Q. What is the official name of your company?
A. Dakota Landing
Q. Is your firm a subsidiary or affiliate of other companies? If so, please name those firms and their relationship to your company.
A. No
Q. What do you most want people to know about your company?
A. Williston’s premier hotel offering facilities and amenities for corporate stays, groups and extended stay crew stays with full meal plans. Located in the heart of one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the brand new Dakota Landing residence hotel is designed to
meet the growing needs of the Bakken Shale housing market by providing area visitors and residents, both business travelers and extended stay crews, with high-quality extended-stay housing accommodations that provide guests a welcoming feel within a unique and innovative hotel residence.
The comfortable and value-based hotel residency setting, hosting 240 generously-sized single and double rooms, dining by a world leader in food service, business services and other lifestyle offerings, provide desirable all-inclusive amenities for the diverse needs of guests, such as: Food Services, 24 hour food service with hot full American breakfast buffet and multi-entrée dinner; Business Services, dedicated business center and ATM machine, meeting and conference space for up to 40 persons, free WIFI; Recreational Services, fitness center, poker and pool tables, TV lounge; Convenience Services, laundry services, self-parking with block heater hookups, on-site security, indoor boot room; Area Attractions, situated near the area’s historic sites, outdoor recreational opportunities and yearly special events.
Q. Where is your company located?
A. Williston, ND
Q. What year was the company founded and by whom?
A. Opened on September 3, 2013
Q. What is your company’s primary business activity?
A. Accommodations and lodging.
Q. How many employees does your company have?
A. We currently have 60 employees.
Q. What is your company’s main strength or its edge over the competition?
A. The new Bakken Housing Prototype?
OK, so there is no Ritz Carlton in Williston, nor a glamorous shopping and entertainment district but residents – both permanent and temporary – expect to live in a comfortable and healthy environment. One might debate the life-style of a man-camp resident or the challenges of everyday shopping for food, clothing and other essentials, much less the more frivolous whims. In essence though, there are many more economic opportunities in Williston and surrounding communities than in many other cities in the USA and around the world. So everyone makes the most of it, each with a personal goal. City and county officials and staff as well as the business community have common objectives to enhance the economic well-being of their entities and stakeholders.
Shouldn’t the working population have similar goals? Wouldn’t everyone benefit if the standard of living for everyone was improved. Money is not the standard of happiness.
Living conditions and other quality of life elements are equally important.
Are man-camps positive environments for motivation and retention? Probably not. Who wouldn’t rather stay in a hotel room with amenities and living space plus daily housekeeping, fresh hot and healthy meals available 24 hours a day, fitness, recreation and entertainment areas and a friendly staff of hospitality professionals? And what if there were minimal or no price differentials for these facilities and services versus man-camps?
Part of the solution are the many new apartments being built in the area. These allow for independent living in convenient clusters - great for chefs, tidy and organized individuals but not so much for busy individuals seeking an inclusive price for facilities and services.
And then there is Dakota Landing, Williston’s newest hotel and housing solution built specifically for this market. The rooms are spacious, with telephone and WIFI services included. There is daily housekeeping service, a business center and laundry service.
The kitchen produces 24 hour food service including hot full American breakfast buffets and hot, multi-entrée dinner buffets. For those on non-traditional schedules, there is tasty food available any time.
Add a fitness center, recreation and entertainment rooms, a boot room – necessary for sanity in this muddy environment – and block warmer hook-ups for the colder days in North Dakota. There is a lending library and meeting space for corporate or social meetings up to 40 persons. Most importantly, there is a warm, smiling face at the front desk upon your return every day. The staff members at Dakota Landing are hired for their attitudes and skills. They are genuinely happy to help guests.
Isn’t this the new prototype for housing solution in the Bakken.
Q. What new markets, clients or projects will your company attract in the next year?
A. Dakota Landing will become the preferred long-term stay accommodations in the market attracting energy-related companies to provide a better life-style for their employees, and thus drive retention and motivation to become long term residents.
Q. What is the address of your company’s Web site?
A. www.dakotalanding.com
