Tom Hoch Announced as Featured Speaker at KPMG 2010 Golf Business Forum in Belek, Turkey
Leading Clubhouse Designer to Address Maximizing Profits Through Design and Operations
Tom Hoch – a pioneer in revenue-based design and turn-key, design-build interior architecture solutions – has been announced as a featured speaker at the KPMG 2010 Golf Business Forum at The Gloria Resort in Belek, Turkey, May 12-14.
Hoch is speaking at a workshop-style session on maximizing profits through design and operations. His firm's proprietary design model has enhanced revenue and maximized space at clubhouses around the world. Hoch will address a variety of topics including "right sizing" clubhouses for fiscal effectiveness, and retaining and attracting new members and golfers through smart design.
The Golf Business Forum is a unique platform for golf industry professionals to network, learn, exchange ideas and do business. This year's event features such luminaries as Annika Sorenstam, Greg Norman and Jerry Kilby (CEO of the Club Managers Association of Europe and head of Tom Hoch's International Client Services Division).
A two-time Open Championship winner, Norman will be presented with the Golf Business Forum Lifetime Achievement award for his completion of more than 70 projects on six continents. Sorenstam, a 10-time major champion, will be presented with the first ever Golf Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
For more information on Tom Hoch visit www.tomhoch.com or call 405.524.0505. For more information on the 2010 Golf Business Forum visit www.golfbusinessforum.com.
About Tom Hoch | Plan | Design | Build
Founded in 1963 in Oklahoma City by Tom (senior) and Joanne Hoch, Tom Hoch is a design-build firm specializing in club, resort, hotel, restaurant and recreational spaces, and a recognized worldwide leader for delivering exceptional results on schedule and within budget. It has created many of the most memorable, engaging and functional spaces in the golf, hospitality and leisure industries, including award-winning, revenue-bolstering projects for leading luxury brands.
Tom Hoch has revolutionized the category via its "revenue-based design" model, a space planning, sizing and mapping process for retail-driven spaces such as golf shops and food- and-beverage operations. The revenue-based design model can be applied to new construction, and is particularly effective with cost-sensitive remodeling projects. It is scalable and can be utilized with any size space in a wide variety of industries (golf, restaurant, hotel, spa, recreational clubs and more).
Superior views, balanced site lines, privacy, energy, operational efficiency with optimal staffing, exceptional luxury and increased profits are central to Tom Hoch's delivery of a signature, custom interior space that is the lifestyle centerpiece of clubs and communities. These inviting, comfortable and stunning gathering places are powerful marketing tools for owners, developers, membership directors and real-estate agents. Styles range from classic and neo-classic to contemporary and progressive.
Contracted design work is completed onsite in Tom Hoch's 30,000 square-foot studio, a unique position in the category that leads to increased efficiencies and overall quality. An "American Craftsman" operation, projects are designed and built by highly skilled artisans, carpenters and designers, and installed by an in-house team with minimal outsourcing. Tom Hoch employs "green building" techniques and practices to deliver spaces and products which are environmentally sensitive.
Shane Sharp
(704.519.8381)
KPMG Golf Advisory Practice
