Longboat Key Club & Resort a Gem Among Florida Resorts

Holidays are the perfect opportunities to reunite with friends and family – to gather together and celebrate shared values with the people you love. Memorial Day weekend is the official beginning of Summer, and there’s no better place to celebrate this annual event than at one of the premier Southwest Florida beach resorts – Longboat Key Club & Resort.

Located on a barrier island just off the coast of Sarasota, the AAA Four-Diamond Longboat Key Club & Resort has everything you need for a glorious holiday getaway. Including special activities for the whole family:

• On Friday, May 25^th, you can enjoy our traditional Firepit Friday, a fun cookout on our beautiful white-sand beach.

• On Saturday, May 25^th, you can enjoy BBQ & Movies on Barefoots Pool Deck. Dine buffet-style then, at dusk, you and your kids can enjoy a special “Dive-In Movie” with tubies in and around the pool.

• On Sunday & Monday, May 27^th & 28^th, you can play a round on our challenging courses, a match at our USTA award-winning Tennis Gardens, relax on our white-sand beach, or choose a luxurious treatment in our Island House Spa. And top it off with dinner in one of our six superb restaurants.

Our Florida beach resort features Golf Digest award-winning courses and the USTA award-winning Tennis Gardens. You can indulge yourself at our luxurious Island House Spa and our six superb restaurants. Relax by our beautiful Gulfside pool and along miles of white-sand beach. And enjoy the spectacular views from the private balconies of our luxurious suites.

We also offer new Health & Wellness Services designed to balance, energize and rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit. From Nutritional Know-How Services and Mind & Body Workshops to Fun with Fitness Classes and Looking for Adventure Activities you’ll find dozens of opportunities for relaxation and fitness during your holiday stay.

Don’t miss this opportunity to relax and make some holiday memories at our exclusive beachfront Florida resort. Call (888) 237-5545 to book your holiday getaway at Longboat Key Club & Resort today. Ask about our Perfect Getaway Rates.

They say successful people benefit from good memories – not just remembering names, but recalling positive events in their lives. There’s no place better than Longboat Key Club & Resort for making the kind of memories you will carry with you for the rest of your life.

Whether you’re planning a family vacation, a romantic retreat, a golf outing or a girlfriend’s getaway, Longboat Key Club & Resort – our AAA Four-Diamond Florida beach resort located on a barrier island just off the coast of Sarasota – has everything you need for a glorious time.

Play our Golf Digest award-winning courses and our USTA award-winning Tennis Gardens. Indulge yourself at our luxurious Island House Spa and our six superb restaurants. Relax by our beautiful Gulfside pool and along miles of white-sand beach. And enjoy the spectacular views from the private balconies of our luxurious suites.

Take advantage of our Midweek Memories package – available from May 1-December 20, 2012 – and you can enjoy our island resort at significantly reduced rates. You’ll have more time to do it all; or to relax and do nothing at all. Details of the Midweek Memories package include:

• Arrival must be on Sunday or Monday
• Stay 3 nights and the 3^rd night is available at a 50% discount OR stay 4 nights and the 4^th night is FREE
• Discounts and free nights based on quoted rates
• May not be used in conjunction with other package or promotions

So take this unique opportunity to make some magical memories at our exclusive beachfront Florida resort while saving big with our Midweek Memories package. Call (888) 237-5545 to book your getaway at Longboat Key Club & Resort today.

Soon after we opened our 20-court Tennis Gardens in 2009, the United States Tennis Association gave us its “Outstanding Facility Award,” ensuring our decades-old position as one of the nation’s top beach tennis resorts. Two years later, we were listed as one of the “Top Ten Gold Medal Tennis Resorts Worldwide” by Tennis Resorts Online in 2011.

Now, in 2012, our Florida beach resort has been named the “#1 Tennis Resort on the Gulf Coast of Florida” – and “One of the Top Ten Tennis Resorts in America” – by none other than Tennis Magazine.

Why all the accolades?

Tennis Magazine praised us for our USTA-certified stadium court and state-of-the-art infrastructure, including its patented underground HydroGrid watering system that allows for consistent playing conditions and limited downtime. Other criteria for inclusion on their checklist were:

• Clinics and game-matching capabilities: our pros are experts at matching guests and members up with others for stirring rounds of play
• Number of courts: we have 20 Har-Tru courts, including a Stadium court that is beyond compare
• Quality of lodging: our AAA Four-Diamond beachfront resort features spacious suites with private furnished balconies
• Dining: six very distinctive, elegant to casual, onsite restaurants
• Overall resort amenities: we offer an indulgent spa and two challenging golf courses, miles of white-sand beach and a myriad of water activities

What’s more, our Tennis Gardens features:

• Club House
• Fully stocked Pro Shop
• Locker & Activity Room
• Court 21 Café & Lounge with Terrace Seating
• Players Patio

Along with our Florida resort’s proximity to shopping in exclusive St. Armands Circle and all the cultural activities in nearby Sarasota, it’s no wonder we are one of the top tennis resorts in the world today.

Located just minutes from Longboat Key Club & Resort Sarasota hotel, St. Armands Circle is a favorite of guests. Its unique concept, long history and unparalleled beauty make St. Armands an unforgettable experience for vacationers from all over the world.

To understand St. Armands, it helps to know about Longboat Key itself. The key was originally purchased in 1893 by Charles St. Amand, a French fisherman, for just $21.71. (But they misspelled his name, “St. Armand,” on the deed.) Circus tycoon, John Ringling, bought the property in 1917 and planned a development that included homes and a shopping center built in the form of a circle. Unfortunately, the depression came along in 1929 and it took until the 1950s for St. Armands to begin drawing business and attracting vacationers.

Today, St. Armands is an charming circle of boutiques, shops and gourmet restaurants with tropical landscaping, courtyards, antique statues and contemporary architectural design, all of which creates an atmosphere of warmth, elegance and style. Guests from Sarasota hotels can be found dining in the restaurants, exploring the shops or just basking in the sun and watching the people walk by.

There are more than 100 stores in St. Armands Circle that pamper visitors from all over the U.S. and many foreign countries. And John Ringling’s influence is still evident today in the planning and design of the streets, which radiate from the circle at the island’s hub. In fact, St. Armands looks very much as Ringling originally envisioned it, with the palm-lined medians, park-like setting, and tropical landscaping that attract guests from nearby Sarasota hotels.

St. Armands Circle is truly an experience – one that should be included in any vacation in Sarasota. For more information, talk to your concierge at the Longboat Key Club & Resort and Sarasota hotel.