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Doubletree sets record for largest one-day brand conversion
On June 9, Phoenix-based Doubletree Hotels Corp. simultaneously reflagged 36 Red Lion hotels in the largest one-day brand conversion in full-service hotel industry history. The converted hotels, which were part of Doubletree's Red Lion acquisition last November, were located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon and Washington.
In related news, Doubletree has formed a strategic alliance with OfficeMax Inc. to offer business services to hotel guests at the company's midmarket Club Hotels by Doubletree brand properties.
Jameson continues SE expansion with 50 down and 50 to go
Jameson Inns Inc. opened its 50th hotel in June, but the Atlanta-based REIT, which develops and owns colonial-style, limited-service motel properties in the Southeast, has 50 more to go if it wants to meet its goal of 100 Inns by the end of...