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March 11, 2008
HAMPTON INN & SUITES TO BREAK GROUND IN REGENCY LAKES, K-96 AT GREENWICH
(WICHITA, KS) – TMH Hotels of Wichita has acquired a site in Regency Lakes to develop a 102 room Hampton Inn & Suites. Construction is scheduled to begin in March, 2008 and to be complete in about one year.
Hampton Inn & Suites is an ideal lodging product for the Wichita market, said Walter Brosch of TMH. Business and leisure travelers visiting the area will enjoy the same high quality service and amenities they have come to associate with TMH's Hilton Garden Inn at Bradley Fair. Brosch said they are developing the Hampton Inn & Suites to complement their Hilton Garden Inn. The two brands are sister hotels within the Hilton family and guests at both hotels will enjoy the benefits of membership in Hilton's HHonors frequent guest program.
Brosch said the award winning Garden Inn is often sold out and has to turn away business. With the addition of the nearby Hampton Inn & Suites, TMH can offer their guests the choice of essentially the same outstanding accommodations, and actually at a slightly lower price point. This is possible because the Hampton Inn & Suites does not have a full service restaurant like the Garden Inn or comparable banquet and meeting space.
What it does offer, like more than 1,400 other existing Hampton Hotels, is the new Hampton bedding package entitled "Cloud Nine, the Hampton Bed Experience." Since January 2004, Hampton has debuted new products and services ranging from complimentary On the House® hot breakfast and On the Run breakfast bags™, Purity Basics® bath products and a curved shower rod, complimentary high speed Internet access and the industry's easiest-to-set alarm clock/radio. This Hampton Inn & Suites will have too many additional amenities to list, but will include such benefits as 32" high definition LCD television sets in all the rooms and
microwaves and refrigerators in all the suites.
About Hampton Hotels
Hampton, which includes Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels, is a mid-priced leader in the lodging segment. Hampton is part of Hilton Hotels Corporation, a leading global hospitality company with more than 2,900 hotels and 500,000 rooms in more than 80 countries, including 105,000 team members worldwide. The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and most highly regarded hotel brands, including Hilton®, Conrad®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, Scandic and The Waldorf-Astoria Collection®.
About TMH Hotels
TMH was founded in March of 1983 for the purpose of developing and operating Residence Inn by Marriott hotels. The company has owned and/or managed 15 Residence Inns coast to coast, from California to Connecticut. More recently, TMH has developed and operated TownePlace Suites by Marriott hotels and Hilton Garden Inn. Now the company will add Hampton Inn & Suites to its roster and is in pre-development on a Homewood Suites by Hilton. TMH has been awarded hotel of the year honors by every hotel system it has been part of, most recently this January by Marriott for its TownePlace Suites in Redwood City, CA. Additionally, the Hilton Garden Inn Wichita was recently presented the Innkeeper of the Year award by the Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau.
About Regency Lakes
With over 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, Laham Development’s Regency Lakes will be the largest shopping center in northeast Wichita when it is completed.
Built around a contemporary architectural theme accented by natural stone and common areas that include scenic landscaped waterways, the center opened in October 2004 with the 174,000 square foot Super Target.
The Hampton Inn & Suites will compliment the existing World Market and Chili’s Grill & Bar. Additional retail stores located between Super Target and K-96 are planned for the future.
KANZA Bank plans to break ground in March on their second full-service bank in Wichita at Regency Lakes. Completion is scheduled for late 2008.
"We have enjoyed a nice relationship with the folks at TMH Hotel Group in the past", says Cathy Erickson, vice president of Laham Development. "They have done a fantastic job with the Hilton Garden Inn at Bradley Fair and they will do a great job on the Hampton Inn and Suites. We look forward to having them at Regency Lakes". |
