Holiday Inn facts for kids
| Subsidiary of IHG | |
| Industry | Hotels |
| Founded | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. (August 1, 1952) |
| Founder | Kemmons Wilson |
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Number of locations
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1,874 United States |
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Area served
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Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific |
| Services | Food services, lodging, conventions, meetings, timeshares |
| Parent | InterContinental Hotels Group |
| Divisions | . |
Holiday Inn is a very well-known brand of hotels. It is one of the most recognized hotel names around the world. Holiday Inn is part of a larger company called the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
The idea for Holiday Inn came from a man named Kemmons Wilson. He thought of it after a family road trip to Washington, D.C.. During their trip, he found that the motels they stayed in were not very good. Mr. Wilson wanted to create better places for families to stay.
He teamed up with Wallace E. Johnson to build the first four motels. These first hotels were built on roads leading into Memphis, Tennessee. An architect named Eddie Bluestein designed them. The name Holiday Inn was actually a joke. It came from a Bing Crosby movie.
Images for kids
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The "Great Sign" was a familiar sight on U.S. highways in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
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Holiday Inn clock in Sutton, Greater London, England
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Atrium interior at the Holiday Inn Sarasota Airport in Sarasota, Florida, United States
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Holiday Inn in Cardiff, Wales
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Holiday Inn (right in the picture) at the Eliel Square in Helsinki, Finland
See also
In Spanish: Holiday Inn para niños
