Gaylord Hotels Introduces Family Fun Night with Shrek & Friends
The DreamWorks Experience Continues with New Winter Getaway Packages
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — February 2, 2012 — Families looking for a memorable weekend away can now bring their vacation to life with Gaylord Hotels' newest DreamWorks Experience package. Gaylord Hotels in popular destinations are offering Family Fun Night With Shrek & Friends on select nights in February and March. Read more...
Gaylord Hotels Presents Buy One Night, Get One Free Offer for Limited Time
Celebrate Life's Special Moments with Birthday and Anniversary Offers Back by Popular Demand
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — January 26, 2012 – Gaylord Hotels are known for offering distinct and unique backdrops for memorable celebrations that recognize life's most meaningful moments. And now, the group of four extraordinary properties is making celebrations more special by re-introducing its Buy One Night, Get One Free offers for birthdays and anniversaries, available now through the end of May 2012. Read more...
Dolly Parton's Dollywood, Gaylord Entertainment Partner To Bring Family Entertainment To Nashville
Companies to develop 100-plus-acre family entertainment zone anchored by the first water and snow park in the U.S.
NASHVILLE, TENN. – January 19, 2012 – Two of the biggest names in Tennessee tourism are teaming up to bring a major family entertainment zone to Nashville. Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) and Dolly Parton's Dollywood Company have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 114-acre family entertainment zone adjacent to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. The Dollywood Company will serve as the operating partner. Phase one of the project is a yet unnamed approximately $50 million water and snow park, the first of its kind in the United States. A late 2012, early 2013 groundbreaking date is expected with the park opening slated for summer of 2014. Read more...
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NASHVILLE, TENN. – October 26, 2011 – The familiar faces of Shrek, Alex the Lion, Po, King Julien, Puss in Boots and a host of other lovable characters from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) are being spotted at Gaylord Hotels in the Nashville, Orlando, D.C., and Dallas areas. The gregarious group is delighting guests this holiday season at Gaylord Hotels with Christmassy DreamWorks Experience packages and several dynamic events and activities available only to visitors and guests as a result of the Gaylord Hotels alliance with DreamWorks Animation. Read Press Release "Highlights" | Read Full-length Press Release.
Puss In Boots Stars Antonio Banderas & Salma Hayek Promote New Movie
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – October 19, 2011 – On Tuesday, October 18, 2011, an excited crowd of invited guests, celebrities and even furry characters attended a red carpet premiere of the new DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc (Nasdaq: DWA) film Puss In Boots starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Area. The movie tells the story of Puss in Boots the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw and his adventures with Kitty Softpaws. Read more...
This Christmas, 'Shrek The Halls' And Get 'Merry Madagascar' At Gaylord Hotels
America’s Most Lovable DreamWorks® Animation Characters Check In to the Most Memorable Holiday Hotels Vacation Packages on Sale Now
Nashville, Tenn—( July 19, 2011 ) Several sightings of large green ogres, life-sized pandas, a variety of penguins and a legendary cat have been reported in the Nashville, Orlando, D.C., and Dallas areas, but the public need not panic. Official reports from Gaylord Hotels® in each of these destinations cite that Shrek, Alex the Lion, Po, King Julien, Puss in Boots and a host of other lovable characters from DreamWorks® Animation SKG, Inc (Nasdaq: DWA) are relocating for the holiday season. Together, they will help Gaylord Hotels ring in the Christmas season beginning in November. The DreamWorks Experience and these much anticipated packages are now on sale. Read more...
Gaylord Entertainment Plans Resort and Convention Hotel in Aurora, Colorado
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (June 21, 2011) Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) announced today its plans to develop a resort and convention hotel in Aurora, Colo. Located less than ten minutes from Denver International Airport, one of the most well-traveled and accessible airports in the world, and 25 minutes from downtown Denver, Aurora is ideally situated for both business and leisure travelers. The Aurora site will be located on 85 acres in LNR Property CPI Fund’s High Point Master Plan Development, and will feature breathtaking panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains. The company expects the resort to be open for business in mid-to-late 2015. Read more...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. and GLENDALE, Calif.—( April 27, 2011 ) Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today unveiled a strategic alliance to expand Gaylord Hotels' family-friendly leisure offerings to feature the DreamWorks Experience, the next generation of family vacation programming and world class entertainment. As part of this strategic alliance, Gaylord plans to offer unique leisure experiences for its guests featuring DreamWorks Animation's iconic characters at all Gaylord properties.
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Gaylord Entertainment Announces Long-Term Environmental Goals, Reinforces Commitment
to Sustainability
Energy and Emissions Goals, Commitment to LEED Anchor Newly Launched GET Green Program
NASHVILLE, Tenn – (April 22, 2011) Today, Gaylord Entertainment announced the launch of “GET Green,” the leading hospitality and entertainment company's corporate sustainability program. The program, designed to integrate within the overall business strategy, focuses on reducing Gaylord's impact on the environment while improving its interactions with all of its stakeholders. Read more...
Gaylord Hotels and Make-A-Wish Foundation® Announce Collaboration for the Months of April and June
'Rooms for Good' is a Vacation with a Donation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (March. 28, 2011) – Guests at Gaylord Hotels during the months of April and June can play a big part in helping to grant the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions. That's because the Make-A-Wish Foundation has been selected as the featured charity to benefit from the brand's Rooms for Good co-operative marketing/fundraising program. During the months of April and June, the four Gaylord Hotels properties will donate 10 percent of the Rooms for Good package rate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Read more...
Spring Into Gaylord Hotels for a Rejuvenating Getaway
Couples and Families Can Celebrate the Season at Their Choice of Four Luxury Resorts
NASHVILLE, Tenn — (March 2, 2011) Spring is in the air, and Gaylord Hotels is celebrating the season of growth and renewal by offering two special packages available for a limited time. From now through April 30, 2011 at Gaylord Opryland, Gaylord Palms, Gaylord Texan and Gaylord National, families can take advantage of customizable escapes with the choice of the Bring on Spring or the Spring Fever Reliever packages, which are designed to wash away the winter blues. Read more...
Gaylord Hotels® and Autism Speaks™ Announce Partnership for the Month of March
'Rooms for Good' is a Vacation with a Donation
NASHVILLE, Tenn — (February 16, 2011) Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization, has been selected as the featured charity to benefit from the first month of the new 'Rooms for Good' co-operative marketing/fundraising program at Gaylord Hotels. During the month of March, the four Gaylord Hotels properties will donate 10 percent of all revenue from 'Rooms for Good' packages to this charity...
Gaylord CEO Honored with PCMA Chairman's Award
Gaylord CEO Recognized for Overcoming Flooding Crisis and Completing Historic Reopening
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — (January 10, 2011) In recognition of extraordinary leadership and overcoming difficult challenges during a time of crisis, the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) selected Colin Reed, Gaylord Entertainment Chairman and CEO, to receive the prestigious 2010 PCMA Chairman's Award. Reed accepted the honor in person during today's General Session at the 2011 PCMA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas...
Gaylord Hotels Celebrates the Spirit of Christmas By Inviting the Public to Share Their Favorite Memories Online
Second Annual ‘Share Christmas Memories’ Promotion Offers Grand Prize Resort Stay
NASHVILLE, Tenn — (November 8, 2010) Whether it’s Grandma’s powerful rendition of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” or the annual fruit cake eating (or throwing) contest, every family has its own traditions at Christmas that become the memories that carry on from year to year. In the spirit of the season, and with the hope that showcasing these tender, funny and special moments will make the holidays a little more meaningful, Gaylord Hotels is once again hosting its “Share Christmas Memories” promotion. As an added bonus, participants are invited to post their favorite Christmas moments within an online community and have a chance to win a stay at one of America’s four most festive resorts...
A Fainting Groom, A Boogying Granny, A Wardrobe Malfunction? Share Those Most Memorable Wedding Moments With The World!
Gaylord Hotels’ Most Memorable Weddings Sweepstakes Invites the Public to Post Laughter and Sentiment for All to Enjoy - Plus a Chance to Win a FREE Trip!
NASHVILLE, Tenn — Whether they’re over-the-top, small family gatherings, or a quick trip to Vegas, weddings are always memorable. To celebrate one of life’s most momentous occasions, Gaylord Hotels is launching a Most Memorable Weddings Sweepstakes. Sometimes the best part of a wedding day is planned and sometimes a surprise becomes the ultimate memory of the day; whether it’s a perfect sunset, a dance routine down the aisle, or the hilarious best man’s speech. With Gaylord Hotels’ new Most Memorable Weddings Sweepstakes, anyone can log on to share and enjoy wedding memories through the eyes of the bride, groom, flower girl, or even the wedding officiant...
While Temperatures Soar, Gaylord Hotels Puts Its Resorts On Ice™
Mammoth-Sized Christmas Celebrations at Gaylord Hotels Require Hanging the Lights in July
NASHVILLE, Tenn — (July 21, 2010) Gaylord Hotels is making its Christmas list, and checking it twice…in July! Despite record temperatures and heat waves throughout the country, Gaylord Hotels is already setting the stage for the country’s most memorable holiday-inspired events including the “coolest” attraction, uniquely themed shows, live entertainment, and spectacular Christmas exhibits. Oversized decorations and millions of holiday lights, hundreds of miles long, are NOW being strung throughout all four Gaylord Hotels in National Harbor (Washington D.C. area), Nashville (re-opening November 15), Kissimmee (Orlando area) and Lake Grapevine (near Dallas)...
Move over TGIF: Gaylord Hotels Introduces Thank You Thursdays
Residents of Gaylord Hotels Resorts’ Home States Receive 40 percent Off Guest Rooms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – ( June 3, 2010 ) Thursday is the new Friday.
Gaylord Hotels has decided to officially lengthen the weekend with Thank You Thursdays, a new offer discounting 40 percent off of the standard guest room rate for residents of the states in which their resorts are located -- Florida, Maryland, Texas and Tennessee -- on Thursday nights.*
“Our resorts are located in communities that have positively embraced us in many ways, and we’re grateful for that,” said Rich Maradik, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Gaylord Hotels. “Our neighbors and friends’ support has enabled us to prosper and grow. We thought it only fitting, especially during these times when everyone could use a break, to offer our thanks with this opportunity.”
Take Mom To The Prom This Mother's Day
Select Gaylord Hotels Host ‘Family Affair’ Dances for Mother’s Day Weekend
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – ( March 29, 2010 ) Ask any Mom, and she’ll tell you the gift she wants most for Mother’s Day is to spend more time with her family. Ask any Dad, and he’ll say he wants to honor the mother of his children with a special day filled with things that make her happy. Enter Gaylord Hotels with the new Mom Prom & Family Affair package, which offers a creative program of family activities that, coupled with the extensive amenities and entertainment options at each property, will provide the perfect backdrop for a Mother’s Day filled with family time plus precious moments to last a lifetime. Available on May 8th at Gaylord National, Gaylord Palms and Gaylord Opryland, the package starts at $149* per night, and the highlight will be a special dance planned for mom at which the whole family can dress up and celebrate together...
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Gaylord Opryland Is Hiring New Stars
Fifty full-time openings now and 300 needed for A Country Christmas
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—( August 20, 2009 )
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center is looking for the most qualified people with the brightest smiles and the best attitudes to join its team of *STARS this fall. The South's iconic resort currently has 50 full-time positions open and in mid-September will post openings for 300 seasonal positions for its world-famous "A Country Christmas," which begins November 20, 2009...
Charlie Brown Gets Iced in the Summer Heat
Gaylord Opryland begins hanging A Country Christmas lights and announces ICE! featuring A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schulz
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—( July 16, 2009 )
Gaylord Opryland Resort's A Country Christmas will for the 26th year make memories that will last a lifetime for the thousands of people who travel from around the world to experience the most written-about holiday resort entertainment, décor and food in America. The iconic resort began hanging its signature 2-million lights today and will not finish until A Country Christmas begins in November. The decorators were "assisted" by Gaylord Opryland's new holiday residents, Charlie Brown and Snoopy, who adorned Charlie Brown's own tree, as the new A Charlie Brown Christmas theme for the resort's famed ICE! attraction was announced for the first time...
Eat, Learn and Taste at the Food Network Southern Food & Wine Festival
Major food event at Gaylord Opryland with TV celebrity chefs' demonstrations
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—( June 27, 2009 )
Nashville's first-ever Food Network Southern Food & Wine Festival at Gaylord Opryland Resortgets underway July 31-Aug. 2, 2009 with Food Network celebrity chefs, wine-tasting, shopping, a search for the country's top amateur Slow-Cooker and more. Top features of the festival include cooking seminars and exclusive opportunities to meet celebrity TV chefs Alton Brown, Bobby & Jamie Deen and Pat and Gina Neely, along with demonstrations from four of Gaylord Opryland's Executive Chefs. ..
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Chinese Artisans to Carve Walk-Through Holiday Attraction Made of ICE!
Annual Christmas Attraction is one of Orlando's coolest!
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—( July 26, 2009 )
The coldest spot in the South this holiday season will likely be Central Florida, where temperatures are predicted to be 9 degrees Fahrenheit, Nov. 14, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010.
This "cold front" of winter weather is part of a flurry of holiday fun at Gaylord Palms Resort, located five minutes from Walt Disney World theme parks. At this landmark resort, visitors flock to ICE!, Orlando's coolest holiday attraction, hand-carved from nearly TWO MILLION pounds of ice...
Gaylord Palms Rocks Orlando this Summer with "SUMMER ROCKS!"
Orlando-Area Hotel Features Summer Fun that ROCKS!
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—( June 5, 2009 )
Summer visitors to Gaylord Palms Hotel will have an opportunity to live large, kick back and rock on, thanks to a new summer roster of activities called "SUMMER ROCKS! at Gaylord Palms."
SUMMER ROCKS!, which runs June 5 through Aug. 27, is open to all guests staying at the 1,406 room destination hotel. The program features activities for all ages...
Orlando-Area Hotel Celebrates Wedding Anniversaries With New Unforgettable Offer — A Free Night Stay!
Gaylord Palms is Anniversary Capital of Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—( May 19, 2009 )
Married couples looking to spend an "unforgettable" anniversary getaway should look no further than KISSimmee, Florida, home to the iconic Gaylord Palms Hotel. Indeed, the hotel just got a bit more romantic for anniversary couples, with Gaylord Palms offering a free night stay, with the purchase of another during a couple’s anniversary month...
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Gaylord Texan Tells the Timeless Tale of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" in ICE
Create magical holiday memories at Gaylord Texan's annual ICE! attraction showcasing a life-size Who-ville carved from TWO MILLION POUNDS ice
GRAPEVINE, Texas—( July 21, 2009 )
In celebration of its fifth year hosting the awe-inspiring ICE! attraction, Gaylord Texan brings to life a brand new show featuring the 1957 Dr. Seuss holiday classic — "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" In a series of colorful scenes straight out of the original storybook pages, Gaylord Texan’s ICE! attraction will brilliantly showcase how the "Whoville-hating" Grinch with a heart two sizes too small learns the true meaning of Christmas...
Gaylord Texan Named Official Hotel of The Dallas Cowboys
GRAPEVINE, Texas—( June 17, 2009 )
The Dallas Cowboys announced today that the spectacular Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas has been selected as the "Official Hotel of The Dallas Cowboys." Having relocated their games to the newly constructed Cowboys Stadium, the most impressive sports venue in the country, it is no surprise that the Cowboys have chosen the grandest resort destination in North Texas to host their players, staff, cheerleaders and fans...
SummerFest 2009
Take a Short Trip to Big Summer Fun at Texas' Ultimate Staycation Destination
GRAPEVINE, Texas—( April 24, 2009 )
This summer, Gaylord Texan invites visitors to experience a luxury destination vacation minus the travel expenses at the grandest hotel in the Lone Star State. In addition to the property's impressive amenities, its fifth-annual SummerFest event, taking place Thursdays through Sundays between May 21 and September 6, 2009, will feature a variety of festive events and entertainment for adults and families...
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Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center Wins 2009 Gold Key Award from Meetings & Conventions Magazine
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—( June 15, 2009 )
Meetings & Conventions magazine, one of the leading and most well-respected publications in the meetings and conventions industry, has announced the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center as a winner of its prestigious Gold Key Award for 2009.
This is the first-ever Gold Key Award for the new property, which opened in April 2008. Gaylord National now joins the ranks of its Gaylord sister properties in claiming this prestigious award, and this is the first time that all four Gaylord Hotels properties were recognized...
Fireworks and Fun to Kick-Off Independence Day Weekend at "Gaylord National's July 3rd Celebration"
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—( June 11, 2009 )
Kick off this Independence Day Weekend with a blast for the entire family. Fireworks, food and fun will come together along the Potomac River for "Gaylord National's July 3rd Celebration." The Washington D.C. region's new waterfront resort will host this exciting event on Friday, July 3 from 4:30-9:30 p.m...
Experience Monumental Summer Fun in the Capital Region Gaylord National Presents First-Annual "SummerFest"
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—( April 29, 2009 )
This Summer, Gaylord National pulls out all the stops to create a fun-filled, must-experience event for kids of all ages.
The hotel's first-annual SummerFest will take place May 24 to August 31, 2009, offering families, adults and kids a variety of festive events and unique entertainment. It's an entirely new way to experience summer fun at the grandest waterfront in the Washington D.C. area. Whether it's a quick visit, or an overnight stay, we've got something for everyone...
