Destination Kohler
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Type | Tourism organization |
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Headquarters | 444 Highland Drive Kohler, Wisconsin ![]() |
Key people
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Michael Belot, General Manager |
Parent organization
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Kohler Company |
Subsidiaries | The American Club Whistling Straits Blackwolf Run |
Website | www |
Destination Kohler is the official tourism organization for the village of Kohler, Wisconsin[1] and the Kohler Company. It is also the company's hospitality and real estate group.
Contents
Properties
Lodging
The American Club
Destination Kohler owns and operates a resort in Kohler called The American Club. The American Club is a Five Star 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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Golf
The Kohler Company operates three golf courses in Wisconsin and Scotland.
Whistling Straits
The Whistling Straits golf course is located north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin and is associated with the The American Club and hosted the PGA Championship in 2004, 2010 and 2015, as well as the 2007 U.S. Senior Open. The Ryder Cup is scheduled to be hosted at the course in 2020.
Blackwolf Run
Blackwolf Run, located in the Village of Kohler, features two courses and has hosted the 1998 and 2012 U.S. Women's Open.
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, Cucina. The company also operates restaurants at its two golf courses in Sheboygan County and at its private club River Wildlife.
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]
Lodge Kohler
In August 2015, the Green Bay Packers and Destination Kohler unveiled plans to build Lodge Kohler,[11] an upscale hotel operated by the Kohler Company, in the Titletown District west of Lambeau Field and would include a bar and restaurant, an indoor/outdoor pool, a spa and fitness facility.[12] Lodge Kohler would be the company's fourth hotel in Wisconsin.[13]
Events
Destination Kohler organizes a number of annual events including; Kohler Festival of Beer,[14] 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.[15] 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.[16]
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
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External links
- Destination Kohler official website