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Delaware North has operated Kennedy Space
Center Visitor Complex – the public component
of the Kennedy Space Center launch facility –
for NASA since 1995. During the past 15
years, the company has worked with NASA to
implement extensive educational programs,
including designing and building major new
attractions such as the Apollo/Saturn V Center,
a tribute to NASA’s lunar landing program; and
Shuttle Launch Experience, which simulates what
astronauts experience while launching into space
aboard a space shuttle.
A family favorite for 75 years
Yosemite’s Badger Pass Ski Area celebrated
its 75th anniversary during the 2009-2010
ski season. Appropriately so, during summer
2009, Delaware North Companies Parks &
Resorts completed construction projects that
have enhanced accessibility and enjoyment of the
Sierra’s first ski resort. The new lift construction
included all-new towers, drive terminal, return
terminal machine house, operator house and
chairs. The project added yet another dimension
to Delaware North’s Stewardship and Hospitality
in Special Places SM credo, as it worked with the
U.S. National Park Service on another project to
safeguard the national treasure that is Yosemite
National Park.
Adding special places
Delaware North continued to expand its portfolio
of owned and managed properties in May 2009
with the purchase of the Holiday Inn West
Yellowstone, a 123-room, full-service hotel
located less than a mile from an entrance to
Yellowstone National Park. It is the fourth hotel
Delaware North has acquired since 2001, marking
another “special place” where the company offers
its distinctive brand of hospitality to travelers.
The Holiday Inn West Yellowstone caught the
company’s eye because of its position as the
market leader in the area and its location at the
gateway to the oldest and one of the most beloved
of America’s national parks. Built in 1994, the
inn offers guests a 175-seat restaurant; a 125-seat
lounge; 10,000 square feet of function space; and
an indoor pool, hot tub, dry sauna, fitness room
and other amenities.
In 2010, the company closed on two additional
hotel properties in West Yellowstone: Gray Wolf
Inn & Suites and The Yellowstone Park Hotel.
In late December 2008, the company expanded
its lodging offerings for visitors to the fabled
Yosemite National Park with the acquisition of
the 53-unit Apple Tree Inn. The inn is adjacent
to the Delaware North-owned and -operated
Tenaya Lodge, just south of Yosemite in Fish
Camp, Calif., and has been incorporated into
that operation.