Winegardner and Hammons

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Winegardner and Hammons Hotel Group, LLC
Type Private
Industry Hospitality
Founded1958
Headquarters Cincinnati, OH
Key people
J. Erik Kamfjord - Chairman Emeritus
Mike Conway - CEO
Kent Bruggeman - CFO
Brien Perkins - COO
Terry Dammeyer - CCDO
Website www.whihotels.com

Winegardner and Hammons is a full-service hotel management and development company established in 1961 Roy E. Winegardner and John Q. Hammons. It is one of the original franchisers of Holiday Inn.

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Company history

In 1957, Winegardner bought his first Holiday Inn franchise in Lexington, Kentucky. Hammons joined Winegardner in 1958 and they created a private, independent hotel management company. They entered into an agreement with Holiday Inn to develop their hotels. The company incorporated in 1961, and during the 1960s, built nearly three dozen Holiday Inn hotels. In the following years, the company diversified, adding third-party management of hotels as well as other hotel brands. The most notable expansion added accounting and financial services for the hospitality industry. WHI emerges as one of the first franchises to be selected to grow the full service Marriott brand in 1994. In 1996, the company opened its first full-service Marriott hotel. It continues to expand into development of upscale, full-service, lifestyle, select service and conference center hotels.

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