Teneo Adds Pinehurst Resort to Portfolio

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Teneo Hospitality Group Adds Legendary Pinehurst Resort to its Expanding Portfolio

$30 Million Renovations to Enhance Resort

Eden Prairie, MN, January 2018 … It’s a landmark and a legend, a luxurious spa and health center, a renowned meetings hub and the place where golf in America was born. The storied Pinehurst Resort is a destination in itself, rising amid 2,000 acres of woodlands, lakes and links in North Carolina. Now, Teneo Hospitality Group, the premier global firm representing 300+ independent and luxury branded hotels, resorts and DMCs, welcomes this iconic resort to its rapidly expanding portfolio. Teneo will drive group sales for the award-winning resort and promote its $30 million Capital Refurbishment Program that will preserve its past and actively build its future.

“As Pinehurst approaches its 125th anniversary, we are looking to ensure its future and mission for another century”, says Eric Kuester, Vice President of Sales for the resort. “Our new partnership with Teneo Hospitality Group will help position Pinehurst as a complete meetings destination with a vivid history, exceptional facilities and a unique and authentic destination experience.”

“We are very proud to be supporting Pinehurst’s group meetings business as the resort engages in a far-reaching capital enhancement program,” said Teneo President Mike Schugt. “The resort enjoys a legendary past and a brilliant future. Pinehurst will offer not just the nation’s best golf, but an array of resort activities, dining options, health and wellness services, top-notch meeting and technical resources and a highly trained meetings support staff.”

Building on a Legendary History for a Brilliant Future

In the late 19th Century, health resorts were rising in popularity along the Eastern Seaboard. Quick to spot a trend, Boston soda fountain magnate, James Walker Tufts, purchased 5,500 acres of pine-filled woodlands in North Carolina. He envisioned a progressive health resort and built the Holly Inn to accommodate guests. Tufts commissioned Frederick Law Olmstead, the storied designer of New York City’s Central Park, to create Pinehurst Village with stores, stables, cottages and fine homes, and the resort has continuously taken shape around the historic village.

Tufts made another decision that changed the course of history at Pinehurst, commissioning Donald Ross to build the resort’s first four golf courses. Thanks to Ross’ work and meticulous commitment to perfection, Pinehurst is rightfully known today as “The Cradle of American Golf”, having played host to the most prominent championships in the game, including the US Open, PGA Championship, and the Ryder Cup. In an effort to preserve and share the wonderful golf pedigree of Pinehurst, the resort recently purchased Dornoch Cottage, the home that Ross built overlooking his masterpiece, Course #2. The home will be made available in 2018 for group functions and events that encapsulate the true spirit of Pinehurst and provide an in-depth look at Ross’ work through the years.

Expanding its golf options, the resort opened “The Cradle” – a nine hole par three course designed by Gil Hanse – in October of last year. The Cradle opens up entirely new possibilities for both beginning players and for groups with more limited time constraints hoping to experience a taste of golf at Pinehurst. The Cradle can be played in less than an hour at the price of $50 per player.

Today, Pinehurst is a nationally recognized destination, resort and conference hub. The new refurbishment and building projects will provide guests with experiences that are not available at any other golf resorts in the United States. With 80,000 square feet of meetings space, Pinehurst Resort hosts over 500 groups per year. Meeting planners will find a professional Event Services Team and Events Concierge who excel in crafting a world-class event from start to finish, as well as facility and technical support needed for a productive and memorable meeting in a spectacular, singular setting.

The Carolina Hotel, or “Queen of the South”, is the largest hotel in Pinehurst and the center of much of the resort’s activity. Built in 1901, its grand cupola rises over the village and its elegant ballrooms set the scene for memorable meetings and events. As part of the refurbishment program, the Cardinal Ballroom in the hotel will be restored to its Belle Époque glamour.

In addition to topnotch catering for events and meetings, Pinehurst offers a wide range of dining options with intimate dining rooms located in the Holly Inn and Carolina Hotel. Casual fare is served at The Deuce, a new restaurant that has already been acclaimed “Best New Golf Restaurant” by Golf Inc. Magazine, overlooking the famed 18th green of Course #2. The Tavern, with its famous bar brought from Scotland, is a guest favorite at The Holly Inn, serving a variety of traditional pub favorites infused with a Southern flair.

Construction has begun on the Village’s original Steam Plant, as it will become a Microbrewery and restaurant, set to open in the summer of 2018. The Microbrewery will feature original craft beers, a unique menu, and outdoor seating perfect for group dining.

Guests can choose from 428 guestrooms, located around Pinehurst. There are three historic properties: The Carolina Hotel – which also offers Villas geared toward golfers, the intimate Holly Inn and the cozy and casual Manor Inn. Popular with families and groups are the spacious condos with fully-equipped kitchens. The resort is in the final stages of room renovations and improvements and will have completed work on every guestroom in The Carolina and Holly Inn by April.

Pinehurst offers much more than golf – there’s tennis, cycling, swimming and workouts, yoga instruction and treatments at the resort’s award-winning spa. Opened in 2002 in a new building that blends seamlessly with the resort’s historic architecture, the 31,000-square foot spa continues Pinehurst’s healing legacy. The spa features 28 treatment rooms and an array of therapies incorporating local ingredients such as pine and honey. Hydrotherapy is available in the Tranquility Room lap pool and Pinehurst recently introduced cryotherapy to soothe aching muscles and rejuvenate the entire body. The spa also includes a Fitness Center that never closes.

Pinehurst is 71 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport and eight carriers provide service from around the US. The resort offers a shuttle service to and from the airport. Moore County Airport, serving corporate and private aircraft, is just five miles from Pinehurst Resort.

 

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Teneo Welcomes Julie Stovroff

Teneo Hospitality Group Names Julie Stovroff Vice President of Sales, Insurance and Financial Services

Eden Prairie, MN, April 2017 … Teneo Hospitality Group, the premier global sales firm representing 300+ independent and luxury branded hotels, resorts, and DMCs continues to expand its portfolio and international reach, naming Julie Stovroff Vice President of Sales, Insurance and Financial Services. Teneo President Mike Schugt made the announcement.

“As Teneo continues to grow, we are enhancing our ability to drive the highly important insurance and financial services business to our member properties,” said Mr. Schugt. “Teneo will become a stronger player in this market with Julie on board, and we welcome her to our company.”

Julie Stovroff brings 31 years of global sales and representation experience within the key insurance and financial services markets to her new position with Teneo Hospitality Group. She was previously Vice President, Group Sales Insurance and Financial Services for Preferred Hotels & Resorts where she earlier served as Director of Sales for the same market. In these positions, Ms. Stovroff was consistently recognized as a top performer, earning the company’s most prestigious sales and incentive awards. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Sales with Hinton and Grusich, responsible for insurance and financial services sectors as well.

Ms. Stovroff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Communications and Psycology from the University of Denver. A resident of Denver, Colorado, she will operate out of Teneo’s Denver offices.

Julie Stovroff
Vice President of Sales
O. (303) 333-4601
Julie.Stovroff@teneohg.com

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Teneo Launches Nationwide Meeting Planner and Networking Events

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TENEO HOSPITALITY GROUP REACHES OUT TO NEW YORK’S HOMELESS VIA INNOVATIVE NETWORKING EVENT.

 

Teneo Hospitality Group Launches Nationwide Meeting Planner and Hotelier Networking & Charity Events, Assisting Homeless in 14 Cities

NEW YORK, NY, March 2017 … Teneo Hospitality Group launched the first of several planned 2017 networking and charity programs with an interactive event at Manhattan’s swanky Second Floor venue. The gathering, to benefit the New York Rescue Mission, was attended by 100 meeting planners from the Northeast and representatives of 58 hotels and destinations from across the US and internationally. Teneo’s networking programs, held across the United States and in Latin America, provide members with a unique opportunity to showcase their products and services, enjoy great food and entertainment, while aiding a local charity. Teneo will host similar gatherings in 13 other cities during the year, each benefiting a local charitable organization supporting the homeless.

At the New York event, meeting planners were given Teneo tote bags to fill. Then, they visited each of the 58 tables where they connected with a hotelier or destination management company (DMC) who added an item to each bag. Each tote bag contained 58 items that could be useful to the homeless, including socks, dental floss, eye drops, hand cream, feminine products, toothbrushes, umbrellas, blankets, Band-Aids, snacks and a number of other necessity items. Over 160 bags were filled and donated to the NYC Rescue Mission.

Teneo developed the innovative program last year as a key part of its business model. “Our business is built on developing strong relationships between meeting planners and the hotels and DMC members who serve them,” says Teneo President Mike Schugt. “Our charitable outreach utilizes these interactive gatherings to give back by supporting the organizations servicing the homeless in their city.” He also noted that the problem of homelessness continues to grow, affecting a broad spectrum of the population, including families, women, children, veterans and those suffering from substance abuse and mental illness.

Since launching the program last year, Teneo has hosted nine events in various US cities, plus the company’s annual Summit in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Teneo chooses a different charitable focus each year. In 2016, the company’s outreach benefited at risk children in numerous US cities. Charities included Covenant House, Special Olympics and several local shelters and clothing programs for children in need. Participants filled backpacks with school supplies, toiletries and sneakers.

The innovative charitable aspect of the evening was new to many and greeted with appreciation. Noted Tiru Irani, president of Far Horizons, a luxury group travel company, “It was very thoughtful of Teneo to include the charity component to this event. I was touched and very impressed by this kind gesture.”

Teneo Hospitality Group brought its imaginative networking while giving concept to Manhattan with a major event attended by over 160 meeting planners, hoteliers and destination management companies. Meeting planners were given Teneo tote bags to fill, then visited each table where they connected with a hotelier or DMC who then added an item to each bag. Each bag contained 58 practical items, including dental floss, hand cream, feminine products, toothbrushes, umbrellas, blankets, Band-Aids, razors, snacks and socks designed especially for the homeless. Over 160 bags were filled and taken to the NYC Rescue Mission.

For more Event information please call Carolina Lorenz at 612-568-3924 or email Carolina.Lorenz@Teneohg.com
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Teneo Names Cindy Meyerer Director of Sales

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Expanding Its Professional Sales Force, Teneo Hospitality Group
Names Cindy Meyerer Director of Sales

 

Eden Prairie, MN, November 2016 … Further expanding its professional sales force, Teneo Hospitality Group, the premier global sales representation firm for independent and branded hotels, named Cindy Meyerer as director of sales, responsible for the company’s Southeastern market.

“We are delighted to welcome Cindy Meyerer to the Teneo family,” said Teneo President Mike Schugt. “Cindy has developed tremendous relationships with meeting professionals throughout her career, and her background and experience are a perfect fit for our team.”

Based in Orlando, Ms. Meyerer’s background in sales, catering, operations and destination promotion spans prominent hotel brands in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington D.C., California, and Texas. These include Hyatt Hotels, Gaylord Entertainment, and The Walt Disney Company. Her most recent position was with Disney Meetings and Disney Destinations Worldwide, as their National Sales Representative for the Southeast.

She holds numerous awards including Gaylord Hotels Teammate of the Year, Disney Destinations Platinum Circle Winner, and the NSO Top Production Award for Disney Destination’s Resort Division.

Ms. Meyerer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Hospitality Administration/Management from Florida State University.

About Teneo Hospitality Group

Teneo Hospitality Group represents over 300 independent and branded hotels, resorts and DMCs around the world.

Teneo is a Latin word meaning to know, understand and persevere. This maxim informs the company’s mission and its successful track record of global expansion. In just three years, Teneo has grown into a prominent industry player. The company continues to expand its staff of hospitality sales professionals, whose resumes span major hotel brands, independent properties and top travel destinations.

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Cindy Meyerer
Director of Sales
407-955-4938
Cindy.Meyerer@Tteneohg.com

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Coming Together by Giving Back

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Teneo Team giving back in Minneapolis

Coming Together by Giving Back
Building Relationships through Corporate Giving

Deck the halls, trim the tree, organize a company party and make sure that the plans for next year’s conferences are as carefully laid as the holiday banquet table. ‘Tis the season for meeting planners to be busy with celebrations, and a time when companies make their most generous charitable donations to national and local charities.

At Teneo Hospitality Group, we believe that giving back in the spirit of the holidays is certainly appropriate and can greatly benefit the company who is giving, even more than the recipient. Apart from being its own reward, corporate social outreach can raise a company’s profile, attract positive media and investor attention, enhance teamwork and build bridges between management, employees and the local community.

We believe that an innovative, well-planned social engagement program can do all this and much more. In fact, corporate giving is such a valuable tool, we have made it an integral part of our business model and a year ‘round effort. Our business is built on developing relationships between meeting planners and our hotel and DMC members who serve them. Our charitable outreach is designed to bring those groups together through a series of interactive events.

We host nearly 20 events per year in locations across the US and Latin America. Local meeting planners are invited to meet and network with Teneo member Hotel and DMC representatives. There’s great food, entertainment and a chance to help a local charity while networking at the same time. Since most of our charities are geared toward helping children in need, we designed back-to-school events, where we purchased backpacks and filled them with needed school supplies. These included pens, pencils, crayons, markers, notebooks, and paper. Planners are given a backpack to fill and go to each table, where they connect with a hotelier who then adds an item to the backpack until all backpacks are filled. It’s simple, fun and effective.

In some cases, instead of giving school supplies, we provided toiletries or pairs of shoes for children at local homeless shelters.

Most companies cannot donate millions of dollars. But we can create cost-effective programs that benefit local communities in a targeted and meaningful way, while involving our employees and clients.

This year, our programs have benefited at risk children in numerous US cities. Charities included Covenant House, Special Olympics and several local shelters and clothing programs for children in need. At our recent Summit in Puerto Vallarta, we contributed backpacks filled with necessities to two local charities that aid children.

The backpacks are both attractive and practical, and their contents are greatly appreciated. We donated 100 pairs of shoes to the St. Anthony Free Clothing Program in San Francisco – just in time for the kids’ return to school.

Our clients agree that these events are unique – and fun. “My personal award for Most Creative and Thoughtful Charity Event,” wrote one meeting planner. Said another, “I loved being part of something bigger in giving back to the community.”

In the New Year, we hope to expand our programs and partnerships, bringing more meeting professionals and Teneo members together, helping disadvantaged kids and leaving something meaningful behind in each place we visit.

About Teneo Hospitality Group

Teneo Hospitality Group is a leading professional group sales organization, representing over 300 hotels, resorts and destination management companies (DMCs) worldwide. Learn more about Teneo Hospitality Group.

Mike Schugt

Mike Schugt

Mike Schugt
President
Teneo Hospitality Group
Mike.Schugt@Teneohg.com

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Teneo’s 2016 Summit

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Teneo’s 2016 Summit

We took great consideration while choosing Circle of Success to be the theme of our Summit this year. As we prepared for our Summit, we wanted to keep the Circle of Success elements – Relationships, ROI, Trends, Education, Leadership, Technology, Networking, Negotiation, Opportunity – in mind in all the sessions, speakers, events, and activities that we scheduled.

Over the course of three days, we learned from some of the top speakers and leaders in our industry. With 115 of our top clients, and 55 hotel and DMC members in attendance, the ability to network and the knowledge you gain from fellow attendees is invaluable. Plus, the ability to take part in the hosted buyer 1 on 1 appointments allows attendees to network in an exclusive, private setting where relationships are formed and strengthened.

With a strong focus on education throughout our Summit, attendees were approved for 4.5 CE credits. We understand the importance of applying the knowledge gained towards attendees’ professional development.

5 Great Takeaways from our Summit

  1. By incorporating a charitable contribution element to your events, it sets the tone for teamwork and relationship building.
  2. With help of our keynote speaker, Laura Schwartz, we know to always find the networking power of every social event that you attend. Therefore, attendees could use each meal function, session and activity for networking between the industry’s top meeting planners, hoteliers, and Teneo sales professionals.
  3. All attendees left with key industry and F&B trends that are effecting the current meeting planning process.
  4. Via Scott Friedman – Always use humor in the work place. By doing so, we found that we can enjoy work more than ever before with the right tools to create a positive culture and team.
  5. Our industry debate panel showed us that viewpoints can be challenged, but one of the most important take-aways was that teamwork always leads to the best possible outcome.

Our host hotel, Grand Fiesta Americana Puerto Vallarta All Inclusive Adults Only, thought of every single aspect that makes an incredible and memorable event, and everyone was blown away. Fiesta Americana Puerto Vallarta All Inclusive hit it out of the park at our Friday night dinner with entertainment, delicious food, and finishing the night off by lighting up the sky for us with an amazing firework display. Our transportation and activities could not have gone more smoothly thanks to our host hotel, our fabulous DMC member, Terramar (a member of The DMC Network), and the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board.

We hope that you join us in 2017 as we’ll continue to set the bar high and create unique opportunities for our members and clients to maintain that Circle of Success we so strongly believe in!

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For more event information please call Carolina Lorenz at 612-568-3924 or email Carolina.Lorenz@Teneohg.com

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Ken Ellens Communications & Sweeney Public Relations to Provide Communications Services for Teneo

Ken Ellens Communications & Sweeney Public Relations to Provide Communications Services for Teneo

Ken Ellens Communications, in partnership with Anne Sweeney Public Relations, will provide communications services for the Teneo Hospitality Group (www.teneohg.com) Teneo is a leading professional group meeting sales organization, representing over 300 hotels, resorts and destination management companies (DMCs) worldwide. Teneo is a Latin word meaning “to know, understand and persevere” (more…)

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Teneo Hospitality Group Promotes New President, Mike Schugt

Teneo Hospitality Group Promotes New President, Mike Schugt

Eden Prairie, MN – (August 10, 2016) Darrell Tamosuinas, CEO, announced today the promotion of Mike Schugt as President of Teneo Hospitality Group. Mr. Schugt joined Teneo in January, 2015 and has over 27 years of senior level hospitality experience and industry leadership. During his tenure with Teneo, Mr. Schugt’s main focus has been developing the strategic direction and growth of Teneo. (more…)

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Teneo Hospitality Group Gives Back to Children in Need

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Teneo Hospitality Group Gives Back to Children in Need

Eden Prairie, MN – (July 22, 2016) Teneo Hospitality Group (www.teneohg.com), a global sales organization representing over 300 member hotels, resorts and DMCs, hosted three events in Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City this week. Teneo’s Midwest team provided a forum for their hotel and DMC members to network with meeting planning professionals. As an added benefit, each attendee had the opportunity to provide disadvantaged youths with a charitable contribution (more…)

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Teneo Launches Major DMC Expansion with The DMC Network

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Teneo Hospitality Group forms Exclusive Domestic Partnership with The DMC Network

Eden Prairie, MN – (January 20, 2016) The DMC Network, LLC, the most accredited (ADMEI) consortium of destination management companies in North America, has signed a preferred partnership agreement with Teneo Hospitality Group, a global sales organization representing 200 member hotels and resorts. The alliance will provide the Teneo associates and their clients the most reliable, trustworthy and consistent DMC services (more…)

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