Hotel Lodging News

This event will be held on September 24-25.  Registration opens at 8am Saturday. There is an early night cruise in on the 24th starting at 7 pm. The Elm Street Rod Run will include Rods, Customs, Bikes, Cuschmans, and Classics.  It is held at the 100 year old Ford Dealership which has been renovated and now houses a fabulous collection of 40’s and 50’s classic advertising memorabilia, cars, and nostalgic Americana. There will be an Entry Fee of $20. There will be awards giving out at 3:30 pm.  There will be tropheys for the top 25 cars. If you would like to participate contact Carroll Estes at (972)291-2958 or email ceclassics@sbcglobal.net.  Food Vendor forms available.  This 2010 event is sponsored by: City of Hillsboro & Main Street; Carls Custom Cars-Red Oak; Cole Ford Sales, Inc.-Hillsboro; The Hillsboro Reporter; and the Hillsboro Convention and Visitors Bureau.  This event is co-hosted by Roadside American Museum and the Cruisers Club. Profits benefit bridges Safehouse & The R A Museum Support.

For all of you Elm Street Rod Run Attenders if you give us a call to make your reservations, you will get a special discounted rate of $80.00; BUT when you call you have to ask for the ”ELM STREET ROD SPECIAL DISCOUNT”. Let us know if we can assist you with your stay in HIllsboro.

September 24-25.  Go Texan Hosts BBQ Cook Offf and Cotton Pickin’ Fair.  This event will cover most of Downtown Hillsboro and will provide entertainment for all.  Meet championship BBQ cookers, and enjoy many different activities. There will be arts and crafts, kid activities, quiling competitions, historic tours, Miss Teen Texas 2010, Madison Fuller. On Friday night there will be a Street Dance. Vendor information for arts and crafts may be obtained by calling (254)582-2481.

Let us know if we can assist you for your stay in Hillsboro.

On August 31st 4pm to 7pm, The Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase Expo will host more than 50 businesses and organizations for a celebratin of Hillsboro’s businesses.  This is a free event for the whole family.  This event will include food, entertainment, and fun for all ages.  We will be reconizing our city, government, Hill College, and Hillsboro Independent School District for their sucess as well as all of our businesses.  For more information about this event or to book a free booth call (254)582-2481.  Come out and help us celebrate good times returning to Hillsboro.  Let us know if we can assist you in making your reservations for this event.

The Hampton Inn Hillsboro was awarded the Wall of Fame award for the 1st Quarter 2010 by Scott Schrank, Vice President of Hampton Brand Performance on July 6th.  The Wall of Fame award is awarded to the top 15% Hampton Inn Hotels based on performance.  Mr. Schrank added “On a daily basis, you and your great team clearly demonstrates Peak Performance”.  The employees here are very proud of this honor and are encouraged to keep providing exceptional service to our much appreciated guests.

Back in late 2009 at the semi-annual management meeting for the company, the General Managers of the hotels listened to a presentation by Charisse Hilchey about charity options.  Many of the employees of the company have requested that the company pick an appropriate charitable organization for the company to support.

In July Lodging Host Hotel Corp entered into a contract with “Clean the World” for a test property, The Holiday Inn Express in Marshall, TX.  Clean the World collects used soap, shampoo and lotion products to be reprocessed and distributed at no cost in third world countries to needy people.  The managers liked this charity because it accomplished a number of goals at one time:

- It allowed the employees to reach out to those in need

- It allowed the hotel to be more “Green” as it will take hundreds of pounds, per hotel, of hazardous materials out of landfills

- It was a program that all of the employees in the hotel could participate in

- There was little to no operational cost to the hotel outside of a small amount of time actually used in the recycling effort

 Louis C. Christian III, General Manager of the Holiday Inn Express in Marshall, TX, discussed the charity with his employees and volunteered to be the test hotel for the program. The test program will run until Fall of 2010 when the General Managers will be able to, at their Fall meeting, review the results of the test and determine if this is the charitable program company would like to adopt.

The 4th of July weekend is just around the corner. Lake Whitney is only 12 miles away. There are several boat rental places, swimming areas, and for all of you “Dare Devil’s” there are several places to go for cliff jumping. On Saturday night there will be two places that will have Firework Shows; Harbor Mastor and White Bluff Resorts. Just remember to Have A Safe 4th Of July. Hope you have some fun in the sun. Please contact us for more information and assistance with your stay.

Lodging Host, seven years ago, was one of the first hotel management companies to adapt to on-line access for clients’ records.  This technology, while challenging at first to some, quickly became very popular with clients. 

Through a secure server, clients are able to access all of their hotels up to date and sometimes up to the minute information.  Revenues, deposits, contracts, property tax information, financial reports, franchise reports and inspections are just some of the information available to Lodging Host’s clients and their CPAs.  But as with any technology, as it becomes more popular and more flexible, more and more demands are put on it.  This requires additional storage space, ever larger programs requiring more memory and greater speeds.

So recently Lodging Host installed a complete new computer server system.  Don’t worry though, it all still works the same.  Just as easy as before.

But lets not forget to be green! We did not dispose of the old system but reconfigured it to be the back up system for the new one!

In Hillsboro we have several Museums here to visit that are now open.  We have three in downtown Hillsboro.  We have The texas Musicians Museum, Texas Heritage Museum, and Hill County Cell Block Museum.  The Texas Musicians Museum is a unique display of Texas music memorabilia, including stage outfits, awards and insturments from Texas music legends. They are open on Fidays and Saturdays 11am-6pm.  the Texas Heritage Museum explores Texas and Texans during wartime. The collection includes artifacts an exhibits ranging from Texas Independence to Iraq War.  Hill County Cell Block Museum is a treasure house of Hill County history. A building that served as a jail from 1893-1983. Houses rotate historic exhibits, military honor room, Willie Nelson memorabilia, and Indian artifacts. Open Saturdays 10am-4pm.  For more information, please contact us so we can assist you in making the most out of your weekend.

The Blackwood Quartet will be in Hillsboro performing at the Walnut Street Baptist Church on Saturday, June 5th, at 7pm.  Don’t miss this award winning group heard singing in the Johnny Cash Movie “I Walk The Line”.  They are the winners of 8 Grammy Awards, 27 Dove Awards, 5 All American Awards, and have sold over 60 million records.  It should be an evening of great gospel music and all seats are Free!  Amazing!

Hillsboro is having it’s 3rd annual Jamboree on Saturday June 5,2010. It will be held in the City Park on N. Pleasant Street here in Hillsboro. A full day of events is planned. It is from 9am to 8pm. The registration for Little Miss Central Texas is starting at 9am and the pagent is from 10-12 noon. The family fun and activities in the park is from 12-2pm and the Hill County Idol Contest is from 2-4:30pm. Finally from 5-8pm is the Family Pinic and FREE Concert with Flat Rock Junction performing. Bring the family, lawn chairs and enjoy the Jamboree in the City Park. For more information, please contact us today so we can asist you in making the most out of your weekend.