TDN Weekend December 2016 Issue 9
Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/974613
"We definitely want to reach out to the Thoroughbred industry, having ties in it and being in the middle of horse country," he said. "We have several farms that are having events here, and one of the local farms has rented out the whole place for Derby. We have a really good relationship with Keeneland. We're going to be ramping things up around Keeneland this year and doing stuff around the Keeneland sales." One of the greatest undertakings when Bramer and partners took over The Kentucky Castle was refurbishing and modernizing the 14 rooms now used as hotel rooms–10 rooms inside the Castle and four two-story chalets in the Castle's turrets. The result is rooms larger than what one would get in most hotels; clean and bright, all with king-sized beds and spectacular views. The Kentucky Castle was recently named the number one hotel in Kentucky by Architectural Digest, and Bramer said that publicity has drawn in business from far and wide. "We have had several people from California that came in just because of that," he said. "We have some people coming in from Ontario that had just read that article and wanted to see what the Castle was about." Despite already receiving glowing reviews, Bramer stressed that The Kentucky Castle is still very much a work in progress. "I think if you come back next week you'll still notice changes," he said. "We're going to do a ton more capital upgrades. We're going to create a nice outdoor event space. Our pool is going to be online by Memorial Day. We're going to have a nice sundeck feature and also make it a huge event area as well. Whatever type of event you want to have, we want to make sure we can