STEVE CONTOS

Resort Features: 100,800 square feet of meeting space, a lazy river outdoor heated pool, the Primo restaurant run by chef Melissa Kelly and access to the adjacent Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes golf and spa facilities.

When he's on the road...
Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club
Aventura
fairmont.com

Resort Features: Two Robert Trent Jones Sr. championship golf courses, 19 tennis courts, four restaurants and a three-mile scenic jogging path. It is recognized by the Audubon Society as home to 41 species of birds. It is Contos' favorite option "if I'm not going to go with the family, if I'm going to go for golf."

TOM DEMPSEY
Owner/Founder,
Saddlebrook Resort
Wesley Chapel
saddlebrook.com

Resort Features: A half-million-gallon "superpool," two golf courses and world-class tennis courts, where some of the world's top pros train, including Pete Sampras and Jennifer Capriati. Also home to the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy World Headquarters.

When he's on the road...
Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne
ritzcarlton.com

Resort Features: Oceanfront, AAA five-diamond resort, 20,000-sq.-ft. spa, largest tennis garden of any Ritz-Carlton.

RON McANAUGH
Interim General Manager,
Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Miami
doralresort.com

Resort Features: Home to the legendary Blue Monster championship golf course, which for 40 years has hosted the PGA Tour's Ford Championship at Doral, and the Greg Norman-designed Great White course, the only desert-scape golf course of its kind in the Southeast.

When he's on the road...
Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club
St. Petersburg
vinoyrenaissanceresort.com

Resort Features: Built in the 1920s, the Vinoy was restored and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "It's just got such charm and history and character behind it," McAnaugh says. The park outside is great for jogging, he adds.

BRIAN GULLBRANTS
General Manager,
Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes
Orlando
ritzcarlton.com

Resort Features: Shares a campus with the 1,000-room J.W. Marriott and has a Greg Norman-designed golf course and Ritz-Carlton Caddie Concierge service.

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Palm Beach Resort:
The Breakers
thebreakers.com

Resort Features: Two championship golf courses, a 20,000-sq.-ft. spa and a beach club. Dates to 1896, when its predecessor was founded by oil magnate Henry Flagler. The current structure, built in the 1920s, is undergoing a $225-million revitalization and expansion. "It's a magnificent structure, rich in history and tradition," Gullbrants says.

Miami Beach Resorts:
The Delano, delano-hotel.com
The Shore Club, shoreclub.com
The Tides, tidessouthbeach.com

Resort Features: "They've captured the essence of South Beach and the décor and design of that era."

JEAN-JACQUES PERGANT
President,
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Boca Raton
bocaresort.com

Resort Features: The 360-acre complex is made up of five distinct buildings, including the Cloister, the estate's original structure built in 1926 by Addison Mizner. Includes 30 tennis courts in several different surfaces, six pools and a half-mile of private beach.

When he's on the road...
Setai
South Beach
setai.com

Resort Features: Originally built in 1936-38 as the Dempsey Vanderbilt Hotel. Rooms start at $900 a night. "As soon as you get into the lobby, you kind of stop because the lighting is fairly low, and you're surrounded by stone and very rich woodwork. The design is clean and slick. It's a modern architectural rendition with Asian flavors," Pergant says.