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Guest Services, Inc. Expands Its Industry Leading Sustainability Program via Additional Commitments to Animal Welfare

Guest Services, Inc. is proud to announce its industry leading Sustainability Program now includes an expanded policy aimed at the welfare of broiler chickens.

By 2024, Guest Services, Inc. is mandating that its network of nationwide suppliers for broiler chickens adhere to the standards of the Global Animal Partnership (GAP), which include:

  • Improving welfare outcomes associated with fast-growing breed strains.
  • Providing enriched environments including natural light, hay bales, litter and perches.
  • Ensuring maximum stocking density is equal to/less than 6 pounds per square foot.
  • Rendering birds unconscious prior to shackling using Controlled or Low Atmosphere Stunning.
  • Provide details on compliance by a third-party auditor

Over the years Guest Services, Inc. has consistently served as an industry leader and early adopter of other marquee sustainable policies such as the use of cage-free eggs, strictly subscribing to sustainable seafood practices, only serving coffee that is grown and harvested under Rainforest Alliance guidelines, significantly reducing the number of plastic water bottles sold at State and National Parks via the installation of hydration stations, and, serving cold beverages in eco-friendly cups and hot beverages in cups that contain a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled fiber – all made in the United States.

About Guest Services, Inc.

Now celebrating its Centennial, Guest Services, Inc. has earned the reputation as the premier hospitality management company and national and state park concessioner that has taken great care and pride in delivering best-in-class food, lodging, retail and recreation services. The Fairfax, Virginia-based company and its subsidiaries employ nearly 4,000 valued team members at more than 300 properties, which welcome over 35 million guests annually across the United States.   To learn more visit www.guestservices.com

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Celebrating a Century of Service in 2017

Happy New Year, Guest Services Family –

As you know, 2017 marks 100 years that Guest Services has been in business providing spectacular services for our valued clients, customers and guests.  It is because of you, and those loyal employees who came before you, that we have reached this impressive milestone of a “Century of Service.”  During our Centennial Celebration, we will be engaging in a number of activities that we hope you will find enjoyable and meaningful; our goal is to celebrate you, acknowledge and thank our valued clients for placing their trust in Guest Services, and to treat our customers and guests in a very special manner that celebrates them and their importance to our organization.

I’m pleased to share the following Centennial Celebration Video that Jeff Marquis and I created to kick off this very special occasion:

centennial video
Click the play button to watch the video.

 

Please be sure to frequently visit the Guest Services Intranet, our employee web portal (www.gsiemployees.com) and our social media channels throughout the year for news, updates and other valuable information about the Centennial.

Thank you for your loyalty, your hard work, and overall for making Guest Services such a special organization.  Jeff and I look forward celebrating our Centennial with all of you and working together as we embark on our next Century of Service.

Gerry Gabrys
CEO
Guest Services, Inc.

 

$25 million senior living community in Clarksville’s future

clarksvilleCLARKSVILLE — A yearlong string of newly announced senior living communities in Clarksville continues with word Friday that the city is gaining a $25 million development on Professional Park Drive.

PGM Properties, LLC, a Brentwood-based developer; Coro Realty Advisors, LLC, an Atlanta-based developer; and Guest Services, Inc., of Fairfax, Va., plan to develop a 140-room-for-rent senior independent-living community at 811 Professional Park Drive.

PGM and Coro said in a news release they will oversee the development of the facility, to be called “The Aster at Clarksville,” and Guest Services will be the operating partner managing the facility. This will mark Guest Services’ first venture in Middle Tennessee.

Site work is expected to commence in the spring of 2017 with an estimated completion of summer of 2018. When completed, the community will feature what developers called Friday a “first-class restaurant,” health club, heated aerobics pool, library and media center, and multiple indoor and outdoor social areas, including a coffee bar, lounge and craft rooms.

Transportation and a full schedule of lifestyle activities will also be available.

Developers say the apartment homes will be spacious, open-concept living spaces with one- and- two-bedroom floor plans including full kitchens with modern, full-size appliances and washers and dryers in each apartment.

“The oldest baby boomers still aren’t 70-years-old,” said PGM partner John McReynolds, but we are at the foothills of real demographic expansion of the 75-plus, 80-plus, and 85-plus age that are driving demand for senior housing. The demographic boom people expected for this age group has finally landed.

“The Aster and other communities we have planned in Middle Tennessee are going to service this group dubbed ‘the silver tsunami.’ The Clarksville location is conveniently located adjacent to the largest regional hospital, Tennova Healthcare – Clarksville, and the Governor’s Square Mall,” McReynolds said.

Corcoran-OTA of Atlanta will perform the project’s design and architecture work and the project’s engineering phase will be led by McKay-Burchett and Company Engineers of Clarksville, officials said.

Besides The Aster, other senior living communities confirmed in the past year for Clarksville include the $40 million Villages at The River Club on Warfield Boulevard, and The Arcadia on Chesapeake Lane, and there are indications of still others to come.

Jimmy Settle, jsettle@theleafchronicle.com 3:58 p.m. CST December 16, 2016
Reach Business Editor Jimmy Settle at 931-245-0247 and on Twitter @settle_leaf.

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