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Company acquires Thompson House Resort in Windham, New York
Wylder Hotels has announced the acquisition of the Thompson House Resort in Windham, New York. The group plans to reimagine, restore, and honor the history of the resort, set to reopen in the spring of 2022. Wylder Windham will be the third outpost in the Wylder Hotels collection, following the openings of Wylder Hope Valley in 2020 and Wylder Tilghman Island in 2018.
The Thompson House is a 110-room full-service resort on 20 acres with 140 years of the same family ownership. Located in the Greater Northern Catskills, this property is adjacent to the picturesque Windham Mountain and Windham Country Club, with the Batavia Kill River running through it. Experienced in revitalizing historical properties while leaving their original character intact, Wylder Hotels has big plans for the new Windham location. Paying homage to its nostalgic past, the restoration will be inspired by a sense of place and all that Windham has to of
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Panelists:
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In 1916, Michael Sorensen, a Danish immigrant and sheepherder, pulled together enough money to buy 169 acres of land in Hope Valley.
Amid stands of aspens cut through by the West Fork of the Carson River, Sorensen built cabins over the next decade that he would rent out for 75 cents a night when he opened his namesake resort in 1926.
At the campground, the yurts are tucked in the trees or positioned at scenic vistas. / Wylder Hotels
Nearly a century later, Sorensen’s has undergone many changes and owners over the years, but the soul of the property and the undeveloped landscape that surrounds it has not. It’s what attracted the newest proprietor, founder and CEO of Wylder Hotels John Flannigan, to breathe new life into the mountain retreat.