Drury Hotels

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Drury Hotels Company, LLC
Company typePrivate
Industry Hospitality
Founded1973
Headquarters
Key people
Charles L. Drury, Jr. (CEO) [2]
Products Hotels
Number of employees
6,000 (2024) [3]
Website www.druryhotels.com

Drury Hotels Company, LLC is an American hospitality company that operates a chain of mid-scale limited service hotels [1] under the brands Drury Inn and Suites, Drury Plaza Hotel, and Pear Tree Inn. [3] As of 2024, the chain operates more than 150 locations in 27 states. [4] It is wholly owned by the Drury family and is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri.

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History

The company was founded by the sons of Lambert Drury, a farmer who lost his farm during the Great Depression, and then founded a plastering company. [5] The Drury Development Corporation was founded in 1959. The Drury family built its first hotel, a Holiday Inn, in 1962 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The family started Drury Hotels in 1973 and built its first Drury Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. [5] The Drury Hotels company operates non-Drury hotels as well. [6] In the 1990s, the chain introduced a third brand, Thrifty Inn. [7]

The Drury Inn & Suites in Valdosta, Georgia Drury Inn, St. Augustine Rd., Valdosta.JPG
The Drury Inn & Suites in Valdosta, Georgia

Co-founder Charles Drury died on September 7, 2020, in St. Louis; his death was acknowledged by Governor of Missouri Mike Parson. [8] Two other co-founders, James and Robert, died in 2008 and 2013, respectively. [9] [5] [10]

In 2024, Drury Hotels earned its 18th J.D. Power award for highest guest satisfaction in upper midscale hotels. [11]

Drury Hotels was ranked the highest in the brand category for hotels in Forbes' List of Customer Service All-Stars 2024 and highest in the brand category for hotels in Forbes' List of Best Customer Service 2024. Forbes also recognized Drury Hotels as one of America's Best Midsize Employers in 2024.

Drury Hotels opened two hotels in 2024 in Savannah, Georgia and Arlington, Texas, with hotels in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Florence, Kentucky expected to open later this year.

Renovation of historic buildings

The chain has purchased several historic buildings for renovation as hotels. [12] [13] Historic buildings that the chain has renovated into hotels include the Union Market in St. Louis (originally built in 1925), [14] the former Cleveland Board of Education building in Cleveland (originally built in 1931) [15] the former City Public Service Building (originally built in 1921) [16] and the former Alamo National Bank building (originally built in 1929) [17] in San Antonio; a hotel in Wichita, Kansas originally built in 1922 [18] a former Sisters of Charity dormitory and hospital in Santa Fe, originally built in 1910 and the early 1950s; [19] and three St. Louis properties originally built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [4] The former Federal Reserve building in Pittsburgh was renovated into a 207-room hotel and opened in late 2016. [20] [21] At the Pittsburgh hotel, a former firing range was converted into an indoor pool, and former bank vaults were turned into meeting spaces. [22] It also plans to renovate the former First Financial Centre building in Milwaukee [23] and the former Indianapolis Business Journal building in Indianapolis, which dates to 1924. [24]

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  12. Bryant, Tim. "Drury increasingly goes downtown with creative restorations of landmark buildings".
  13. "Developers Are Turning Rust Belt Hulks Into Luxury Hotels". 22 April 2016 via www.bloomberg.com.
  14. History of Drury Inn & Suites St. Louis Convention Center
  15. "Drury Plaza Hotel opens in former Cleveland Board of Education building after stunning renovation (photos)".
  16. "Historic Renovations - San Antonio Riverwalk - Drury Hotels". druryhotels.com.
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  18. Drury Plaza hotel Broadview, Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  19. "Old Buildings Get New Life in Santa Fe".
  20. Drury Hotels plans to open new hotel in downtown Pittsburgh in mid-2016
  21. "Pennsylvania: Meetings & Conventions". meetings-conventions.com.
  22. Drury schedules opening date for new downtown hotel
  23. Downtown Milwaukee building sold to Missouri investor for planned conversion into hotel
  24. Indianapolis Business Journal building to become Drury hotel