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Holiday Inn is a brand name applied to hotels within the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Holiday Inn is a 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, which featured the music of Irving Berlin. ...
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History The original Holiday Inn chain of hotels was founded in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, by homebuilder Kemmons Wilson to provide inexpensive family accommodation for travelers within the USA. Wilson opened the first Holiday Inn in September 1952 at 4941 Summer Avenue in the Berclair district of Memphis on the main road to and from Nashville. In 1954, Wilson incorporated the chain with Wallace E. Johnson. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 637 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (807 × 759 pixel, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Taken by SimonP in April 2005 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU...
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Kemmons Wilson (January 5, 1913 – February 12, 2003) was the founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels. ...
Berclair is a district of Memphis, Tennessee. ...
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Wilson initially came up with the idea after a family road trip to Washington, DC, 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. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Holiday Inn is a 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, which featured the music of Irving Berlin. ...
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 travelers. By 1958 there were 50 Inns 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, Travelodge, Howard Johnson's, Best Western and Days Inn. By June 1972, when Wilson was featured on the cover of Time magazine, there were over 1,400 Holiday Inn hotels worldwide. Innovations like the company's Holidome indoor pools turned many hotels into roadside resorts. San Antonio redirects here. ...
New U.S. & Canada logo in 2005 U.S. & Canada logo (Soon to be retired). ...
Travelodge refers to several hotel chains around the world. ...
The current logo for Howard Johnsons motor lodges. ...
Best Western is the worlds largest hotel chain, with nearly 4,000 hotels in nearly 80 countries. ...
Days Inn is a hotel chain headquartered in the United States. ...
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The company later branched into other related enterprises, including Medi-Center nursing homes, Continental Trailways, Delta Queen, and various related enterprises. Wilson also later developed the Orange Lake Resort and Country Club near Orlando and a chain called Wilson World Hotels. The family of founder Kemmons Wilson still operates hotels as part of the Kemmons Wilson Companies of Memphis. The Trailways Transportation System is a group of 63 independent bus companies that have entered into a franchise agreement. ...
The Delta Queen in Memphis, Tennessee The Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat. ...
Wilson retired from Holiday Inn in 1979.
 Holiday Corporation logo; 1985-1990 Although still a healthy company, changing business conditions and demographics saw Holiday Inn lose its market dominance in the 1980s. Holiday Inns, Inc. was renamed Holiday Corporation in 1985 to reflect the growth of the company’s brands, including Harrah’s, Embassy Suites, Crowne Plaza, Homewood Suites and Hampton Inns. In 1988, Holiday Inns International was purchased by UK-based Bass PLC (the owners of the Bass beer brand), followed by the remaining domestic Holiday Inn hotels in 1990, when founder Wilson sold his interest, after which the hotel group was known as Holiday Inn Worldwide. The remainder of Holiday Corporation was spun off to shareholders as Promus Companies Incorporated. In March 1998, Bass acquired the InterContinental brand, expanding into the luxury hotel market. In 2000, the company sold its brewing assets (and the rights to the Bass name) and changed its named to Six Continents PLC. InterContinental Hotels Group was created in 2003 after Six Continents split into two daughter companies: Mitchells and Butlers PLC to handle restaurant assets, and IHG to focus on soft drinks and hotels, including the Holiday Inn brand. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The initials PLC after a UK or Irish company name indicate that it is a public limited company, a type of limited company whose shares may be offered for sale to the public. ...
Bass is the name of a former brewery and the brand name for several English beers originally but no longer brewed in Burton upon Trent. ...
Promus Hotel Corporation was a hotel management and franchise company from Memphis, Tennessee. ...
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Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. ...
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. ...
The brand name Holiday Inn is now owned by IHG who in turn license it out to franchisees and third parties who operate hotels under management agreements. [1]
In January 2002, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company, led by Ravi Saligram, was producing a new 130-room "Next Generation" prototype hotel to rebuild the brand. It would include a bistro-like restaurant and an indoor pool. The first of these prototype hotels, the Holiday Inn Gwinnett Center, was built in Duluth, Georgia, in 2003. The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...
On 24 October 2007, IHG announced a worldwide relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand family. The relaunch will be "focused on delivering consistently best in class service and physical quality levels, including a redesigned welcome experience [and] signature bedding and bathroom products..." The first relaunched Holiday Inn is expected to open in the USA in the spring of 2008. [2]
Great Sign The "Great Sign" is the traditional, historic roadside sign used by Holiday Inn during their original era of expansion in the 1950s-1970s. It was the brainchild of Kemmons Wilson who introduced it to the world when he opened his first motel on August 1, 1952. The signs were extremely large and eye-catching, but were expensive to construct and operate. In 1982, following Kemmons Wilson's departure, the Holiday Inn board of directors made the decision to phase out the "Great Sign" in favor of a cheaper and less catchy backlit sign that still maintained the classic script logo. The decision was not without controversy as it essentially signaled the end of the Kemmons Wilson era and removed a ubiquitous and internationally recognizable company icon. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 383 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1912 × 2992 pixel, file size: 629 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A Restored 1970s Holiday Inn Sign. ...
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is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In 2003, in a program of hotel redesign, the company brought back a revamped version of the Great Sign that showed up the company's advertising under the slogan "Relax, it's Holiday Inn." The makeover came with a new prototype hotel that included photography of the sign and a retro-style diner named after founder Kemmons Wilson.
Business relationship with Gulf Oil In 1963, Holiday Inns signed a long-term deal with Gulf Oil Corporation in which the lodging chain would accept Gulf credit cards to charge food and lodging at all of its hotels (in the United States and Canada) and in return, Gulf would build service stations on premises of many (if not most) Holiday Inn properties particularly those along or near major U.S. and Interstate highways. Many older Holiday Inns (including locations no longer part of the chain) still have the old station properties intact today, either still in operation or closed down, but with the exception of a few locations in the eastern U.S., hardly any of the still-open stations are now Gulf outlets. The portion of the agreement which permitted Gulf credit cards to be used for payment of food and lodging at Holiday Inns was soon copied by competing lodging chains and major oil companies during the mid-to-late 1960s but most of those agreements fizzled out with the 1973-74 Arab Oil Embargo with the Gulf/Holiday Inn arrangement ending around 1982. Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. ...
Historical trademark conflicts - For two decades a hotel called Holiday Inn located in Niagara Falls, Ontario prevented the Holiday Inn Corporation from operating one of its own hotels in that city since the name was already in use. The hotel used a logo similar to the old Holiday Inn logo from the 1970s. The Holiday Inn Corporation directory referred to the hotel as "not part of this Holiday Inn system". The hotel also owned the holidayinn.com domain [1] which forced the much larger corporation to use holiday-inn.com. Due to many complaints in relation to quality and service issues of that particular hotel and the potential damage to the chain's image as a result of, IHG initiated conversation with the owners looking to bring the hotel into the system. In 2006 the hotel was purchased and incorporated into the IHG system. As a result, that particular hotel has undergone an extensive renovation program, and has benefited from service culture training belonging to the brand.[3]
- During the 1960s and early 1970s, Holiday Inn hotels located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina were simply called "Holiday" because a local motel already had the "Holiday Inn" name. The name was contested by Holiday Inns, Inc. v Holiday Inn before the United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Florence Division in 1973. The South Carolina Holiday Inn had franchised their name to Strand Development Corporation who filed a counterclaim against Holiday Inns, Inc.[4]
Skyline of Niagara Falls, Canada, as seen from Niagara Falls State Park across the river. ...
Myrtle Beach is a city and in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. ...
Holiday Inn is a 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, which featured the music of Irving Berlin. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ...
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ...
The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ...
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...
Brands - Holiday Inn Select are 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. The Select brand is effectively dead, with no further marketing or advertising based around the "Select" moniker.
- Holiday Inn Sunspree Resorts
- 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 Garden Court – which exist only in Europe and South Africa and are designed to reflect the national culture
- Nickelodeon Family Suites (formerly Holiday Inn Family Suites ) — Nickelodeon-themed hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Nickelodeon Family Suites is a Holiday Inn hotel in Orlando, Florida near the Universal Orlando Resort and two miles from Walt Disney World Resort. ...
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Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area - City 101 sq mi (261. ...
Holiday Inn Express Holiday Inn Express (known as Express by Holiday Inn outside North America) is a mid-priced hotel chain within the IHG family of brands. As an "express" hotel, their focus is on offering solid value at a reasonable price. Standard amenities lean toward the convenient and practical which cater to business travelers and short-term stays. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Although there are no on-site restaurants and lounges, most hotels offer a fitness center, indoor swimming pools and a hot tub. Complimentary hot breakfasts are available for travelers on-the-go (including award-winning cinnamon rolls) and guests also receive complimentary toiletries, including staples such as shampoo, mouthwash, lotion and grooming items.
Because the chain has been undergoing tremendous growth, the majority of Holiday Inn Express hotels are brand new or newly renovated. Though most Holiday Inn Express hotels are smaller than their sister Holiday Inn hotels they are equally ubiquitous, conveniently located in cities and small towns alike. Their no-nonsense value offerings allow them to serve smaller markets more efficiently.
In the mid-2000s, Holiday Inn Express began producing humorous television commercials featuring "average Joes" performing extraordinary activities that only experts would know. The concept attributes these exaggerated abilities to the fact that they "stayed at a Holiday Inn (Express) last night". The campaign reflects the brand's slogan "Stay Smart" which is still in use today.
In the summer of 2007, IHG took the "Stay Smart" theme even further. The hotel chain has teamed up with AOL and HBO's new comedy site, "This Just In", to develop a two-month daily web series called "The Smart Show". The premise of the show is a virtual tour with the two hosts on a coast-to-coast road trip exploring what's so smart about America. The idea is to showcase the diverse and non-traditional culture of "smart", such as people, places, businesses and inventions that are clever, witty, and unexpected as opposed to simply "book smart". Beginning in Boston, Massachusetts, the traveling show will stop along major metropolitan cities as well as small, back road towns on the way to Los Angeles, California, where the program ends in December 2007. Website visitors will be able to interact with the hosts, submit their own video content about smart ideas in their home towns and respond to other smart postings. In effect, the site is a forum for an open-ended conversation about the meaning of "smart". The Smart Show is a daily web series driven by Holiday Inn Express and hosted by America Online and HBOs This just In comedy site. ...
Holiday Inn Express has also reinforced their "Stay Smart" slogan online by opening an Internet "Smart Mart" on their website allowing customers to buy showerheads, towels, toiletries, and cinnamon rolls identical to those featured at the hotels.
There are over 1,500 Holiday Inn Express hotels worldwide.
Other Although originally called Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Crowne Plaza split to form a distinctive brand from Holiday Inn in 1994. Crowne Plaza is a chain of upscale hotels catering to the business/meetings market. ...
During the 1960s there were two Holiday Inn Jr. motels; one in Rantoul, Illinois and the other in Missouri. Motel rooms were located in portables although the Rantoul location also had one small section in a traditionally-constructed building. Rantoul is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area Ranked 21st - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 300 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ...
Promotions - Holiday Inn was the first hotel chain to co-produce (or sponsor) a syndicated game show, He Said, She Said, in 1969.
- Holiday Inn was the first hotel chain to introduce a frequent stayer reward program. It debuted in 1977 as Holiday Inn Inner Circle, but was quickly reorganized into Priority Club Worldwide and later Priority Club Rewards.
- Holiday Inn is mentioned in a line in the 1979 Sugarhill Gang song "Rapper's Delight" ("I say hotel, motel, Holiday Inn...")
- On March 17, 2006, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts announced its NASCAR Busch Series debut as the primary sponsor of the No. 29 Richard Childress Racing (RCR) Chevrolet and driver Jeff Burton. The schedule will include 10 races this season.
- On April 27, 2006, Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP), Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), and the InterContinental Hotels Group announced a three year sponsorship deal to make Holiday Inn "The Official Hotel Of Major League Baseball" As part of the deal Holiday Inn will run a certain amount of commercials during Major League Baseball games and other MLB produced programming, be the main sponsor of one of the activities of fanfest during the All Star Week, and offer baseball-related sweepstakes to its Priority Club Members.
- In Canada, Holiday Inn is a major sponsor of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is "The Official Business Hotel of the CFL."
He Said, She Said was an American game show hosted by former baseball great Joe Garagiola. ...
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit, Rappers Delight, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. ...
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is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Richard Childress Racing is a NASCAR team fielding Chevrolets for Kevin Harvick (#29 Royal Dutch Shell), Clint Bowyer (#07 Jack Daniels) Jeff Burton (#31 (Cingular Wireless/AT&T), full-time, and Scott Wimmer (#33 Holiday Inn part-time in the Nextel Cup series, as well as the #2 BB...
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The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations big league circuit, the Nextel Cup. ...
Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as JB is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. ...
Scott Wimmer of Wausau, Wisconsin was born January 26, 1976. ...
Standards Holiday Inn has a history of standards, part of Wilson's original idea. Not meeting these standards may mean a lost franchise. [5] Many of the older Holiday Inn hotels, especially the two-story ones with exterior corridors, have been removed from the Holiday Inn system as franchises expired and rebranded. Some old Holidomes have been rebranded as Best Westerns, Days Inns, and Quality Inns.
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Holiday Inn is a song from British pop-rock performer Elton John off of his 1971 album, Madman Across the Water. ...
Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Madman Across the Water is the fifth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1971. ...
Holidae in is a mythical hotel based on the real hotel chain of Holiday Inn that the rapper Chingy created in his song, Holidae in. ...
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The Smart Show is a daily web series driven by Holiday Inn Express and hosted by America Online and HBOs This just In comedy site. ...
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