Published: November 15, 2011
The American Club Resort Earns Coveted 'Forbes Five-Star Award'
KOHLER, Wis. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The American Club Resort in Kohler, Wisconsin, will usher in 2012
receiving a most distinguished gift - five sparkling stars - as Kohler
Co. announces today that both The
American Club hotel and Kohler
Waters Spa were awarded the prestigious 2012 Forbes Five-Star Award
in its 54th annual listing of Five-Star and Four-Star
hospitality establishments worldwide.
The American Club, in Kohler, Wisconsin, is the first and only Forbes Five-Star hotel in Wisconsin and one of 57 worldwide with this designation. (Photo: Business Wire)
They are also the first and only Forbes Five-Star hospitality
establishments in Wisconsin to earn the organization's highest rating
that recognizes superior service and guest satisfaction. The American
Club hotel is one of only 57 hotels worldwide with this distinction,
while the Kohler Waters Spa is one of only 30 spas worldwide. The
resort's fine dining offering, The Immigrant Restaurant, was honored
with the 2012 Forbes Four-Star Award - an impressive honor it has now
received three straight years.
"We are incredibly proud and honored to achieve the Forbes Five-Star
Award. Our dedicated staff is exemplary, and each individual works
exceedingly hard to deliver outrageous Five-Star experiences and
personalized service for each and every one of our guests," said Debbie
Taylor, Kohler Co. Group President-Hospitality & Real Estate. "Along
with our AA Five Red Star property, The Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort &
Spa in St Andrews, Scotland, Kohler Co. is in exclusive global company,
offering the finest resort and golf accommodations in the world."
The Forbes Five-Star list has defined the industry's highest standard of
excellence in hospitality for more than 50 years. As the originators of
the prestigious star rating system, Forbes Travel Guide provides one of
the most comprehensive evaluation systems of hotels, restaurants and
spas in the world, with ratings based on objective evaluations of more
than 500 attributes. For a detailed explanation of how Forbes Travel
Guide compiles its Star ratings, visit www.startle.com,
the new interactive website of Forbes Travel Guide. Follow Forbes
Travel Guide on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ForbesInspector.
"Our annual ratings represent the best of the best in hotels,
restaurants and spas. They serve as guideposts for consumers who are
looking for exceptional travel experiences," said Shane O'Flaherty,
President, Inspections & Ratings, Forbes Travel Guide.
Built in 1918 by Walter J. Kohler, The American Club was commissioned to
house immigrant workers - "single men of modest means" - who came to
work at Kohler Co. Here the men, most of whom spoke very little English,
could live in clean and comfortable surroundings while beginning life in
their new country and becoming American citizens. Hundreds of workers
called The American Club home over several decades. In 1981 it was
refurbished and reopened as a luxurious hotel in the heart of the
Midwest. Today, the building is recognized by the Historic Hotels of
America and pays homage to its historic beginnings with photos and
memorabilia throughout the resort.
The Kohler Waters Spa opened at the resort in 2000 and quickly secured
itself as a leader and innovator in the spa industry. Specializing in
restoring and replenishing the body, Kohler Waters Spa focuses on
treatments that emphasize the therapeutic benefits of water. Based in
Kohler, Wisconsin, the spa has two additional locations in Burr Ridge,
Illinois, and St Andrews, Scotland.
In addition to the designation awarded by Forbes Travel Guide, The
American Club Resort was recently ranked as the #3 Golf Resort in North
America by Golf Digest Magazine. The resort is known
internationally for its breath-taking championship golf courses,
Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run, created by legendary golf course
designer Pete Dye. Blackwolf Run will host the upcoming 2012 U.S.
Women's Open, while Whistling Straits will be the home to the 2015 PGA
Championship and 2020 Ryder Cup. The courses have played previous host
to 1998 U.S. Women's Open, 2004 PGA Championship, 2007 U.S. Senior Open
and 2010 PGA Championship.
Learn more about The American Club Resort at www.AmericanClub.com
or 800-344-2838. Stay up to date on resort happenings on facebook, facebook.com/americanclub
and on twitter, www.twitter.com/theamericanclub.
About Forbes Travel Guide
Forbes Travel Guide, originator of the prestigious Mobil Travel Guide
Star ratings and certifications, has provided the most comprehensive
ratings and reviews of hotels, restaurants and spas since 1958. In
October 2009, Mobil Travel Guide announced a strategic partnership with
Forbes Media LLC. This exclusive licensing agreement between two
industry leaders with more than 140 years of combined experience
transfers the hospitality industry's premier star rating and travel
guide brand from ExxonMobil to Forbes. Forbes Travel Guide has a team of
expert inspectors who anonymously evaluate properties against rigorous
and objective proprietary standards, providing consumers the insight to
make better-informed travel and leisure decisions.
About Forbes Media LLC
Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the #1 business site on
the Web that reaches on average more than 17 million people monthly. The
company publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia, which together reach a
worldwide audience of more than 6 million readers. It also publishes
ForbesLife magazine, in addition to licensee editions in China, Croatia,
India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia and Turkey.
Other Forbes Media Web sites are: Investopedia.com;
RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com; and
the Forbes.com Business and Finance Blog Network. Together with
Forbes.com, these sites reach on average nearly 40 million business
decision makers each month.
About Kohler Co. Hospitality & Real Estate Group
The Kohler Co. Hospitality & Real Estate profile includes The American
Club, boasting the first and only Forbes Five-Star hotel property in
Wisconsin, and world-renowned championship golf courses Whistling
Straits and Blackwolf Run. Acquired in 2004, its sister property, The
Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa in the birthplace of golf, St
Andrews, Scotland, is a AA Five Red Star property and recognized as one
of the most luxurious resorts in the world.
About The American Club Resort
The American Club Resort, a 2012 Forbes Five-Star Recipient and the
Midwest's only AAA Five Diamond resort-hotel was named #3 Golf Resort in
North America, by Golf Digest Magazine. Kohler Waters Spa in
Kohler, Wisconsin is the first and only Forbes Five-Star spa in
Wisconsin and one of 30 spas worldwide to hold this distinction. The
resort features 11 dining establishments from the Forbes Four-Star
Immigrant Restaurant to traditional pub fare at Horse & Plow and rustic
Italian at Cucina. The resort is located in the Village of Kohler,
Wisconsin, one hour north of Milwaukee and two and a half hours north of
Chicago.
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Kohler Co.
Leslie Stachowiak
920-457-4441 x 70468
leslie.stachowiak@kohler.com
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