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...
Innisfree Announces $100 Million Investment in Panama City Beach
Innisfree Hotels is proud to announce two new beachfront developments coming to Panama City Beach, Fla. – one of the state’s most popular vacation destinations. The Hampton Inn & Suites is set to open in Spring 2017 and the Springhill Suites by Marriott is...
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...
Innisfree Hotels Hits Construction Milestone in Orange Beach
Best Western Premier, Tides Hotel Orange Beach Coming Summer 2016 On Jan. 8, 2016, Innisfree Hotels hosted a ‘topping out’ event for its newest property in Orange Beach, Ala. The Best Western Premier, Tides Hotel Orange Beach is set to open in Summer 2016. Topping...
‘From the Ground Up’ Garden Grows Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities
Jeff’s Corner Garden, Pensacola FL When Innisfree Hotels planted the seed for its ‘From the Ground Up’ garden, the company never could have dreamed of the types of opportunities it could grow. Just two seasons into harvesting sustainable crops, the garden carved...
Transforming a Hotel Lobby into an Art Gallery
Innisfree's Modern Contemporary Children's Art Gallery The stylish, social lobby of the Hilton Pensacola Beach has always been beautiful – with bright whites and cool blues like harbingers of the water and sand just beyond its back door. In 2015, it became even...
Innisfree Hotels Breaks Ground on Embassy Suites by Hilton
180 All-Suite Hotel Marks New Flag and Market for Florida-Based Hotel Management Company On Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, Innisfree Hotels joined real estate developer Jim Bridges of JEBCO Ventures, Inc., to break ground on the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Sarasota,...
An Inspection Story
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...
