News Releases

Australian Travellermagazine’s current issue has announced its list of the ‘Top 10 Luxury Lodges in Australia’ and two properties owned by Delaware North Companies, El Questro Homestead in Western Australia and Lizard Island off the coast of Queensland, have taken second and third place on the list.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 30, 2011) – Delaware North Companies, the food and retail concessions partner of the Nashville Predators, has made it part of its employee recruitment effort in recent years to hire individuals with disabilities. That effort recently resulted in an employer of the year award for Bridgestone Arena.

Following on from the highly successful Dive Festival this year, HeronIsland has announced details for the 2012 event which will take place from 25-29 July2012.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Nov. 29, 2011) – Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services donated $5,000 towards Thanksgiving turkeys last week to Atlanta’s Hosea Feed the Hungry & Homeless, a nonprofit organization that feeds more than 160,000 people each year.

Locals and visitors to Central Florida are invited to be a part of the excitement throughout Thanksgiving weekend as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission carrying the car-sized Curiosity rover launches aboard a massive Atlas V 541 rocket on its way to explore the red planet. The launch is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 26, at 10:02 a.m. EST with special events and launch-related activities taking place throughout the week and beyond.

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Nov. 14, 2011) – Southland Park Gaming & Racing in West Memphis, Ark., today announced it is set to begin a $10 million renovation of its gaming and hospitality amenities in December to better serve a fast-growing patron base.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Nov. 10, 2011) – Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, is welcoming some of the top names in the industry to its annual Food & Beverage Summit. The event will run from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. For the third year in a row, it will be held in Buffalo N.Y., where the company was founded and remains headquartered.

HAMBURG, N.Y. (Nov. 10, 2011) – Hamburg Casino at the Fairgrounds plays host to its first wedding, Friday, which happens to be 11-11-11, when Monica Conlon and Mike Santasiero tie the knot.

BUFFALO, N.Y. and WASHINGTON (Nov. 7, 2011)– Delaware North Companies chefs and executives were in the nation’s capital last week to participate in a symposium and host a luncheon – both of which were focused on healthy eating in national parks.

For the first time since 1978, guests at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will have the chance to tour inside the VAB on the KSC Up-Close tour to see firsthand where monstrous vehicles were assembled for launch, from the very first Saturn V rocket in the late 1960s to the very last space shuttle, STS-135 Atlantis, earlier this year. Making this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity even more special, for a very limited time, guests may see a space shuttle orbiter inside the VAB as they are being prepared for display in their new homes.