Press Release
November 13, 2000
ROGERS, AR -- Hotel industry pioneer John Q. Hammons has unveiled plans to construct a European-style luxury hotel
in Rogers, Ark.
Construction of the Hotel Charlevoix, a Marriott Renaissance Resort, will begin in Spring 2001, and will open in
Fall of 2002. The hotel will be owned by Mr. Hammons personally and managed by John Q. Hammons Hotels, Inc. (Amex:
JQH).
The 10-story property will feature 250 rooms and suites and more than 30,000 square feet of meeting space, including
an 11,000 square-foot main ballroom, 5,000 square-foot junior ballroom, two executive boardrooms and 12 break-out
rooms.
The hotel will be located in the Pinnacle Hills business park on Interstate 540 (U.S. Highway 71), near 20 office
buildings and adjacent to a 50,000 square-foot health spa. The Pinnacle Hills Golf Club is 1,500 yards from the
hotel.
"Northwest Arkansas is one of the fastest-growing business centers in the United States and is the perfect
market for an upscale luxury hotel," said Hammons, noting that the world headquarters of Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods
and J.B. Hunt Trucking, as well as major employers such as Simmons Foods, Petersen Farms, Georges, Inc., Cargill
and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, are all located within 15 minutes' drive of the new hotel. "The
Hotel Charlevoix will be the premiere meeting and convention hotel in the region."
On December 2, American Airlines will initiate twice-daily non-stop service from New York-LaGuardia to Northwest
Arkansas Regional Airport near Rogers and Bentonville, Ark., which already has non-stop airline service from Chicago,
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., and Memphis, Tenn.
Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons is widely viewed as one of the hotel industry's leading innovators and is
recognized for building the highest-quality, best-performing hotel properties in rapidly growing markets. Earlier
this year he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the UCLA Extension's 15th Annual Hotel Industry Investment
Conference, in recognition of his 42 years in the hospitality industry. He has developed more than 140 hotels in
40 states.
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CONTACT:
MMG Worldwide for Mr. John Q. Hammons Bill Patterson, 816/300-5137 bpatterson@mmgworldwide.com