a team of trained
meteorologists for customized analysis and interpretation of severe
weather forecasts for special event planning and operational support;
and
-- Better Irrigation and Turf Management: customized precipitation and
forecast information for improved irrigation and turf management
including timely weather information when applying chemicals,
establishing cart rules or other operational decisions to protect
assets.
Additionally, WeatherBug Club Safety includes a live GPS-enabled mobile
weather alerting service, WeatherBug Protect, which turns employee phones
into life-saving devices so that no matter where they're located, they can
receive critical weather alerts. WeatherBug Protect is the first
location-based mobile solution that proactively sends customized alerts
such as lightning, high wind and heat index, from the WeatherBug Network
and the National Weather Service.
Congressional Country Club, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is the first
to install the service from WeatherBug. "We've been using WeatherBug to
make weather related decisions for years. We are excited to now integrate
the new WeatherBug Club Safety solutions to improve club operations and
member services," said Michael G. Leemhuis, CEO and general manager of
Congressional Country Club.
"Announced today for the golf industry, WeatherBug Club Safety improves
risk management by providing up-to-the-second, accurate weather information
so critical decisions can be made in time to respond to developing weather
conditions before they have an impact on daily operations," said John
Doherty, vice president of sales and marketing for WeatherBug. "These
solutions are also great news for any outdoor recreation and sports
business that wants to manage weather-related delays, save time and money
and protect fans, employees and patrons."
About CMAA
The Club Managers Association of America is the professional
Association for managers of membership clubs. With more than 7,000 members
across all classifications, CMAA members run more than 3,000 country, golf,
city, athletic, faculty, yacht, town and military clubs. The objectives of
the Association are to promote and advance friendly relations among persons
connected with the management of clubs and other associations of similar
character; to encourage the education and advancement of its members; and
to assist club officers and members, through their managers, to secure the
utmost in efficient and successful operations. For more information, please
visit http://www.cmaa.org.
About WeatherBug
WeatherBug (http://www.weatherbug.com and
http://www.weatherbugprofessional.com) ensures that individuals, schools,
businesses and government agencies receive the most precise live weather
information, the most relevant weather reports and the earliest weather
warnings to safeguard property and lives and to plan with confidence. With
a worldwide network of weather sensors, WeatherBug Tracking Stations and
cameras primarily based at neighborhood schools and public safety
facilities across the U.S., WeatherBug maintains the largest exclusive
weather network in the world. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence
Technologies, Inc. (http://www.aws.com).
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