Hilton Worldwide Development Award

The property was chosen from more than 150 hotels worldwide that were opened, approved or under construction in 2011 under the Hampton flag. In July 2012, Glenn Goerke, Senior Director of Development and Steve Crabill, Vice President and Managing Director Development...

Back in Topeka: Surf & Sand Cottages

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...

Innisfree Hotels Celebrates First Marriott Franchise

Innisfree Hotels has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with many of the world’s most recognized hotel brands – including Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Worldwide Brands, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Choice Hotels, Best Western Hotels, and Wyndham. Yet it has never had the...

Meet Our Rising Star: Jillian Glenn

“There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.”         – Hilton Hotels Founder Conrad Hilton, on Texas  ...

‘The Redmont Story’

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...