The Brands, They Keep A-Comin’ Today’s travelers face a bewildering choice of hotel brands. Back in the day, people knew what Holiday Inn, Hilton, Hyatt or Marriott could offer, and that familiarity bred comfort. This is changing. Today, who knows the difference...

Here are some (okay, a lot) of things Innisfree’s in-house marketing agency will be thinking about next year. Building ‘Duck and Weave’ Marketing Teams Marketing roles are changing faster than in any other business department. The pace is fast, and the flux is...

On November 3, 2017, Innisfree Hotels celebrated a private reception for Luna Fine Art Gallery at the Hilton Pensacola Beach, during an evening filled with food, drink, artists and art lovers. While the gallery’s name is a nod to Tristán de Luna y Arellano - the...

Innisfree Hotels and Hilton Pensacola Beach’s very own Celebrity Chef Dan Dunn has been awarded as Chef of the Year with the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association. Chef Dan Dunn is a Florida native, born in St. Pete and raised in Pensacola, that has been...

As we begin a new year in Innisfree's From the Ground Up Garden (this is the new year in the garden), it seems fitting that we take time to reflect upon all the great things that happened around the garden in the past 12 months. New Innisfree volunteers are always...

Chef Rafael III, Executive Chef at McCamly Plaza, has brought his love and passion for food from his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia to Battle Creek. Like most chefs, Chef Rafael III has a favorite dish. We caught up with him and asked him all about it. “If I had to pick...

“Grit is inherently unique to every single person, which is why I find myself drawn to it like the Gulf to the shore.” This is how Jason Nicholson, Vice President of Hotel Operations for Innisfree Hotels,  explained to me his climb from poverty, beginning at the age...

The Second Annual Dixon Dub Lip Sync Battle at the Hilton on Friday evening, September 29th was a night filled with fun, dancing and plenty of entertainment! The Dixon Dub event helped raise an impressive $62,000 for Dixon School of the Arts. We would like to send a...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. – On September 20, 2017, Innisfree Hotels, a hotel company based in Gulf Breeze, Fla., entered its first major urban market, bringing The Lofts at Embassy Suites New Orleans into its growing portfolio. During the first six months of operation,...

With Julian MacQueen, Founder and CEO, Innisfree Hotels There’s an idea that has always resonated with me. Entrepreneurs are not necessarily the smartest people in the room, but they learn quickly from their mistakes. It’s a ‘Ready, Shoot, Aim’ approach to life....

By Alyssa Townsend, Director of Social Media “A former colleague of mine posted about how he was going to use up all his sick leave then quit. He posted it at 9 a.m., and was told he didn’t have a job at 11 a.m.” – 20 Tales of Employees Who Were Fired Because of...