Press Release: AmeriSuites
October 4, 2000
NASHVILLE, TN -- AmeriSuites -- America's affordable all-suite hotel chain -- has opened its fourth Nashville area
hotel here, announced General Manager Dhaval Patel. The hotel, located at 721 Royal Parkway, represents the seventh
AmeriSuites in the state.
The hotel is owned by Chattanooga, TN-based Vision Hospitality Group, which owns and operates eleven hotels in
Tennessee under a variety of franchise licenses. The AmeriSuites is the company's first hotel in the Nashville
market.
The five story, 84-unit hotel is part of the quickly growing AmeriSuites chain, which is known for comfortable
accommodations with separate living and sleeping areas and a wide array of amenities. Each guest suite features
a living room with sleeper sofa or overstuffed chair, 26`` remote stereo TV, video cassette player, expanded work
desk with task lighting, high speed Internet access, two phones with voice mail messaging, an iron and ironing
board, hairdryers, kitchen/wet bar area with refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and free coffee. The Nashville/Airport
hotel has 63 non-smoking suites and four handicapped accessible suites.
The hotel also offers 29 ``Taking Care of Business Suites'' with additional in-room amenities for the corporate
traveler including a plush overstuffed chair and ottoman, second phone line with data port, executive chair, basic
office supplies and snacks. Other amenities include complimentary bountiful breakfast buffet, free airport van
service, laundry facilities, fitness center, business center and a heated outdoor pool. In addition, 950 square
feet of flexible meeting space is also available. A manager's reception will be held every Wednesday from 5:30
pm to 7:00 pm with complimentary refreshments.
With the opening of the Nashville/Airport hotel, there are presently 105 AmeriSuites systemwide. In addition, AmeriSuites'
parent company, Prime Hospitality, is currently in the process of converting 27 Sumner Suites hotels to the AmeriSuites
chain, including one in the Nashville market, in Hendersonville.
``We believe a new, all-suites hotel like AmeriSuites with amenities designed specifically for business travelers
will be in high demand in this market,'' said Vision Hospitality Executive Vice President Mitch Patel. ``We are
pleased to join our sister hotels in this booming area.''
The hotel is located just over a mile from Nashville International Airport and within three miles of the Hermitage,
Two Rivers Park and Percy Priest Lake. It is also seven miles from the Country Music Hall of Fame and eight miles
from downtown Nashville. The property is offering special introductory rates ranging from $69.00 - $89.00 through
the end of the year; reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly at 615-493-5200 or through AmeriSuites'
toll-free central reservation system, 800-833-1516.
AmeriSuites® is a trademarked proprietary brand of Prime Hospitality Corp. (NYSE: PDQ), headquartered in Fairfield,
NJ. Prime currently owns, manages and/or franchises over 230 hotels throughout the United States under its proprietary
trade names AmeriSuites®, Wellesley Inns & Suites®, and under franchise agreements with national hotel
chains. There are approximately 190 AmeriSuites open or under development, with primary concentration in key cities
such as Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas and Nashville. AmeriSuites can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.amerisuites.com.
SOURCE: AmeriSuites