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 brand of hotels. Holiday Inn is one of the world's most recognized hotel brands. It is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
Kemmons Wilson had the idea for the business after a family road trip to Washington, D.C.. During the trip, he was disappointed by the quality of roadside motels at that time. Mr. Wilson partnered with Wallace E. Johnson to build the first four motels on roads entering Memphis, Tennessee. Eddie Bluestein was the architect who designed these first hotels. He named the first one Holiday Inn after a Bing Crosby movie as a joke.
Images for kids
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The iconic "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
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Iconic Holiday Inn Sarajevo, home of foreign correspondents during 1984 Winter Olympics and throughout of Siege of Sarajevo during Bosnian War
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Atrium interior at the Holiday Inn Sarasota Airport in Sarasota, FL
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Holiday Inn in Cardiff
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1985–1990
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1983–2007
