With Jason Nicholson, Vice President of Hotel Operations What does it mean to be ‘on stage’ when you’re on the job? Being on stage is analogous to being an actor. When we’re at work, we project a certain message with our tone and character. What that means for us in...

Gwen Vickers was one of Innisfree Hotels’ first employees. In 2017, we celebrated her retirement after 28 years with the company. Of Gwen's tenure, our founder and CEO Julian MacQueen remarks: "Gwen represents a time at Innisfree that goes to our very beginnings. She...

Behind the Scenes, Account Manager In this new blog series, get to know Innisfree team members who keep our company running behind the scenes. It's an inside look at the tireless employees who help keep our hotel doors open ... from accounting to engineering and...

5 IHG Awards for Holiday Inn Resort The Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach has won its fifth consecutive Quality Excellence Award from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) - winning every year from 2012 to 2016. IHG has 5,000 hotels over 12 brands in nearly 100...

In May 2017, Julian MacQueen received a ‘Successful 75’ award from the Division of Blind Services on behalf of Innisfree Hotels and the work the company consistently performs for the blind and visually impaired community. Based out of Tallahaseee, Fla., the Division...

FYI at Innisfree Hotels By Mike Nixon, President When FYI started, it was 100 percent Julian’s idea and 100 percent my program. I must have had some direction. He must have wanted something. What he wanted was to spread the virtues of our corporate culture throughout...

Hampton Inn Panama City Beach On Thursday, June 29, 2017, Innisfree Hotels welcomed its first guests to the brand new Hampton Inn & Suites, located at 15505 Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach, Fla. The only beachfront hotel in the Hilton family of brands on...

Red Fish Blue Fish Smoked Mullet Dip In this new series, we'll bring you the best recipes from our restaurants, so you can take the flavor home. The beautiful Gulf of Mexico has supplied the majority of striped mullet in the U.S. since the 1960s. in fact, dockside...

Building Internal Communications In 2010, I was tasked by Julian MacQueen, CEO & Founder of Innisfree Hotels to launch a Facebook page for the Holiday Inn Resort, Pensacola Beach. Julian also asked me to talk to a group of Innisfree leaders about how we might use...

Innisfree Hotels First Marriott Innisfree Hotels has begun construction on a Springhill Suites in Panama City Beach, Fla., representing the hotel company’s first Marriott franchise, and drawing new visitors to the popular Gulf Coast tourist destination.  At $61...