(LUTZ, FL) – International Club Suppliers (ICS) – the sales and marketing arm for entegra Procurement Services (entegra) in the golf club and resort channel – announces Earth Networks and its WeatherBug brand have joined the National Vendor Program.
As a result of the partnership, entegra will now offer the most advanced lightning and severe weather detection and alerting solutions to its members at preferred rates.
Earth Networks, the parent company of WeatherBug®, manages and operates the largest global weather monitoring and lightning detection networks. Its award-winning WeatherBug Club Safety solutions provide comprehensive lightning and severe weather detection and advanced warning for enabling member and employee safety, facilitating special event operations, and providing vital weather data for irrigation and turf management. The solutions keep club managers, owners, superintendents, golf professionals and staff informed and alerted to changing and potentially extreme weather via multiple methods, including mobile phones, computers, indoor alerting devices and outdoor sirens.
Precise, on-site and real-time weather monitoring and the most advanced lightning and severe weather detection and notification services are hallmarks of Earth Networks. In contrast with other single-node systems that only detect cloud-to-ground strikes or claim to “predict” lightning, Earth Networks’ WeatherBug Club Safety solution also detects in-cloud lightning, which often serves as a precursor to extreme weather conditions, including heavy rain and hail, high winds, and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.
“We are delighted to be partnering with ICS and the entegra program,” says Frank McCathran, Director of Enterprise Solutions, Earth Networks. “The partnership announced today provides an unrivaled relationship between two organizations with proven abilities to execute for their customers in the club and golf industries.”
Created in 2010, ICS’s National Vendor Program offers preferred pricing from companies in categories such as apparel, heavy equipment, fertilizers, marketing collateral and more.
“Our partnership with Earth Networks – WeatherBug is yet another example of the operational and bottom-line benefits associated with ICS and the entegra program,” says David Hamilton, Vice President of National Accounts, ICS. “Offering up to 12-percent upfront savings on more than 3,000 brand name products, ICS is integral to the success of more than 1,800 golf facilities nationwide.”
The entegra Program features dairy, produce, dry goods, meat, cleaning supplies, paper products, flatware, glassware, linens, office supplies and more. Ken’s, Sara Lee, Maxwell House and Smucker’s are among the many household names available.
For more information about WeatherBug’s Club Safety and ICS’s entegra Program, visit www.earthnetworks.com/ClubSafety, www.intlclubsuppliers.com or call 813.994.4680.
About entegra Procurement Services
Entegra Procurement Services, LLC (www.entegraps.com/public/main_public.aspx) is part of a global purchasing network that provides procurement services to more than 17,000 customers in North America. Its team of more than 100 procurement specialists purchases over $4 billion annually in food and supplies in the U.S. alone.
About International Club Suppliers (ICS)
Founded in 2002, ICS (www.intlclubsuppliers.com, 813.994.4680) realizes exceptional savings on food and related supplies for more than 1,800 golf facilities across the United States. Offering an inventory of 3,000 premium-branded products, ICS works with many of the leading golf course management companies and clubs, including Billy Casper Golf, Kemper Sports, American Golf, EAGLE Golf, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (OR) and Ka’anapali Golf Resort (HI).
About Earth NetworksSM
As a provider of comprehensive atmospheric data for nearly 20 years, Earth Networks is Taking the Pulse of the Planet with the world’s largest weather observation, lightning detection, and greenhouse gas monitoring networks and is establishing a network for collecting data within the planetary boundary layer. The company’s popular WeatherBug website, desktop application and mobile apps for major smartphone platforms provide real-time neighborhood-level weather and advanced severe weather alerts to millions of consumers. Enterprise solutions from Earth Networks enable organizations and markets, including golf clubs, energy and utilities, agriculture, schools, sports and recreation, emergency operations and government entities, to safeguard lives, prepare for weather and climate events and improve business operations. Founded in 1993, Earth Networks (www.earthnetworks.com) is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with additional locations in Mountain View, Calif.; New York, NY; Milan, Italy and a local presence in 50 countries worldwide.
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