Club Car and GPS Industries introduce system at resorts

Club Car and GPS Industries have expanded the Visage Mobile Golf Information System and will offer the system at resorts. The companies recently introduced the Visage Resort Edition at Casa de Campo Resort in the Dominican Republic. 

The system’s navigation tools, maps and two-way communication capabilities let the resort monitor, control and communicate with 80 four-passenger Club Car Villager 4 LSVs (low speed vehicles) across its 7,000-acre site. Used to transport guests, the street-legal vehicles feature best-in-class EFI engines as well as connectivity.

Another new platform − the Visage Media Network – connects an audience of golfers at courses worldwide, delivering featured content and letting golfers share user-generated messages, photos and videos via 10-inch color touchscreens. The system will soon allow guests to connect with their social and professional networks as well.

The Visage Media Network also generates revenue for Casa de Campo by promoting special events and off-site excursions. It also provides on-screen overviews of real estate for sale as a vehicle passes a listed property.

"The Visage Resort Edition will make it even easier for guests and residents to enjoy the unsurpassed amenities offered at our tropical playground," says Peter Bonell, chief marketing officer at Casa de Campo. "The Visage Media Network's capacity for revenue generation is also particularly enticing, as we will extend sponsorship opportunities to select, high-end local businesses wishing to reach our ultra-affluent guests and residents."

The Visage Resort Edition evolved from the cloud-based Visage Mobile Golf Information System that’s integrated into Club Car’s new Precedent i3 golf car. The first golf car with built-in connectivity, it comes with a high-resolution, sealed on-board monitor.

Course operators use Visage to stay in touch with golfers, manage and protect their fleets, speed pace of play and market pro shop and restaurant items. The system delivers vehicle status and service and fault notifications to the course’s Visage control center. And it enhances the golf experience by providing electronic scorecards, yardage books and three-dimensional views of each hole.
The Congressional Country Club, Trump National Doral Miami, several TPC clubs and other prestigious courses use the Precedent i3 and Visage.  

“The Visage systems and Club Car’s connected vehicles are an affordable way for courses and resorts to boost their revenues, manage their fleets and improve the guest experience. And there’s more to come,” says Michael T. Williams, business development and sales leader of vehicle connectivity at Club Car.