by Sean | Jun 15, 2016 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
The Rent Every Room Story, Innisfree Hotels Here at Innisfree Hotels, it’s really a big deal to rent 100 percent of your rooms. Most brands consider occupancy full at 95 percent. But the way we see it, there’s very little effort involved in renting one more...
by Sean | Jun 3, 2016 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
The Family Inns Story, Innisfree Hotels The entrepreneurial road is always filled with great stories. This is one of them. The tale of the Family Inns begins with a young guy trying to figure out how to become independent and do something beyond collecting a paycheck....
by Sean | Mar 24, 2016 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
By Mike Nixon (with commentary by Jason Nicholson) In this chapter of Innisfree history, we add pest control to our lengthy resume. Long before we were president and vice president of this company, you could find Jason and I dressed in yellow rubber gloves, masks and...
by Sean | Jan 18, 2016 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
By Julian MacQueen, Founder and CEO, Innisfree Hotels In 1992, I bought a hotel I knew I shouldn’t have. In fact, I tried really hard not to buy it. This is that story. In the early 1990s, basketball stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Ralph Sampson purchased and gutted the...
by Sean | Dec 15, 2015 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
By Harlan Butler, Past President, Innisfree Hotels Back in Topeka, before Innisfree was established, we had a hotel near Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. Running that hotel was one of the finest General Managers we could ever have hired. He was young and...
by Sean | Oct 30, 2015 | Back in Topeka, Careers, Press
By Harlan Butler, Past President, Innisfree Hotels Back in Topeka, at the hotel where I was working for Innisfree, we had the best venue for wedding receptions of anyone in town. It was beautiful. The owner of the TV station’s daughter was getting married, and, as you...