PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Entertainment superstar, small town girl and business mogul Dolly Parton launched DollyParton.com, the comprehensive go-to website for all information regarding her historic career, life and many family-focused businesses.
Parton’s new website not only features her business entities, including all the Dollywood properties, but also Parton’s historic musical career, award-winning movies and her work to promote literacy in children. DollyParton.com provides visitors with an all-inclusive look at Parton’s life and legacy and is the first time the many facets of Parton’s life have come together to centralize her brand and that of her businesses.
"For years, there have been pieces of me scattered all across the internet so I thought it was time to bring it all together into one body of work," Parton said referring to her new website.
Managed by Parton’s non-profit organization, The Dollywood Foundation, DollyParton.com offers visitors a chronological look at the country legend’s extensive 60-year musical career through special information and exclusive images. DollyParton.com serves as home to a complete collection of information regarding Parton’s extensive musical collection and provides a place for visitors to follow her story through countless hit songs and inspiring achievements both personal and professional.
Along with musical milestones, the site showcases chronological news of all of Parton’s family-friendly destinations including Dollywood, Dollywood’s Splash Country, Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins, Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort and Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction, as well as Pirates Voyage located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
“Dolly Parton has been an inspiration to so many people around the world through her astounding musical and storytelling talents, her family-focused businesses and world-changing philanthropic efforts,” said Dollywood Foundation President David Dotson. “We wanted to create a place where all of those things could come together to be archived and celebrated, and DollyParton.com gives us a space to do just that.”
Parton’s website also highlights her philanthropic work by presenting information about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program started by Parton in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, to fulfill her dream to inspire a love of reading among children throughout the world by giving them free access to books. Just like Parton’s career, DollyParton.com is ever changing and growing. As a living website, timely news in each area of Parton’s legacy is updated and readily available for visitors to the website.
About The Dollywood Company: A highly awarded and widely recognized leader in the amusement industry, The Dollywood Company consists of the 150-acre Dollywood theme park; the 35-acre Dollywood’s Splash Country; Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins; and Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort, opening in 2015. As unique as its namesake and owner Dolly Parton, Dollywood is the 2010 Applause Award winner, the theme park industry’s highest accolade; winner of nearly 30 Golden Ticket Awards; and recipient of 24 Brass Ring Awards for Live Entertainment (more than any other theme park in the world). In 2014, Dollywood was named a top three theme park by USA Today. Dollywood, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015, is open nine months a year (late March through early January) and offers rides and attractions, shows, and a dozen crafters authentic to the East Tennessee region. Dollywood’s Splash Country, recognized by the Travel Channel as one of the country’s most beautiful waterparks and named 2009’s Must-See Waterpark by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, operates from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Cabins offers luxurious cabin accommodations overlooking Dollywood. The 307-room Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort provides guests spectacular mountain views and family-friendly amenities next door to Dollywood theme park and Dollywood’s Splash Country. For more information, call 1-800-DOLLYWOOD or visit dollywood.com. Operating days and hours vary.
For B-roll, photography and more information, visit the Dollywood Media Room at http://www.dollywood.com/Media/Media-Room.aspx.
