ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL – Aureus has agreed to return as the shirt sponsor for the 17th Annual ING Spring Conference set for beautiful Turning Stone Resort & Casino, a PGA Tour host site, June 3-7, 2007.
The International Network of Golf (ING) is a 17-year-old, non-profit networking organization whose mission is to enhance and promote communication and education in golf. Membership and attendance is open to anyone in the golf industry and media.
Aureus participated in the 2006 ING Spring Conference, including the ING Fashion Show and the One-On-One Appointment Show. Aureus uses the finest fabrics and materials available, including Mercerized Egyptian cotton, Fine Silk and Spanish Merino Wool. Among the new innovative Aureus styles are the Gel-Print Polo, Raw Silk Camp, and 3-in-1 Windshirt.
Another collection of Aureus shirts is made of innovative TechniCool Elite fabric, which combines the luxury of mercerized cotton and
the performance of TechniCool polyester.
Aureus will join adidas, Nike Golf and other brands in the 3rd Annual ING Media Fashion Show on the second night of the conference at Turning Stone. Also that night, the results of the 14th Annual ING Media Awards will be announced.
Sreenath "Sree" Sreenivasan, Dean of Students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and WNBC’s tech reporter, will give the Keynote Address. As a freelance journalist, Sreenivasan has written for The New York Times, Business Week, Popular Science, Time Digital, National Journal, India Today, Newsday, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, Sesame Street Parents, and Rolling Stone. He also writes a weekly web tips column for Poynter.org, a useful Web site for journalists and others who deal with the media.
Sreenivasan travels the world discussing new media trends such as blogs and web surfing. Most recently he has presented to the Society of American Travel Writers convention, Baruch College of Journalism, Indo American Arts Council Film Festival, Rubin Museum of Art and the editorial staff of Los Angeles Times.
Over 225 members and guests are expected to attend the annual Spring Conference, an action-packed convention full of educational seminars, product displays and various networking and golf opportunities.
Focus will be on developing beneficial relationships among ING members. The very popular ING One-On-One Appointment Show will return for a fourth year. The appointment show provides attendees a platform for private meetings to encourage business relationships.
Also on the diverse ING itinerary will be workshops, speakers, the Demo Lab, the Small Groups Topics Breakfast and the ING Media Awards banquet and fashion show.
Turning Stone Resort and Casino, an enterprise of the Oneida Indian Nation, has evolved into a premier four-season destination resort featuring golf, round-the-clock gaming, fine dining and live entertainment.
In addition to its three championship courses — designed by Fazio, Smith and Jones — the resort’s golf options include a par three course, also designed by Smith, and a nine-hole regulation-length course. Turning Stone also offers an indoor golf training facility housing 40 hitting stations, two putting surfaces, bunkers and two golf simulators. The dome will host the opening night Golf Expo & Orientation for the ING Conference.
The resort’s extensive menu of amenities includes 19 restaurants, more than 700 hotel rooms and suites, spa and salon, fitness facilities, an 800-seat Showroom, 5,000-seat Event Center, Business Center, and Conference Center offering several room configurations to easily accommodate any size gathering.
For more information, call 407-328-0500 or visit www.inggolf.com. For information on Turning Stone Resort & Casino, visit www.turning-stone.com or phone 1-800-771-7711.
Contact:
Mike Jamison
407-328-0500 x1
mike@jamisongolf.com
