History:The Holiday Inn hotels was created in 1952 in Memphis by kemmos to provide family accommodation for travelers within the united states. Wilson opened the first Holiday Inn on August 1, 1952 at 4941 Summer Avenue in the Berclair district on the main road to and from Nashville. Though the actual hotel does not exist anymore, a historical sign marks where it once stood. In 1954, Wilson incorporated the chain with Wallace E. Johnson.Wilson initially came up with the idea after a family road trip to Washington, D.C., during which he was disappointed by the quality and consistency provided by the roadside motels of that era. The name Holiday Inn was given to the original hotel by his architect Eddie Bluestein as a joke, in reference to the Bing Crosby movie.In 1957, Wilson franchised the chain as Holiday Inn of America and it grew dramatically, following Wilson's original tenet that the properties should be standardized, clean, predictable, family-friendly and readily accessible to road travellers. By 1958, there were 50 locations across the country, 100 by 1959, 500 by 1964, and the 1000th Holiday Inn opened in San Antonio, Texas, in 1968. The chain dominated the motel market, leveraged its innovative Holidex reservation system, put considerable financial pressure on traditional hotels and set the standard for its competitors, like Ramada Inns.
Previous Holiday Inn logo used from 1989-2009 (being phased out)
Current Holiday Inn logo, since 2006.
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Facilities
The rooms of the hotels is user-friendly and the hotel boasts 5 floors with 120 Guest Rooms, a Suite, 90 Non Smoking Rooms, 69 Double Bedded Rooms, 51 Single-Bedded Rooms, interior corridor with executive suites and executive floors. All major credit cards such as Visa, Diners Club, American Express, Discover and Carte Blanche are accepted and we took the help of the travel services provided by the rental card desks to tour the nearby places. The hotel also provides amenities like Fascimile, Printer, Copying, High Speed Internet Access by AT&T and wireless data connection to their guests. Apart from these facilities we admired some other miscellaneous services such as kids eat free ice machine, ATM/ cash machine and safety deposit box.
Brands
- Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites - properties offering all the amenities and services of a regular Holiday Inn but consists of rooms mixed with suites.
- Holiday Inn Resort - Offering all the amenities and services of a full-service Holiday Inn, resorts are considered a more of an advertising branding than a completely different brand. Most Holiday Inn Resorts are located in high leisure tourism markets.
Holiday Inn Select – upper range full-service hotels which cater to business travelers. In 2006, it was announced that Holiday Inn Select hotels will be discontinued. Existing hotels may continue to operate under the Holiday Inn Select flag until their existing license expires, however many are converting to Crowne Plaza or regular Holiday Inn hotels, with no further marketing or advertising based around the "Select" moniker.
Holiday Inn Sunspree Resorts – properties in resort areas with full-service amenities and deluxe service. These are typically very large properties.
Holiday Inn Club Vacations – timeshare brand launched in September 2008. There are currently five Holiday Inn Club Vacations resort properties: Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort, Orlando, FL; Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Lake Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI; Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Ascutney Mountain Resort, Brownsville, VT; Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Bay Point Resort, Panama City, FL; and Holiday Inn Club Vacation at South Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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