Key Club wins top prize

For the third year in a row, the Longboat Key Club and Resort was named a winner of the 2010 Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award, a designation determined by the votes of Successful Meeting magazine's thousands of readers.

The Pinnacle Award recognizes the nation's top 1% of meeting venues in the United States, and has been given out to top locations for 26 years.

“We are proud to be recognized,” said Michael Welly, the Key Club's general manager.

The Longboat Key Club and Resort is home to 218 luxury hotel suites, 45 golf holes, a 291 slip marina, 25 tennis courts, and six restaurants.