2007 Awards

2007 Awards

  • The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, a New Hampshire property managed by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, earns a place on Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List, garnering a perfect score for its food
  • Tenaya Lodge, a Delaware North-owned and-operated resort at the gateway to Yosemite National Park, earns a 2006 Platinum Choice Award from Smart Meetings publication
  • Yosemite's Ahwahnee Dining Room, managed by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, is inducted into Nation's Restaurant News' Fine Dining Hall of Fame
    American Culinary Federation awards Certified Chef de Cuisine to: Chef Colin Moody from Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds, Robert Stritzinger from Wawona Hotel in Yosemite, Scott Green from Deeridge Farms, Shawn Grenier from The Balsams
  • Shawn Grenier, senior sous chef at The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel takes top honors in the 14th annual New England ice-carving championship at the Wentworth Hotel in the Mount Washington Valley
  • Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite National Park received an international award from IMEX for efforts aimed at staging environmentally friendly conferences
  • Tenaya Lodge, a Delaware North-owned and-operated resort at the gateway to Yosemite National Park, earned a 2006 Platinum Choice Award from Smart Meetings publication
  • Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yellowstone received a 2007 EcoStar Award for its efforts in preventing pollution in America's oldest national park
  • The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, a venue managed for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, received a THEA for Shuttle Launch Experience
  • The Wall Street Journal ranks Yosemite's Ahwahnee hotel 26th on its list of Americans' favorite buildings
  • The Ahwahnee® maintains its standing as a four-diamond property, the most favorable stamp of approval granted by the Automobile Association of America. For the 15th time in as many years, Tenaya Lodge likewise earns a four-diamond award from AAA
  • The Ahwahnee® in Yosemite National Park is considered one of the top-10 national park lodges, according to MSNBC.com
  • The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex receives the prestigious THEA from the Themed Entertainment Association for its Shuttle Launch Experience attraction

2006 Awards

  • The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel named one of the 50 best resorts in North America by Conde Nast Traveler. Food at the 140-year-old New Hampshire property scores a perfect 100
  • Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds receives top leadership ranking in the California Green Lodging Program from the California Integrated Waste Management Board
  • Kennedy Space Center Visitor COmples received two Catch an Environmentalist awards from NASA
  • Environmental and Energy Award to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex from NASA.
  • WRAP (Waste Reduction Awards Program) award to Yosemite National Park from California Integrated Waste Board.
  • The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel is named one of the 50 best resorts in North America by Conde Nast Traveler. Food at the 140-year-old New Hampshire property scores a perfect 100.
  • Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts named one of the best independent, third-party management firms by Hotel & Motel Management.
    The Lodge & Conference Center at Geneva-on-the-Lake is cited by USA Today as the vintage lodging of choice when visiting Ohio’s northeast wineries.
  • The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel named one of the 50 best resorts in North America by Conde Nast Traveler. Food at the 140-year-old New Hampshire property scores a perfect 100.
  • Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts named one of the best independent, third-party management firms by Hotel & Motel Management.
  • Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex named one of three finalists for NASA’s George M. Low Award.
  • Tenaya Lodge, a Delaware North-owned and-operated resort at the gateway to Yosemite National Park, earns a 2006 Platinum Choice Award from Smart Meetings publication.