Julian MacQueen Receives Hotelier Hall of Fame Award
Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Recognizes Innisfree Hotels Founder and CEO On Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, Founder and CEO of Innisfree Hotels Julian MacQueen will be celebrated by the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association with its highest honor...
Back in Topeka: Selling Tomatoes
By Harlan Butler, Innisfree Hotels Past President Back in Topeka, in the late 1980s, the only place that was using modern hotel revenue management techniques in the United States was a place called Family Inns of America. Before founding Innisfree Hotels in 1984,...
Innisfree Hotels Wins Tourism Award from VISIT FLORIDA
Flagler Awards 2016 The in-house digital marketing agency of Innisfree Hotels, was honored with a Florida Tourism Award from VISIT FLORIDA during its annual Governor’s Conference on September 7, 2016. Named for Henry Flagler, a key figure in the state’s industrial...
The Spirit of Hospitality at Innisfree Hotels
By Mike Nixon, President As president of a successful and growing hotel company, my deep thoughts are generally centered around the idea of hospitality and servant leadership – welcoming people into our homes. My oldest son asked me one day how what I do for a...
Establishing the MacQueen Alumni Center at USA
MacQueen Alumni Center, University of South Alabama After accepting a $2 million gift from distinguished alumnus Julian MacQueen '73, Founder and CEO of Innisfree Hotels and his wife, Kim MacQueen, the University of South Alabama will name its new Alumni Center in...
Dixon Dub Lip Sync Battle Raises $60,000 for School of the Arts
On Friday, September 9, 2016, Innisfree Hotels' Corporate Social Responsibility program, The Hive, together with its sponsors, presented Dixon Dub - an epic lip sync battle benefiting Pensacola's Dixon School of the Arts. Teams battled it out for the title of...
Innisfree Hotels Continues Sarasota Investment with Hotel Indigo Acquisition
New Hotels Under Development and Construction Will Lead to $100 Million Investment in Coastal Community On Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, Innisfree Hotels took over ownership and operations of the Hotel Indigo located at 1223 Boulevard of the Arts in Sarasota, Fla. The...
Back in Topeka: High Stakes Steaks
At Innisfree Hotels, we’ve learned there are sometimes high stakes when eating steaks. The following stories are true, and they happened ‘Back in Topeka’. These particular tales have been long passed down by Harlan Butler, former president of Innisfree Hotels, who...
How Julian MacQueen Opens a Hotel
A Reflection from Jason Nicholson, Vice President of Innisfree Hotels The Best Western Premier Tides Hotel was slated to open in the middle of May 2016. Through a series of problems at the beginning of the project and scheduling challenges with subcontractors, the...
Tides Hotel Offers Boutique Guest Experience
Best Western Premier, Tides Hotel Marks Grand Opening The tide has come in. On July 8, 2016, Innisfree Hotels opened the Best Western Premier Tides Hotel in Orange Beach, Ala., welcoming visitors to a fresh new experience in the Gulfside resort town. The Tides...
