Article: Holiday Inn Hotels Celebrates 50th Anniversary.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2002

America's Hotel Turns 50 on August 1, 2002

August 1, 2002 marks the 50th anniversary of America's Hotel, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts.

American entrepreneur Kemmons Wilson opened the first Holiday Inn hotel in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, after he returned from a family road trip discouraged over the lack of family and value-oriented lodging.

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