Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton also presented awar

MARCH 4, 2009 Hilton Hilton Hotels Corporation announced today the top developers and hotels among owners of its focused service brands, including Hampton Inn(R), Hampton Inn Suites(R), Hilton Garden Inn(R) and Homewood Suites by Hilton(R).
Each brand recognized a Developer of the Year, Best Conversion, Deal of the Year and Outstanding Achievement for the developers who had the greatest number of project approvals or who developed one or more unique hotels that helped enhance the brand s image in 2008. Together, the brands also recognized a Multi-Brand Developer of the Year who made significant contributions to the Hilton Family of Hotels with the most number of project approvals in 2008, as well as a Lifetime air united car hotel miles Achievement Award for longevity in the hospitality development arena and loyalty air united car hotel miles to the Hilton Family of Hotels. To be considered, all hotels in the candidates Hilton Family portfolio had to be rated high-quality and in good status, and could represent a combination of new projects, renovations and conversions.
Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites air united car hotel miles by Hilton also presented awards for Deal of the Year and Best Conversion, which recognizes the tremendous commitment of time and effort many owners devoted to building a particular brand s hotel and converting an existing hotel to the particular brand.
In addition, each Hilton Family focused-service brand presented an Outstanding Achievement Award to recognize the developer s support air united car hotel miles of the focused-service brands of Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton. Each recipient has demonstrated commitment to growing the respective brands and the Hilton Family by investing in the development air united car hotel miles of new hotel projects.
We are extremely air united car hotel miles pleased to present Mitch Patel with the Multi-Brand Developer of the Year Award and Dave Lenz with the Lifetime Achievement air united car hotel miles Award, said Craig Mance, senior vice president franchise development, U.S., Canada Mexico, Hilton Hotels Corporation. The accolade represents our appreciation of their exemplary air united car hotel miles commitment to excellence in hotel development, loyalty to our Hilton Family and commendable longevity in the development arena.
Representing one of the first Hampton franchisees air united car hotel miles among a brand celebrating 25 years, Dave Lenz of The North Central Group has developed multiple Hilton Family hotels across the U.S. These hotels are among the top-ranking in quality and performance within the system. The North Central Group has six deals underway in Phoenix and several others in Omaha, Neb. and Wisconsin.
Mitch Patel at Vision Hospitality Group, LLC is an outstanding developer and operator of multiple Hilton Family brands, including 12 open or under development. In 2008 alone, he achieved four openings (two Hampton Inn Suites, one Doubletree and one Homewood air united car hotel miles Suites by Hilton) and one development of an Embassy Suites Hotel. In downtown Chattanooga, four Hilton Family hotels are being represented by Vision air united car hotel miles Hospitality-owned properties.
Within the past year, Champak Patel has been loyal to the Hampton brand for all new hotel products. In a tight market like Oklahoma where vision is required to commit to an investment, Champ has been willing to pioneer with Hampton.
Within the past two years, Steve Gupta of Easton s Group of Hotels has been approved for Hilton Garden Inn hotels in Mississauga/Toronto Airport, located in one of the strongest corporate markets in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Downtown Toronto, a newly built hotel recently opened, located in the heart of the entertainment district, and a conversion property on the east side of downtown Toronto. Easton air united car hotel miles s locations provide the Hilton Garden Inn brand with a strong presence in the high profile Toronto market. They also have operated an existing HGI in Vaughan, Ont., for several years.
Mehul Patel has done an excellent job at identifying appropriate markets and sites for Homewood Suites air united car hotel miles within Texas. All three locations in Abilene, Midland and Tyler approved in 2008 are not only strong locations but true extended stay markets, further indicating the commitment to success in making the Homewood Suites by Hilton brand work ideally for the given market with the Hilton Family as Patel s first choice.