Chris Ballou Promoted to GM Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, OH
February 17, 2010 - Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. ® (NASDAQ: WOLF), North America's largest family of indoor waterparks resorts, today announced that Chris Ballou has been promoted to general manager of Great Wolf Lodge® in Sandusky, Ohio.
Ballou is responsible for the successful daily operation and management of the 271, all-suite Great Wolf Lodge and its more than 200 team members. Prior to transferring to Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, Ballou was the director of finance for the company's Grand Mound, Washington and Sandusky resorts. He is a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County, Great Wolf Resorts' charity of choice.
Prior to joining Great Wolf Lodge, Ballou was the controller at Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia. Before that he was the financial operations manager at Six Flags in Aurora, Ohio.
Ballou earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
Previously, Matt Lawrence was the general manager of Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky. Lawrence now serves as general manager for the company's Great Wolf Lodge resort located in Traverse City, Michigan.
Great Wolf Lodge is a first-class, full-service, year-round family destination resort designed to capture the atmosphere and adventure of the northwoods. Serving as Ohio's Year-Round Family Resort™, Great Wolf Lodge provides a comprehensive package of destination lodging amenities, including 271 family-sized suites; a 42,000 square-foot indoor entertainment area, featuring a grand scale waterpark; arcade with ticket redemption; children's craft and activity room; fitness room; two northwoods-themed restaurants; state-of-the-art meeting space; spacious outdoor pool; gift emporium; and a performing Great Clock Tower.
About Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.® (NASDAQ: WOLF), Madison, Wis., is North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, and, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge® and Blue Harbor Resort™ brands. Great Wolf Resorts is a fully integrated resort company with Great Wolf Lodge locations in: Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Sandusky, Ohio; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.; the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Grand Mound, Wash.; and Charlotte/Concord, N.C.; and Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center in Sheboygan, Wis. Through Great Wolf Resorts' environmental sustainability program, Project Green Wolf™, the company is the first and only national hotel chain to have all US properties Green Seal™ Certified - Silver.
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