Kampgrounds of America honors Silver KOA

	Jim and Jackie of Silver City KOA have been honored with both the KOA President's Award and KOA Founder's Award. Come pay a visit and see what makes their campground so remarkable!

KamKampgrounds of America recently honored Jim & Jackie Blurton, of the Silver City KOA with both the KOA Founder’s Award and the KOA President’s Award for outstanding camper guest service, facility and operation.

The KOA President’s Award recognizes campgrounds that receive exceptional scores on their quality assurance facilities review and for being a positive part of the KOA system. The winning campgrounds also increased the system-wide benchmark for overall satisfaction on their annual camper satisfaction surveys received from their own camping guests. The survey showed an industry leading overall 8-point increase in guest satisfaction for the KOA system in 2006. As part of this award, winners will receive special signs, flags, and nametags for their campground and staff to denote their status as a KOA President’s Award winner.

The Founder’s Award (shown left) is given to KOA Kampground owners and managers who provide a high level of customer service and for effectively meeting their camping guest’s expectations. This award is determined solely on feedback from campers through annual surveys that measure their guest’s experience while staying at their campground. Each campground must score high in all areas of customer service, campground facilities, cleanliness and overall value to receive a Founder’s Award.

"To receive both the KOA Founder’s and President’s Awards is a wonderful achievement,” says Shane Ott, KOA President and COO. "These awards recognize Jim & Jackie Blurton and their staffs for all the hard work they put into the Silver City KOA campground and for the great service they provide their camping guests.”

Established in Billings, Mont. in 1962, Kampgrounds of America, Inc. is the largest system of campgrounds in the world. KOA offers RV, tent, Kamping Kabin, Lodges and Kottages at campground locations in the U.S. and Canada. Currently, KOA has nearly 450 franchised campgrounds, and 23 company operated properties that are open to the public. For more information, visit Kampgrounds of America on the Internet at www.koa.com, the most visited camping Web site in the world, or the KOA Pressroom at www.koapressroom.com.