The Holiday Inn Express Livingston now offers a new hot breakfast. Complete with bacon, eggs, sausage and our famous cinnamon rolls. We have added a beautiful fireplace with a flat screen TV for your viewing pleasure. Come and sit in our new comfortable and updated seating area and enjoy a cup of Smart Roast Coffee with free Internet access. Sandra Brown says “Come experience breakfast with me at the Holiday Inn Express Livingston.”
January 1st, 2008The Lodging Host New Year Shuffle
LONGVIEW, TX - With a new year comes new growth and Lodging Host Hotel Corp is preparing for a year of expansion. Lodging Host has been re-positioning managers to meet the current needs of the company.
December 1st, 2007Giving Back to Our Hometown of Livingston
LIVINGSTON, TX - The Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn in Livingston are participating in Toys for Tots together. Toys will be collected at both hotels and then delivered to the local volunteer fire stations for delivery before Christmas.
The City of Livingston will be in full Christmas Spirit this year while sponsoring the Livingston Hometown Christmas on December 8th. The day will feature a car show (with raffle for new car), petting zoo, pony carousel, wagon rides, carriage rides, the Christmas Train Village, arts & crafts vendors, entertainment and refreshments between 10:00 am and 9:00 pm.
The day also includes a Jingle Bell Fun Run and Walk at 1:00pm. The run/walk is open to anyone interested in a little fun and friendly competition. A Best Holiday Outfit and Largest Theme-Dressed Group award will also be presented. Get your friends and neighbors together and join in the fun holiday event.
The Lighted Christmas Parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. And Santa Clause will be at City Hall from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for photos. Take an old fashioned hayride through Pedigo Park and enjoy the lighted holiday figures and other Christmas lights on display, from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
November 15th, 2007Expedia and IHG Reach New Agreement
WORLD TRAVEL MARKET, LONDON (Nov. 15, 2007) – IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) and Expedia, Inc. today announced they have entered into a multi-year agreement under which consumers can now book IHG hotels on Expedia® sites globally. The agreement will result in the addition of more than 3,700 hotels across all IHG brands, including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites, to the hotel selection on Expedia® and hotels.com® branded points of sale globally, as well as Hotwire® and Expedia® Corporate Travel.
“IHG continually seeks to extend the reach of our brands to deliver our customers additional convenience in booking their accommodations and we are delighted to work with Expedia in such a way that will greatly benefit our guests,” said Eric Pearson, senior vice president, Distribution Marketing, IHG.
As a further testament to the relationship, IHG is participating as the launch partner for Expedia’s new media-based pricing model. The dynamic, two-part economic model will blend transaction pricing with media pricing based on clicks on specific IHG properties in Expedia.com and hotels.com search results. Expedia and IHG collaboratively developed this innovative approach to distribution marketing – a first in online travel – where IHG will receive significant benefits from value-added media placement throughout the Expedia network in addition to the bookings they receive from Expedia.
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November 2nd, 2007Sub Prime Crash to Effect Hotels?
Longview, TX (November 2, 2007) - There has been much speculation as to what the crash in the sub-prime market is going to do to Hotel lending and construction. My quick answers would little and nothing respectively but let me explain because it is certainly not that simple.
While hotel lending does not really have a sub-prime aspect in name it does have “conduit” lending. This lending source is used for stabilized operating hotels and is significantly more sophisticated than what was happening in the Housing sub-prime market. Read the rest of this entry
October 30th, 2007Lodging Host Presents 2007 Annual Employee Awards
LONGVIEW, TX (October 29, 2007) - Lodging Host Hotel Corp held its bi-annual Managers Lock-In Training Conference October 28-30 in Hillsboro, TX. The two-day conference hosted by the Hampton Inn Hillsboro was a time of training and team building for Lodging Host corporate employees and hotel managers. The final evening featured an awards dinner where the following employees were recognized for their excellent customer service and dedication to Lodging Host over the previous year.
Employee of the Year - Teresa Marcus
Hampton Inn
Department Head of the Year - Becky Schomer
Hampton Inn Livingston Sales Manager
General Manager of the Year - Louis Christian
Holiday Inn Express Livingston General Manager
ATLANTA, October 22, 2007 – IAHI, the Owners’ Association of IHG, announces the election of four new members to its Board of Directors: Bakulesh G. “Buggsi” Patel, Kevin Hilchey, Mark Zipperer, and Jose Paoli Montesinos. The announcement was made during the 2007 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference, held October 22-24 in Dallas,
Bakulesh G. “Buggsi” Patel is the Owner of BHG Hotels, a Lake Oswego, Oregon-based hotel/motel management and consulting firm. Patel has ownership interest in 21 hotels in
Kevin P. Hilchey is President and Founder of Longview, Texas-based Lodging Host Hotel Corporation, since 1984. He has been active in the IAHI by serving on the Holiday Inn Express Brand Committee from 2003 to the present, and the Southern Regional Committee from 2001-2003. Hilchey co-founded the East Texas Hotel and Motel Association in 1982 and served as its President. He also has served on the Board and as President of the Legal Defense Fund for the Texas Hotel and Motel Association (TH&LA). Read the rest of this entry
August 1st, 2007First Choice Club® Features Upgraded
LONGVIEW, TX (August 1, 2007) - Lodging Host Hotel Corp announces upgrades to its’ hotel’s frequest-stay guest reward program. The enhanced benefits are effective today, August 1, 2007.
The upgraded reward program now gives those who make frequent reservations at our hotels more spending power. The new MasterCard® can be spent anywhere MasterCard® debit cards are accepted. Reloads will continue to take place on a monthly basis. Each month members make hotel reservations under the First Choice Club®, their card will be reloaded the following month. Read the rest of this entry
May 12th, 2007Alabama-Coushatta Tribe POWWOW
LIVINGSTON, TX (May 2007) - The 39th Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Powwow will be held Friday June 1 & Saturday June 2, 2007. The first weekend in June at the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation near Livingston Texas American Indians from across the country will gather in their finest regalia to dance, sing, drum and reunite.
Nestled deep in the Big Thicket of East Texas lies Texas’ oldest Indian Reservation. Approximately 500 Alabama-Coushatta tribal members call these 4,600 acres of timberland their home. The reservation goes to great lengths to honor their heritage while they carefully consider how decisions made today will affect the Tribe and its families seven generations forward and seven generations back. This traditional philosophy, combined with a faith-based focus on daily living, helps them stay committed to bettering themselves and their community.
Anyone needing reservations with Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn Express in Livingston for the first weekend in June will need to call soon as possible.For a weekend of festive dancing, costumes, and the celebration of Native American traditions, visit www.alabama-coushatta.com. The tribe is also host to the annual Children’s Powwow held Saturday, November 24, 2007 in Livingston.
