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Article: Holiday Inn Hotels Celebrates 50th Anniversary.
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- July 31, 2002
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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.
Over the past fifty years, Holiday Inn has retained those core ideals of family, value and entrepreneurial spirit and has grown to become the most recognized lodging brand in the world.
"Holiday Inn ...