Company's Waterparks Included in Its Own Environmental Program Unveiled Today MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (R) (NASDAQ: WOLF), North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, today announced all its U.S. properties have achieved Green Seal(TM) certification for the lodging portion of its operations, making Great Wolf Lodge(R) brand resorts the first and only national hotel chain to earn that distinction. Green Seal is a 20-year-old, independent, non-profit organization dedicated to creating a more sustainable world. Green Seal created a rigorous, science-based environmental standard for the industry, which includes nearly three dozen environmentally responsible criteria for lodging properties. Along with the Green Seal announcement, Great Wolf Lodge executives took the occasion to unveil the company's own, even more sweeping, environmental program called "Project Green Wolf." Both the hotel and waterpark portions of the business are part of Project Green Wolf, and the program also includes an inventive educational program for the resorts' youngest guests created in partnership with National Geographic Kids(TM). "We believe green tourism is the most important travel trend of our lifetime, and we wanted to do the right thing by taking a leadership position on this," said Kim Schaefer, chief executive officer of Great Wolf Resorts. "It's nice to be recognized as the first national hotel chain to achieve Green Seal Certification, yet more importantly, it's gratifying to know we're doing our part to create a sustainable tourism product for lots of families and generations to come." The company spent the last year making the necessary changes to meet the Green Seal requirements. As part of the certification process, each resort underwent an extensive operations audit covering nearly every aspect of its lodging business. All of the Great Wolf Resorts properties, including Blue Harbor Resort(TM) in Sheboygan, Wis., achieved Green Seal's Silver Certification. Additionally, Great Wolf Lodge – Niagara Falls has received a four leaf Green Leaf(TM) Eco-Rating from the Audubon Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program in Canada.
