Article: MeriStar Hotels & Resorts Signs Contract to Manage Hilton Garden Inn in Suburban Chicago/Evanston.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2001

MeriStar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: MMH), the nation's largest independent management company, today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Winston Hotels, Inc., to manage a newly constructed 178-room Hilton Garden Inn in Evanston, Ill., north of Chicago.

Winston Hotels is a publicly traded hotel real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Raleigh, N.C.

"This is the 48th Winston hotel we manage and/or lease, and we look forward to further expanding our strategic relationship with them," said Paul W. Whetsell, MeriStar chairman and chief executive officer. "We ...

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