Press Releases
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Jellystone Park™ 2020 Sales Jump 10% Despite COVID-19
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts posted its 14th straight year of same-park sales in 2020. Even though many locations did not fully open until mid-summer, annual sales grew 9.9%. The fourth quarter, when reservations typically slow, saw a whopping 52% jump over 2019. According to Leisure Systems, Inc., (LSI) which franchises the brand, the 2020 […]
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MILFORD, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2021 — Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was recently ranked one of the nation’s top five hundred franchises by Entrepreneur magazine. This is the fifth consecutive year Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts has been ranked among Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500® and Jellystone Park was ranked the top brand in its category four of those […]
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts Named a 2020 Top Franchise by Franchise Business Review
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was recently named a top franchise for 2020 by Franchise Business Review. This is the 3rd year in a row that Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts has been selected for this honor. The honor is the most recent in a string of accolades for the Jellystone Park franchise. In 2019, the brand […]
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Finishes Third Quarter with Record Sales
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, North America’s leading family camping and entertainment franchise, celebrated its 50th anniversary by posting record system sales for the 12th consecutive year. Same-park sales through September 30, which marks the end of the camping season for most Jellystone Park locations, were up 9.9% over 2018. Founded in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, […]
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Multiple Jellystone Park™ Locations Nominated For ARVC’s Park Of The Year Awards
MILFORD, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2019 — Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort locations are major contenders in the annual National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) Park of the Year awards competition. This year, there are 16 campgrounds across the nation vying for the Park of the Year honor in the medium-size park category and […]
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Cincinnati, Ohio, October 28, 2019 – Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was identified by independent franchisee satisfaction research firm, Franchise Business Review, as one of 2019’s Most Innovative Franchises. This honor is the latest in a string of accolades for Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park. The company was recently ranked No. 202 in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2019 […]
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Bolstered by millennials’ rapidly growing interest in camping, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts is on track for its 11th straight year of record sales as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. North America’s largest franchised family camping chain, Jellystone Park, announced new resorts will open in Ohio and Texas in 2020. Overall revenue through the first […]
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Glamping Gets Ghoulish At Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts
CINCINNATI – Kids are heading back to school and cooler weather is around the corner, so families are thinking about fall camping, or these days, glamping. Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts in the U.S. and Canada have a full schedule of fall and Halloween activities scheduled, with Halloween-themed weekends already underway at some locations. Most […]
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Happy Hills Campground To Reopen April 15 As Ohio’s Fifth Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort
NELSONVILLE, Ohio, April 9, 2019 — For 14 years, Lorraine Carlson and her husband, Daren, have owned and operated the Happy Hills Campground. But when they reopen for the 2019 season on Monday, April 15, they’ll have a new identity as the Hocking Hills Jellystone Park location and they’ll have none other than Yogi Bear™ […]
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts Ranked a Top 100 Franchise by Franchise Gator
Franchise Gator ranked Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts one of the Top 100 franchises in the United States for 2019. The Franchise Gator Top 100 list was developed to assist prospective franchisees in their search for a franchise opportunity by ranking franchises based on a variety of criteria including financial stability, growth, sustainability, profitability, transparency, and franchisee satisfaction. “Each opportunity on the Top 100 list has strong growth potential,” said Eric Bell, General Manager of Franchise Gator. “Not only are these opportunities among the very best in the industry; they also offer a solid investment.”
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts Posts 10th Straight Year of Sales Growth
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts in 2018 once again set a new all-time record for sales. System-wide revenues increased 6.1% over the prior year to $125 million. It was the franchise company’s 10th consecutive year of sales growth. Growth was primarily driven by existing locations as same park revenues increased 5.7%.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was recently named one of the Top 200 franchises in the United States by Franchise Business Review. The 2019 ranking is the organization’s 14th annual ranking of the nation’s top franchise opportunities. Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts was one of more than 300 franchise brands, representing over 30,000 franchise owners, that participated in Franchise Business Review’s research. Jellystone Park franchisees were surveyed about their experiences and their satisfaction regarding critical areas of the Jellystone Park system, including training and support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations, and financial opportunity.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, was recently ranked No. 202 in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2019 Franchise 500® rankings for its outstanding performance in areas including unit growth, financial strength and stability, and brand power. The Jellystone Park No. 202 ranking is an improvement of 63 slots over its prior year performance and is one of the ten largest two-year rankings jumps among all companies included in the 2017 ranking. 2019 is the third consecutive year in which Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts have been ranked as the top franchise in the Campgrounds category.
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Leisure Systems, Inc. Presents Annual Awards To Top Performing Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts
Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI) presented its annual awards to exemplary Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort franchisees throughout the U.S. and Canada. The awards were issued on the final day of LSI’s annual symposium at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky.
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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts’ Third Quarter Sales Surge Nearly 19%
Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts 2018 sales continued to surge in the third quarter with another double-digit same-park sales increase. Sales at the nation’s second-largest franchise campground network were up 18.8 percent for the quarter ending September 30. This follows a second quarter 11.9 percent jump and a first quarter 23.5 percent increase. Jellystone Park expects 2018 will be its 10th consecutive year of sales growth.
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Leisure Systems, Inc. (LSI) has scheduled a Prospective Owners Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 4 in Covington, Ky. to give aspiring Jellystone Park owners the opportunity to also attend LSI’s annual Symposium, which starts Monday, Nov. 5. “We selected this specific date and location because it immediately precedes our 2018 Symposium, which provides prospective franchisees with an opportunity to gather in-depth information while also meeting and networking with Jellystone Park operators across North America,” said Jim Westover, LSI’s vice president of product development and sales.
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