News Releases

Delaware North Companies was once again recognized in high regard at the 2007 ADDY Awards, Buffalo Chapter. Delaware North and its’ various subsidiaries won a total of 10 awards, including six courtesy of Wynne Creative Group and four thanks to The Martin Group.

Keith Crippen, Manager of Creative Services, Corporate Communications and Marketing for Delaware North Companies, was named the winner of the 2007 Alex Osborn Award for Creativity at the 2007 Buffalo ADDY’s.

Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts golf courses come in all shapes and sizes. From the Donald Ross-designed PANORAMA course at The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel in New Hampshire to the nine-hole Wawona Golf Course in Yosemite National Park, Delaware North offers something for every golfer.

Ramping up for Florida’s only new attraction in 2007, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has added four tourism industry veterans.

Jeremy Jacobs, chairman and CEO of global hospitality company Delaware North Companies and owner of the Boston Bruins, has provided a $1 million gift with his family to support an endowed chair in Immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in Buffalo, NY. The gift was made to RPCI’s Leaders for Life endowment campaign in honor of Jacobs’ brother, the late Dr. Lawrence D. Jacobs, an internationally renowned immunology researcher who died in 2001.

Delaware North Companies recently published the first in PATHWAYS TO PLATE.

Delaware North Companies Travel & Hospitality Services earned numerous honors at the announcement of Airport Revenue News’ 2007 Best Concessions Poll Winners. Delaware North Companies operations at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport helped the site pick up four first-place honors along with another second place award and a life-time achievement recognition.

The BALSAMS Grand Resort Hotel is delighted to announce the appointment of Douglas A. Ruttle, P.G.A., as Director of Golf.As his first order of business, Doug is proud to present the irresistible rate being offered this summer at the BALSAMS.From Sunday through Thursday, guests will have the opportunity to book the Golf Free Package for only $99 per night.This package includes lodging, breakfast in the main dining room, and 18 holes of golf. The package will be available from May 18th through June 28th and from August 26th through October 14th, 2007.

Wembley Stadium has signedTom Aikens, one of the United Kingdom’s most exciting and talented chefs, to create a range of special desserts to be feature on the restaurant menu of Wembley’s prestigious members’ club, The Corinthian Club.

World Space Expo, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida from November 3-11, 2007, announced today a weekend Aerial Salute by the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights as part of a 45th Anniversary tribute to Project Mercury.