After staying at poor quality hotels during a road trip, Kemmons Wilson decided to do something about it. So he, along with partner Wallace E. Johnson, opened the first Holiday Inn in 1952. They went on to open a total
After staying at poor quality hotels during a road trip, Kemmons Wilson decided to do something about it. So he, along with partner Wallace E. Johnson, opened the first Holiday Inn in 1952. They went on to open a total
In 1927, J Willard Marriott and his wife opened a root beer stand n Washington D.C. This was just the beginning; they believed that the people needed a place to get something cool to drink. The continued to grow their
In the early 1960’s two building contractors decided to build a hotel and keep the rooms at reasonable rates. William Becker and Paul Greene already specialized in low cost housing and felt that the hotel industry needed the same thing.
Ramada Inn was founded in 1953 by a group of investors. The investors included Marion W Isbell, Michael Robinson, Del Webb, and Bill Helsing as well as others. The group opened their first 60 room facility on the historic Route
In 1946, shortly after World War II, M.K. Guertin founded the Best Western hotel chain. This chain came about because at the time, the hotels were either large properties or small family owned properties. A group of hotel operators in
Starting out as a single Italian pizza restaurant in Omaha Nebraska, Godfather’s Pizza has grown to become the fourth largest pizza chain in the US. William Theisen founded the original Godfather’s back in 1973. The chain’s high quality pizza, served
In 1986 Patrick Sher, and Jack Kopkin came up with the idea to have a warehouse style store for office supplies. They wanted to offer people a place to get their items in bulk at discounted prices. They opened their
When it comes to office supplies, who’s the leader of them all? One word… Staples. Leo Kahn and Thomas G. Stermberg opened the first office superstore in 1985. Staples was born out of the frustration with small stores being the