Innisfree Honored for Service to Blind Community
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...
The “Why” Behind FYI
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...
Hampton Inn & Suites Opens in Panama City Beach
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...
Restaurant Recipes: Smoked Mullet Dip from #RFBF
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...
It Was A Rocky Road, But Worth The Trip
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...
Innisfree Hotels Brings First Beachfront Marriott to Panama City Beach
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...
Family Loyalty is Strong at Award-Winning Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach
Family Loyalty to Innisfree Hotels Hailing from Philadelphia, Mississippi, Richard and Candee Beckham are the proud parents of three children - William, 14, John Cross, 13, and Ellie, 11. Dad works for the union for Sprinkler Fitters, and Mom is an RN for hospice...
Local Scout Selects ‘From the Ground Up’ Garden for Eagle Scout Project
Eagle Scout gives back at community garden Evan Smith is a 13-year-old rising freshman who, in 2017, completed his 8th grade year at Episcopal Day School in Pensacola, Fla. Students from EDS have regularly visited Innisfree’s ‘From the Ground Up’ community garden,...
A Q&A with Julian MacQueen for UWF’s Department of Global Hospitality and Tourism Management
GHTM Interviews Julian MacQueen - Originally published for Newsletter #3 of UWF's Department of Global Hospitality and Tourism Management on 06/27/2017 "Entrepreneurship at its finest" with Julian and Kim McQueen In this exclusive interview, Founder and CEO of...
Why We Are Concentrated on the Gulf Coast and in Resort Markets
By Mike Nixon, President Once upon a time, when Julian MacQueen founded Innisfree Hotels, he looked for opportunities that were more inexpensive in nature … things he could do with relatively little cash. Sometimes those hotels turned out to be acquisitions from...
