Destination Kohler

Destination Kohler
TypeTourism organization
Headquarters444 Highland Drive
Kohler, Wisconsin
 United States
Key people
Dirk Willis - VP Golf, Retail & Landscape
Christine Loose - VP Lodging & Wellness
Parent organization
Kohler Company
SubsidiariesThe American Club
Whistling Straits
Blackwolf Run
Websitewww.destinationkohler.com

Destination Kohler is the hospitality and real estate arm of the Kohler Company, and the tourism promotion agency for the Village of Kohler, Wisconsin.

Properties

Lodging

The American Club

Destination Kohler owns and operates a resort in Kohler called The American Club. The American Club is a Forbes Five Star Resort and the only AAA 5-Diamond resort hotel in the entire Midwest.

Inn on Woodlake

Destination Kohler also operates Inn On Woodlake, a 121-room hotel also located in the Village of Kohler west of The Shops at Woodlake.[1]

Sandhill Cabin

Named for a pair of Sandhill cranes that return each year to the property, the Sandhill Cabin is located in the Town of Mosel west of the Kohler-owned Whistling Straits golf course.[2][3]

Lodge Kohler

Destination Kohler also operates Lodge Kohler, a AAA 4-Diamond 144-room hotel located in Green Bay in the Titletown area near Lambeau Field. The hotel boasts a restaurant, a cafe, and a Kohler Waters Spa.[4]

Golf

The Kohler Company operates three golf courses in Wisconsin and Scotland.

Whistling Straits

The Whistling Straits golf course is located in the Town of Mosel north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin and is associated with The American Club and hosted the PGA Championship in 2004, 2010 and 2015, as well as the 2007 U.S. Senior Open and the 2021 Ryder Cup.

Blackwolf Run

Blackwolf Run, located in the Village of Kohler, features two 18-hole courses and has hosted the 1998 and 2012 U.S. Women's Open. A third course, The Baths, a 10-hole par-3 course, opened in 2021.

Old Course Hotel

The Old Course Hotel is a five-star hotel in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Kitchens of Kohler

Under the Destination Kohler umbrella, the Kohler Company owns and operates a number of restaurants, including the Immigrant Restaurant at the American Club, the Wisconsin Room, the Greenhouse, The Horse & Plow, and the Taverne on Woodlake. The company also operates restaurants at its two golf courses in Sheboygan County and at its private club Riverbend.

Private clubs

Riverbend

Kohler's hospitality group owns and operates Riverbend, a private membership club along the Sheboygan River on the west side of the Village of Kohler.

River Wildlife

River Wildlife is a 500-acre wilderness preserve along the Sheboygan River near the Blackwolf Run golf course and Riverbend.[5] It includes a private rustic cabin and a recreational retreat.[6]

Kohler Stables

The Kohler Company owns and operates Kohler Stables in Kohler. Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. was the owner of Noble Flaire from 1984 until Flaire's death in 2006.[7]

Proposed projects

Tented Forest

In September 2011, the Kohler Company announced plans to building a luxury "tented forest" that would have included 15 permanent, canvas-covered structures on 247 acres of company property just north of Kohler-Andrae State Park.[8] Most of the structures would house guests, but there would also be a spa tent and a guest-only restaurant and bar. In January 2012, Sheboygan County officials voted to grant a conditional use permit for the development[9] but has since scrapped those plans.[10]

Events

Destination Kohler organizes a number of annual events including; Kohler Festival of Beer,[11] Kohler Food & Wine Experience, In Celebration of Chocolate and Kohler Winterfest.

Kohler Landscape

Kohler Landscape is part of Destination Kohler and is responsible for landscaping in the Village of Kohler and the Kohler Company properties.

Village Realty & Development

The Kohler Company also owns and operates Village Realty & Development, which guides the orderly development of more than 4.5 square miles of land within the Village of Kohler.[12] Village Realty & Development is a full-service brokerage company that specializes in the sale of single-family homes, duplexes and condominiums throughout Sheboygan County. It also owns River Trails, a gated wooded area boarding the Black River in the Town of Wilson south of Sheboygan featuring log homes.[13]

Destination St Andrews

Outside the United States, the Kohler Company also owns the Old Course Hotel at St. Andrews in Scotland. The 5 Red Star golf resort is situated on the famed "Road Hole" fairway of the 17th green as well as the Hamilton Grand.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inn on Woodlake". Destination Kohler. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Your own cabin at a world-class resort". Crain's Chicago Business. July 10, 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Kohler: Golf's 5-Star Resort Gets Even Better". Forbes. May 21, 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Lodge Kohler". Lodge Kohler. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. ^ "About River Wildlife". Destination Kohler. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. ^ "In Kohler, Wisconsin, Rugged Exploration or Luxurious Escape". Chicago magazine. January 25, 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The Passing of a Legend ... Noble Flaire". Saddle Horse Report. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Kohler proposes luxury camp near Sheboygan". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ^ Petrie, Bob (January 7, 2012). "Kohler Co.'s Tented Forest plan in Town of Wilson draws fire". Sheboygan Press.
  10. ^ "Kohler to reveal plans for property". Appleton Post-Crescent. April 4, 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Kohler Festival of Beer". Destination Kohler. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Village Realty & Development". Destination Kohler. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  13. ^ "River Trails". Village Realty & Development. Retrieved 24 November 2015.