After 42 Years in the Hotel Industry, John Q. Hammons Still Going Strong.Business and Travel Editors/Hospitality Writers SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 More than 40 years and 138 hotels into his career, John Q. Hammons John Q. Hammons (born James Quentin Hammons on February 24, 1919) is an American businessman and one of the nation's premier developers of upscale luxury hotels and resorts. With over 50 years of experience in the hotel industry, John Q. shows no signs of slowing. The Springfield, Mo.-based developer today announced that he would personally develop and open six upscale luxury hotels in the next 30 months. Construction has begun on the 250-suite Embassy Suites Nashville in Franklin, Tenn.; the 336-room Renaissance Hotel Telecom Corridor in Richardson, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. ; and the 260-suite Embassy Suites Albuquerque, NM. All the hotels are expected to open between now and January 2002. The Embassy Suites, Nashville will be located in Franklin, Tenn., near major employers Ford Motor Credit, General Motors' Saturn plant and Crescent Resources' 10-building office complex. The 150-suite hotel will feature more than 20,000 square feet of meeting space and will be located near the Franklin Convention Center and Cool Springs Mall. The anchor of a 27-acre development in the Galatyn Park Urban Center, the Renaissance Telecom Corridor will feature 336 rooms and more than 22,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 12,000- square-foot ballroom. Richardson is the second-largest employment district in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex, with more than 80,000 daytime workers. Land was acquired from Hunt Petroleum Corporation. The 252-room Embassy Suites Albuquerque will be located at Interstate 25 and Lomas Avenue, near the University of New Mexico/Hospital district near downtown. The hotel will offer more than 20,000 square feet of meeting space. Future sites include a 300-room Renaissance Hotel by Marriott in Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-largest in the United States. With an estimated population of 382,872 in 2006,[1] it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 897,752 residents projected to , which will feature an 80,000-square-foot convention center. A 300-room Renaissance Hotel is also planned for Frisco, Texas Frisco is a city in Collin County and Denton County, Texas (USA). It is a northern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 33,714, while according to 2007 estimate, the city's population is approximately 95,000. , as well as a 300-unit Embassy Suites hotel scheduled for development near the Charlotte/Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. Each hotel will be built in Hammons' signature atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. style, with rooms that are 15 to 20 percent larger than those in the average hotel; full-service restaurants with an exhibition style, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week; complete health and fitness centers; indoor pool, whirlpool and sauna. Hammons' most recent opening was the Embassy Suites Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. . The 252-suite hotel includes 20,000 square feet of meeting space and is located adjacent to the University of Nebraska and is within minutes of downtown Lincoln and historic Haymarket. Each hotel will be managed under contract by John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc., (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :JQH), a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. . |
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