Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Top Developers and Hotels Among Focused-Service Brands (United States)
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Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Top Developers and Hotels Among Focused-Service Brands (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States - Industry economy
- Hotel projects
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2008-05-26
Hilton Hotels Corporation recognized top developers and hotels during its Focused Service Brand Owners’ Conference for Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn® and Homewood Suites by Hilton®, held earlier this month in Dallas. The conference was attended by more than 1,100 guests, including owners, brand teams and Hilton Hotels Corporation team members.
Each brand recognized a Developer of the Year, Best Conversion, Deal of the Year and Outstanding Achievement for the developers who had the greatest number of project approvals or who developed one or more unique hotels that helped enhance the brand’s image in 2007. Together, the brands also recognized a Multi-Brand Developer of the Year who made significant contributions to the Hilton Family of Hotels with the most number of project approvals in 2007. To be considered, all hotels in the candidates’ Hilton Family portfolio had to be rated high-quality and in good status, and could represent a combination of new projects, renovations and conversions.
The recipients of the Developer of the Year award are:
* Multi-Brand Award Winner
J.K. Patel and Jay Patel
North Point Hospitality Group
Alpharetta, Ga.
Hilton Garden Inn Nashville / Vanderbilt, Tenn., Hampton Inn & Suites – Savannah / Midtown, Ga., Homewood Suites Hotel – Savannah / Historic District, Ga., Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta / Midtown, Ga., Homewood Suites – Atlanta / Midtown, Ga., Hampton Inn & Suites – Atlanta / Midtown, Ga. (Midtown Atlanta project will include a combination Hilton Garden Inn / Homewood Suites concept; two brands under one roof built simultaneously and operated with shared amenities.)
* Hampton
David Hunt
H & H Paramedical Services, Inc.
Jackson, Tenn.
Hampton Inn Brownsville, Tenn.
Hampton Inn Milan, Tenn.
* Hilton Garden Inn
Deno Yiankes
White Lodging Services Corporation
Merrillville, Indiana
Hilton Garden Inn Naperville / Warrenville, Ill., and Hilton Garden Inn Austin Airport, Texas - approved projects. Hilton Garden Inn Schaumburg, Ill., Hilton Garden Inn Lake Forest / Mettawa, Ill., and Hilton Garden Inn Austin North, Texas under construction.
* Homewood Suites by Hilton
Alnoor "Al" Gulamani
Bayview Hospitality, Inc.
Toronto, ON, Canada
Creekbank, ON; Cambridge / Waterloo, ON; Toronto / Oakville, ON; Mississauga, ON
Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton also presented awards for Deal of the Year and Best Conversion, which recognize the tremendous commitment of time and effort many owners devoted to building a particular brand’s hotel and converting an existing hotel to the particular brand.
The recipients of the Deal of the Year award are:
* Hampton
Glenn Black & Bruce Black
Ameritel Inns
Boise, Idaho
Hampton Inn & Suites Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
* Hilton Garden Inn
Steve Schwartz
First Hospitality Group, Inc.
Rosemont, Ill.
Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis Downtown, Minn.
* Homewood Suites by Hilton
Michael Mullenix
EQUIS Hospitality Management
Homewood Suites by Hilton - St. Louis Riverport & Galleria. Mo.
The recipients of the Best Conversion award are:
* Hampton
Jon Kutz & Yeoshua Syrquin
Inmobiliaria Mose S.A. de C.V.
Mexico City, Mexico
Casa San Agustin, Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico
* Hilton Garden Inn
Honoré G. Aschaffenburg and Hal Fairbanks
HRI Properties
New Orleans, La.
Hilton Garden Inn Jackson Downtown, Miss.
* Homewood Suites by Hilton
Mason Mednick
Milestone Hotel Partners, LLC
Homewood Suites by Hilton - Silver Spring, Md.
In addition, each Hilton Family focused-service brand presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to recognize the developer’s support of the focused-service brands of Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton. Each recipient has demonstrated commitment to growing the respective brands and the Hilton Family by investing in the development of new hotel projects.
The Outstanding Achievement award winners are:
Hampton
Mitch Patel
Vision Hospitality Group, Inc.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Hampton Inn & Suites Chattanooga Downtown
Victor Menechella
Fallsview Group & Niagara 21st Group Inc.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Hampton Inn Niagara Falls - Fallsview, Ontario, Canada
Hilton Garden Inn
Stephen F. Twohig
The Donohoe Companies, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda, Md.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Ramon Franco
Proyectos Con Clase, S.A. de C.V.
Homewood Suites by Hilton, Torreon, Mexico
“We are extremely pleased to present Jay Patel with the Multi-Brand Developer of the Year award,” said Bill Fortier, senior vice president – franchise development, Hilton Hotels Corporation. “The accolade represents our appreciation of his organization’s exemplary commitment to excellence in hotel development, from design to post-opening.”
Multi-Brand Developer of the Year
A prolific developer particularly in the southeast region of the U.S., North Point Hospitality was approved to develop five hotels in 2007, including the Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta Midtown, the Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt, the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Midtown, the Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown, the Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown and the Homewood Suites by Hilton Savannah Historical District. Each of the projects is large, high profile, and with high barriers to entry. Jay Patel has been a loyal Hilton developer with 13 Hilton properties.
Hampton Developer of the Year
Hampton Hotels presented the award for Developer of the Year to H & H Paramedical Services, Inc. Based in Jackson, Tenn., H & H Paramedical Services, Inc. has been in operation since 1999. The company currently has two Hampton Hotels in its development pipeline with plans to explore developing additional Hilton Family hotels in the near future.
Hilton Garden Inn Developer of the Year
Hilton Garden Inn presented Deno Yiankes, president of White Lodging Services Corporation, based in Merrillville, Ind., with the Developer of the Year award. In the last two years, White Lodging has stepped up to develop Hilton Garden Inn locations in high-barrier-to-entry markets in the greater Chicago area and in Austin, Texas. They also were able to get two hotels under construction in Illinois in the cities of Schaumburg and Lake Forest / Mettawa as well as one hotel in Austin. In addition, White Lodging was also approved for two other Hilton Garden Inn projects in Naperville / Warrenville, Ill., and Austin Airport. Each location is highly strategic for its respective market and places the Hilton Garden Inn brand in a superior position to its competitive set in these difficult to enter markets.
Homewood Suites by Hilton Developer of the Year
Homewood Suites presented its Developer of the Year award to President of Bayview Hospitality, Al Gulamani. Gulamani opened his first Homewood Suites in Mississauga, Canada, in 2005, and since then, has opened a new property each year. He is known for quick, quality builds, generally completing a project from groundbreaking to opening in less than 12 months. Gulamani tends to secure excellent sites that offer shops, restaurants and businesses to support extended-stay business. He has served on the Homewood Suites Owner’s Advisory Council for three years.
Conference Backgrounder
Themed “Partnership in Focus,” the conference offered opportunities for more than 1,100 attendees to learn, network and build relationships through general sessions, brand-specific meetings, workshops and presentations.
Company Backgrounder
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 3,000 hotels and 500,000 rooms in 74 countries, including 100,000 team members worldwide.
The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded brands, including Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton® and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®.
The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton’s philosophy that, “It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.” The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all nine brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity.
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