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Happy Hills Campground To Reopen April 15 As Ohio’s Fifth Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort
NELSONVILLE, Ohio, April 9, 2019 — For 14 years, Lorraine Carlson and her husband, Daren, have owned and operated the Happy Hills Campground. But when they reopen for the 2019 season on Monday, April 15, they’ll have a new identity as the Hocking Hills Jellystone Park location and they’ll have none other than Yogi Bear™ […]
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts Ranked a Top 100 Franchise by Franchise Gator
Franchise Gator ranked Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts one of the Top 100 franchises in the United States for 2019. The Franchise Gator Top 100 list was developed to assist prospective franchisees in their search for a franchise opportunity by ranking franchises based on a variety of criteria including financial stability, growth, sustainability, profitability, transparency, and franchisee satisfaction. “Each opportunity on the Top 100 list has strong growth potential,” said Eric Bell, General Manager of Franchise Gator. “Not only are these opportunities among the very best in the industry; they also offer a solid investment.”
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts Posts 10th Straight Year of Sales Growth
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts in 2018 once again set a new all-time record for sales. System-wide revenues increased 6.1% over the prior year to $125 million. It was the franchise company’s 10th consecutive year of sales growth. Growth was primarily driven by existing locations as same park revenues increased 5.7%.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was recently named one of the Top 200 franchises in the United States by Franchise Business Review. The 2019 ranking is the organization’s 14th annual ranking of the nation’s top franchise opportunities. Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was one of more than 300 franchise brands, representing over 30,000 franchise owners, that participated in Franchise Business Review’s research. Jellystone Park franchisees were surveyed about their experiences and their satisfaction regarding critical areas of the Jellystone Park system, including training and support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations, and financial opportunity.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, was recently ranked No. 202 in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2019 Franchise 500® rankings for its outstanding performance in areas including unit growth, financial strength and stability, and brand power. The Jellystone Park No. 202 ranking is an improvement of 63 slots over its prior year performance and is one of the ten largest two-year rankings jumps among all companies included in the 2017 ranking. 2019 is the third consecutive year in which Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts have been ranked as the top franchise in the Campgrounds category.
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Leisure Systems, Inc. Presents Annual Awards To Top Performing Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts
Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI) presented its annual awards to exemplary Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees throughout the U.S. and Canada. The awards were issued on the final day of LSI’s annual symposium at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts’ Third Quarter Sales Surge Nearly 19%
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts 2018 sales continued to surge in the third quarter with another double-digit same-park sales increase. Sales at the nation’s second-largest franchise campground network were up 18.8 percent for the quarter ending September 30. This follows a second quarter 11.9 percent jump and a first quarter 23.5 percent increase. Jellystone Park expects 2018 will be its 10th consecutive year of sales growth.
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Leisure Systems, Inc. (LSI) has scheduled a Prospective Owners Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 4 in Covington, Ky. to give aspiring Jellystone Park owners the opportunity to also attend LSI’s annual Symposium, which starts Monday, Nov. 5. “We selected this specific date and location because it immediately precedes our 2018 Symposium, which provides prospective franchisees with an opportunity to gather in-depth information while also meeting and networking with Jellystone Park operators across North America,” said Jim Westover, LSI’s vice president of product development and sales.
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October 31 is still a few weeks away, but families can celebrate Halloween every weekend in October at the Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Natural Bridge Station. Activities include pumpkin painting and Halloween-themed crafts, costume and campsite decorating contests, trick-or-treating, Halloween DJ dances with a bonfire, and a 30-minute Shenandoah Valley-themed haunted trail. “Our haunted trail is really popular,” said Brian Newcomb, general manager of the resort. “Our guests enjoy scary encounters with Bigfoot, moonshiners, hillbillies, and haunted dolls. Parts of the trail are indoors, while other sections are outside.”
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Adirondacks Jellystone Park™ To Raise Funds For Breast Cancer Research And Treatment
Adirondacks Jellystone Park is inviting the public to visit the campground and participate in its fundraising activities for breast cancer research and treatment from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 1. Members of the public are invited to visit the campground and join Jellystone Park campers in a variety of relay games, a bubble party for kids, a silent auction, and a 50-50 raffle in which half of the proceeds will be awarded to the person who purchases the winning ticket.Other raffles will also be held for prizes ranging from Boston sports memorabilia such as signed Johnny Bench baseball cards to tickets to the September 15 football game between Syracuse University and Florida State University. A separate raffle will also be held for a two-night stay at a Holiday Inn.
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Year-To-Date Revenues Are Up 15.5 Percent At Jellystone Parks Across The U.S. And Canada
MILFORD, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2018 — Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, the nation’s second largest franchise campground network, said its second quarter revenue was up 11.9 percent, while year-to-date revenue jumped 15.5 percent, compared to the last year’s figures. “These increases are important because they show significant growth over our 2017 figures, which set previous […]
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BURLESON, August 14, 2018 — Reader´s Digest has joined MSN.com, Country Living magazine, U.S. News & World Report and The Travel Channel in listing Jellystone Parks among its top family camping destinations in the United States. Reader’s Digest recently highlighted the Jellystone Park™ in Burleson, Texas on its list of the “Best Parks in Every […]
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Jellystone Parks To Offer A Prospective Owners Workshop, Sept. 15-16 In Tabor City, N.C.
MILFORD, Ohio, July 30, 2018 — Current and aspiring campground operators will soon have a chance to explore the feasibility of owning and operating their own Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort. Leisure Systems, Inc. will hold a Prospective Owners Workshop Sept. 15-16 at the award winning Jellystone Park in Tabor City, N.C. The two-day workshop will include […]
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Northgate Resorts will reopen the former Girl Scout camp in Golden Valley as a Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort on Wednesday, Aug. 1. “We’re very excited to reopen this beautiful campground at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains as a Jellystone Park Camp-Resort,” said Zachary Bossenbroek, CEO of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Northgate Resorts. “The park will initially be open for cabin and tent rentals, though we will have other camping options available, including glamping tents, later this year. We’ll be adding RV sites for our 2019 camping season. Families will be able to enjoy numerous activities as soon as the park opens, including a jumping pillow and jumping pad; canoeing and kayaking; swimming in the lake; outdoor movies, playground; scavenger hunts, volleyball, basketball, hiking trails, horseshoes, arts & crafts, Gaga ball, gem-mining, “Hey Hey” Wagon Rides, Candy Bar Bingo, and dance parties.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Parks across eastern Canada will be celebrating Canada Day with patriotic bike parades, campsite decorating, Maple Leaf face painting and other activities. But the family friendly campground network has many more activities and themed weekends planned throughout the summer months, including chocolate themed weeks and weekends, pet themed weekends, and weekends with Christmas and Halloween themed activities. “Our Canadian campgrounds offer everything from chocolate Slip N Slides to Christmas in July festivities with Yuletide Karaoke contests to pre-Halloween themed weekends that start in August with campsite decorating contests and trick or treating,” said Kelly Jones, vice president of operations for Milford, Ohio-based Leisure Systems Inc., which franchises Jellystone Parks across Canada and the United States.
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Branson Family Campground Rejoins The Jellystone Park™ Network
FORSYTH, Mo., June 14, 2018 — Branson Family Campground has rejoined the Jellystone Park network after a two-year hiatus. The campground had previously been a Jellystone Park but left the franchise network under its previous owners. But, when Jeremy and Lacy Stucky acquired the park late last year, they knew they wanted to join the […]
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