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National Park Service Awards Concessions Contract
to DNC Parks and Resorts at Grand Canyon, Inc.
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Grand Canyon, AZ – August 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / The National Park Service has selected DNC Parks & Resorts at Grand Canyon, Inc., a subsidiary of Delaware North Companies, Inc., to provide a variety of visitor services at Grand Canyon National Park for the next 15 years. This is one of two concessions contracts that are expected to be awarded this year.

The new park concessions contract is anticipated to begin January 2015 and includes grocery, food service and retail stores at the Grand Canyon Village Market; lodging, retail and food services at Yavapai Lodge; retail, food services, grocery and a service station at Desert View; operation of the public laundromat and showers known as Camper Services; and operation of the Trailer Village RV campground.
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National Park Service Awards Concessions Contract to DNC Parks and Resorts at Grand Canyon, Inc.
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Lodging, retail and food services at Yavapai, the service station, Camper Services and Trailer Village RV campground are operations that are currently provided under a concessions contract held by Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C.

Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga said, “Delaware North Companies has successfully operated the Grand Canyon Village Market providing grocery, food service and retail operations to park visitors and the Grand Canyon Community for 15 years.” Uberuaga added that he and park staff look forward to a continued working relationship with Delaware North Companies. “I know they will continue to provide excellent service to park visitors and the community as they take on additional responsibilities under this new expanded contract.”

The new contract includes a minimum franchise fee of 9.4 percent of gross receipts that will be returned to the government each year. The contract also includes a number of updates to services, including improvements at Yavapai Lodge, Trailer Village RV Park and Desert View. Historic revenues from the services to be provided under the new contract have averaged approximately $30 million per year.

Delaware North Companies provides a variety of visitor services in over 200 locations globally and in several U.S. national parks, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Olympic, Shenandoah and Blue Ridge Parkway.

The competitive process for the concessions contract was initiated on August 6, 2013 with the release of a prospectus. All offers had to be submitted to the agency by November 25, 2013. An evaluation panel of National Park Service and technical experts outside Grand Canyon National Park performed a comprehensive analysis of the proposals and selected the best responsive proposal based on factors identified in the prospectus. For more information about the prospectus and concessions contracts in the National Park Service visit www.concessions.nps.gov/news.htm.

NPS Contacts:
Maureen Oltrogge, 928-638-7779
Kirby Lynn Shedlowski, 928-638-7958

About Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts is an industry leader, providing Stewardship and Hospitality in Special Places (SM) with hotel, retail, food service, recreation and transportation operations at historic and scenic properties in North America and Australia. The company operates Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida; in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Olympic (Kalaloch Lodge), Shenandoah and Yosemite national parks, including The Ahwahnee and other Yosemite lodges; The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake in Ohio; Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa in British Columbia; Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Peaks of Otter Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway and in Niagara Falls State Park. The company also owns and operates Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite; the Park Gate Lodges at Yellowstone, which are the West Yellowstone Holiday Inn, Gray Wolf Inn and Suites and Yellowstone Park Hotel, as well as the new Explorer Cabins, all in West Yellowstone, Mont.; and five luxury resorts in Australia: Lizard Island Resort, Heron Island Resort, Wilson Island Resort, Kings Canyon Resort and El Questro Homestead and Wilderness Park. To learn more about Delaware North Companies’ hospitality management expertise, visit www.DelawareNorth.com/parks-and-resorts-home.aspx.

About Delaware North Companies
Delaware North Companies is one of the largest and most admired privately held hospitality companies in the world. Founded and owned for nearly 100 years by the Jacobs family, it is a global leader in hospitality and food service. Its family of companies includes the newly acquired Patina Restaurant Group, Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, Delaware North Companies International and Delaware North Companies Boston, owner of TD Garden.

Through these companies, Delaware North manages and provides food and beverage concessions, premium dining, entertainment, lodging, and retail at many large venues and special places. These include high-profile venues ranging from sports stadiums, entertainment complexes, national parks, airports, and some of the top regional casinos in the country.

Delaware North Companies has revenue exceeding $3 billion annually and 60,000 associates serving half a billion customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, visit www.DelawareNorth.com.

Contact:
Glen White
716-858-5753
Corporate Communications
Delaware North Companies

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Placement Dates: 08/12/14 – 10/12/14
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