Great Wolf Resorts

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Great Wolf Resorts
Industry Hospitality
Predecessor(s) Great Bear Lodge
Headquarters Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Number of locations 11
Key people Kim Schaefer, CEO
Owner(s) Great Wolf Resorts Inc.
Website Great Wolf Lodge

Great Wolf Resorts is the world's largest[1] chain of indoor water parks which owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge brand.[2] The company is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

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[edit] History

Great Wolf Lodge was founded by brothers Jack and Andrew "Turk" Waterman, the original owners of Noah's Ark water park.[3] The first Great Wolf Lodge location opened in 1997 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.[4] The chain has since added ten additional locations with two more currently in development.[5][6] In addition to a water park, each resort features specialty restaurants, arcades, spas, fitness rooms and children’s activity areas.[4]

[edit] Properties

Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas

[edit] Great Wolf Lodge

[edit] Future development

On January 13, 2010, Great Wolf Resorts stated Zamias Services, Inc. of Johnstown, Pennsylvania will co-develop a hotel-water park resort that will be attached to the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills. Zamias owns the mall in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along Pennsylvania Route 28. The water park is intended to stimulate activity at the mall which has struggled with vacancies since it opened in 2005.[5][7] An official opening date has yet to be announced.

On June 28, 2010, Great Wolf Resorts signed license and management agreements for another Great Wolf Lodge location in Garden Grove, California. The hotel will be developed by McWhinney and located near Disneyland. Hotel construction was scheduled to begin in 2011.[6] An official opening date has yet to be announced.

[edit] Pop Culture

Great Wolf's CEO Kim Schaefer was featured in the U.S. version of TV's "Undercover Boss", which included visits to several lodges where she worked alongside a lifeguard supervisor, front desk clerk, and restaurant waitstaff as well as participated in the children's program.[8][9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "New Attractions Announced for New Great Wolf Lodge". Business Wire. 24 May 2004. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040524006012/en/Attractions-Announced-Great-Wolf-Lodge-Amenities-Attractions. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Corporate Profile". Great Wolf Resorts. http://investor.greatwolfresorts.com/corporateprofile.aspx?iid=4107002. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "For generations, Andrew Watermans run Dells hotels". WiscNews.com. 14 December 2010. http://www.wiscnews.com/wisconsindellsevents/lifestyles/announcements/article_aaf95304-07b6-11e0-a684-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "History". Great Wolf Resorts. 2009. http://corp.greatwolfresorts.com/history. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Great Wolf Resorts Announces License and Management Agreement for New Great Wolf Lodge in Pittsburgh, PA". Great Wolf Resorts. 13 January 2010. http://investor.greatwolfresorts.com/file.aspx?IID=4107002&FID=8853217. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Great Wolf Resorts Announces License and Management Agreement for New Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove, CA". Great Wolf Resorts. 28 June 2010. http://investor.greatwolfresorts.com/file.aspx?IID=4107002&FID=9755594. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  7. ^ "Great Wolf plans water park near Pittsburgh". La Crosse Tribune. http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_a51255a8-006e-11df-b1bf-001cc4c002e0.html. 
  8. ^ "'Undercover Boss' returns to area". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2010-10-03. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101003/ENT11/10030319/-Undercover-Boss-returns-to-area. Retrieved 2010-10-03. "Deanna Lyons was too busy to talk much to new employee "Chris" waiting tables with her at Mason's Great Wolf Lodge in July. But the Lebanon resident said enough to make her "Undercover Boss" cry. Great Wolf Resorts CEO Kim Schaefer chokes back tears on the "Undercover Boss" commercial as she says: "It was just hard hearing her story." Lyons, 39, told Schaefer how her 9-year-old daughter, Alyssia Hill, was struck and killed by a pickup in Loveland in 1999." 
  9. ^ Huff, Richard (4 October 2010). "Great Wolf Resorts CEO Kim Schaefer works all over the company on 'Undercover Boss'"New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/10/01/2010-10-01_to_go_undercover_a_boss_has_to_work.html. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 

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