Types of Clubs

 

1. Country Clubs

•Have one or more lounges, restaurants and banquet facilities
•Banquet facilities are used for formal and informal parties, dinners, etc.
•High initiation fee
•Include two types of membership: Full membership & Social membership
◦Full membership: able to use all facilities at any time
◦Social membership: only allowed to use social facilities

Old South Country Club in Washington D.C.

2. City Clubs

•Predominantly business oriented
•Different size, location, types of facility, and services provided
•Exist to cater to the wants and needs of members
•Include athletic, dining, university club, etc.

 

2.1. Athletic Clubs

•Provide sports facilities to members
•Have lounges, bars, and restaurants for relaxation and social interaction
•Have meeting rooms and even sleeping accommodations

The Athletic Club in Ottawa

2.2. Dining Clubs

•Usually require membership for dinners and discussion on regular basis
•Often have guest speakers
•Members often come from the same social background
•Located in large city office buildings
•Open for lunch and sometimes for dinner

Digbeth Dining Club in Birmingham

2.3. University Clubs

•Private clubs for alumni
•Located in the high-rent district
•Provide a variety of facilities and attractions focusing on food and beverage service

University Club of New York

2.4. Military Club

•Cater to both non-commissioned officers and enlisted officers
•Facilities for recreation and entertainment and food and beverage offerings

Victory Service Club in London

2.5. Yachting Clubs

• Attract members with different backgrounds who treat sailing as a common interest
• Offer members with moorage facilities, where their boats are kept secure
• Have lounges, bars and dining facilities

Montauk Yacht Club in New York

2.6. Fraternal Clubs

•Include special organizations that enhance camaraderie and assist charitable causes
•Have bars and banquet rooms

Lions Club of Tahmoor in New South Wales

2.7. Proprietary Clubs

•Profit making club
•Owned by corporations or individuals
•Households paid a small initiation fee and monthly dues to allow the whole family to take part in different kinds of recreational activities

Turf Club in Singapore

2.8. Professional Clubs

•Clubs for people in the same profession

The Executives' Club of Chicago

2.9. Social Clubs

•A group of people generally formed by a common interest, occupation or activity
•Members may represent many various professions or from various companies
•Conversation and social interaction focusing on companionship or entertainment related to leisure

Brudenell Social Club in Leeds

Interesting Topic: Theme Park



Ø A favourite tourist activity

Ø Crucial to the operations of parks

Ø Historical, cultural, geographical and attraction

1. Phuket FantaSea Cultural Theme Park is a dazzling theme park showcasing Thai culture, cuisine & myth. It contains spectacular lights & colourful visuals. There are shows that blended with Thai mythology and Vegas-style. There is a lot of entertainment, games & parades in Carnival Village. There are also markets with traditional crafts & performers.

2. Splendid China Folk village is a theme park that shows history, culture, art, ancient, architecture, customs and habits or various nationalities.  The setting of the park is based on the map of China and over 100 major tourist attractions in China have been laid out on a reduced scale of 1:15.

3. Dreamworld is a geographical theme park in Australia. It is one of the Australia's favourite family theme parks. Dreamworld spans 30 hectares and is filled with a variety of rides, shows and attractions. So many worlds in one, Dreamworld is home to The Big 9 Thrill Rides including the Tower of Terror 2 - one of the world's tallest and fastest thrill rides, Pandamonium - a swinging rickshaw ride with a split personality, the Giant Drop with a freefall from 38 storeys or 'The Claw' where you'll be propelled 9 storeys high, swinging up to 64kmh while spinning 360 degrees for a 90 second adrenalin rush!

4. Alton Tower is the UK's most popular theme park with great rides including Nemesis, Oblivion, Air, The Smiler,Rita and Thirteen. New for 2014, experience the world's first Cbeebies Land featuring all of your favourite characters. There are plenty of other thrill rides to satisfy all you adrenaline junkies and many other attractions for all ages such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The Ride.

Trend and development in recreational and leisure

GO GREEN !

  The Green Hong Kong Campaign launched by Leisure & Cultural Services Department is a campaign aiming to promote greening in the community and to enhance public awareness in greening aims through combining the ideas of leisure activities and environmental protection together , such as community involvement programmers and educational programmes.

For example , a green education and resources center was established in Kowloon park , providing free greening promotional activities and exhibitions on greening , it also provide guided visits and green workshops by appointment.

    

 Community involvement like community planting day and Hong Kong Flower Show are also good for gathering and stimulating public awareness of greening in daily basis.

Community involvement like community planting day and Hong Kong Flower Show are also good for gathering and stimulating public awareness of greening in daily basis.

EVERYBODY WORKOUT ! – Healthy Exercise for All Campaign

   

  With the busy workload and fast pace life in Hong Kong , many citizens sacrifices their time for exercising to keep their body healthy. It has become a trend that exercise-based recreational and leisure activities is popular to all ages citizen in Hong Kong. Activities like “Hiking Scheme” , “Running for health ” and “ Dance for health ” were promoted to citizen , letting them enjoy the leisure and recreational and keep their health in the meantime.

  Fitness facilities are very commonly found in the public parks for citizens to strengthen their bodies and have fun.

 

 IT’S ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

   

  For indoor recreational activities , there is a trend that more parents are willing to spend time with their kids in museums and exhibitions especially in terms of the technology based because it can create many fun to their kids. It is always a good time for a family or a group of friends to spend time and have fun in these museums. The technology also assist in the booking of tickets of exhibition , museum , it offers more convenience to the citizens.

  For people who have not time to go out , technology-based recreational activities are also available at home , such as playing video games with family can also be very interesting and full of fun , today’s video games with body sensors are very common with the help of technology , it can simulate the game environment and make the game more real.

 References

http://quizlet.com/31307827/htm-exam-3-flash-cards/

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/green/en/education.php

http://www.phuket.com/tours/nightlife/fantasea.htm

http://www.themeparks-uk.com/alton-towers-guide/

References
http://quizlet.com/31307827/htm-exam-3-flash-cards/
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/green/en/education.php
http://www.phuket.com/tours/nightlife/fantasea.htm
http://www.themeparks-uk.com/alton-towers-guide/