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Parton to bring resort hotel to Dollywood
Country music legend Dolly Parton has committed to investing $300 million in her Dollywood properties over the next 10 years.
The plans include a 300-room resort on 100 acres adjacent to the park and a dual-launch roller coaster that is already under construction.
Parton entered the hotel business three years ago with Dollywood Cabins, two miles from the parks, but the DreamMore Resort will take that to a new level.
It will have a variety of room choices, including a 2,200-square-foot Dolly’s Suite Dreams celebrity suite, as well as an indoor and outdoor pool complex, a spa, an amphiteater and a full-service restaurant with a wrap-around veranda overlooking the mountains.
It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2015, creating 2,500 jobs and generating $150 million a year for the local economy.
“This is where I nurtured my heart’s dreams, and I want to share more of them,” she said in a news release.
“My plans for the next 10 years are to expand my Dollywood properties to offer families more opportunities to play together and grow closer while they make their best memories. It’s truly the culmination of this country girl’s wildest dreams™
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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