John Q. Hammons' New Embassy Suites(R) - Loveland Hotel, Spa & Conference Center's...

John Q. Hammons' New Embassy Suites(R) - Loveland Hotel, Spa & Conference Center's Pre-Opening Executive Team Announced

LOVELAND, Colo. & SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(Business Wire)--
With five months until the highly anticipated debut of John Q.
Hammons' eight-story, 263-suite Embassy Suites(R) - Loveland Hotel,
Spa & Conference Center (www.embassysuitesloveland.com) at 4705
Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland, Colo., the luxury development's
pre-opening executive team was announced today. Led by Tom Dwyer, a
20-year John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts veteran, the seasoned team is
available to accept group reservations and to lead hard-hat tours of
the contemporary-designed hotel and adjoining 80,000 gross square feet
of meeting space. The all-suite, luxury hotel will be owned by hotel
legend Mr. John Q. Hammons and managed by Springfield, Mo.-based John
Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, the nation's leading independent builder,
developer, owner and manager of upscale, full-service hotels, resorts
and suites (www.jqhhotels.com). The conference center also will be
managed by John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts.

Representing the first large-scale development at The Ranch,
Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex, since Northern
Colorado's premier entertainment destination and agricultural showcase
venue's opening in 2003, the Embassy Suites - Loveland Hotel, Spa &
Conference Center is expected to be the largest hotel north of Denver
to Canada upon its anticipated completion in March 2009. John Q.
Hammons Hotels & Resorts operates two other hotels in Colorado,
including in Denver and Fort Collins, and Mr. Hammons is developing a
hotel in Colorado Springs.

Expected to drive pre-opening sales from among associations,
corporations, community and university influencers, the Embassy Suites
- Loveland Hotel, Spa & Conference Center executive team members
include (photos available):

-- General Manager: Tom Dwyer: A 20-year veteran with John Q.
Hammons Hotels & Resorts, Dwyer's experience spans
full-service brands, including Marriott, Embassy Suites Hotels
and Renaissance in Iowa, Nebraska and Texas. Reflecting
Dwyer's attention to high quality service consistent with the
John Q. Hammons brand standards, all three hotels are AAA Four
Diamond Award winners. Dwyer is the recipient of numerous
accolades, including the "Paul Harris Fellow Award" and
several "Spirit to Serve" and "Leadership Excellence" awards
from Marriott International.

-- Director of Sales: J. Scott Holm, CMP: Holm joins John Q.
Hammons Hotels & Resorts with 18 years' experience in the
hospitality industry. Holm most recently served as the general
manager of the new Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in
Greeley, Colo. Prior to that position, he was the director of
sales & marketing for The Stanley Hotel, a historic, luxury
property. Holm, a Florida native, has worked for the Belleview
Biltmore Resort & Country Club and as the director of sales &
marketing for Sea Wake Resort, both near Clearwater Beach,
Fla.

-- Senior Sales Manager Ann Marie Cole: With 20 years of hotel
management and sales experience, Cole's primary sales focus is
the association market. She joins the Loveland property from
the company's Hilton Fort Collins in Colorado, where she was
director of sales. Prior, she was director of sales at the
Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport (formerly the
Holiday Inn), where she achieved consistent personal top
performance recognition, including the John Q. Hammons "Sales
Team of the Year" award.

-- Sales Manager Gwen Lavenue: With a focus on corporate and
government accounts along with the tour and travel market,
Lavenue joins John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts from the
Sheraton Denver (formerly the Adam's Mark), where she held the
positions of corporate sales manager and business travel sales
manager in charge of global corporate accounts. Lavenue is
well acquainted with the Northern Colorado markets from her
previous sales and marketing assignments at the Renaissance
Boulder Suites at Flatiron in Broomfield, Colo., and The
Westin Westminster Hotel.

-- Director of Catering Lou Ann Hoehne: Joining the Loveland
property from John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts' Hilton Fort
Collins, as director of catering, Hoehne has more than 15
years' experience in hotel operations, administration and
sales.

"I have great confidence in Tom and his talented team in
communicating our exceptional offering in Loveland," said Mr. Hammons,
founder, chairman and chief executive officer of John Q. Hammons
Hotels & Resorts. "We're experiencing significant interest as the
community builds around the development."

Area Information

The Embassy Suites - Loveland Hotel, Spa & Conference Center will
reside on 20 acres of land on the northeast quadrant of I-25 and US-34
with convenient access to the Colorado cities of Greeley, Fort
Collins, Estes Park, Windsor, Longmont, Boulder and Denver and also to
Cheyenne, Wyo. In addition, the development will be strategically
located near a new 1 million-square-foot, 60-acre shopping center
developed by Loveland-based McWhinney Enterprises. John Q. Hammons'
upscale facilities will be next to the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport
and located near several of Northern Colorado's largest economic
drivers, including nearby Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies,
Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Hach Company, and one of
Anheuser-Busch's breweries. The facilities will be just 10 miles from
Colorado State University, which has about 24,700 resident instruction
students.

About The Ranch

Comprised of 375,000 square feet of flexible event space, The
Ranch in Larimer County, Colo., features multiple venues, including
the Budweiser Events Center. As Northern Colorado's premier
entertainment destination and agricultural showcase venue, Phase I of
The Ranch spans 150 of the complex's 243 acres for hosting a variety
of events spanning sports, music, trade shows, fairs and festivals.
Situated in one of the fastest growing areas in the country directly
adjacent to I-25, just north of Highway 34 in Loveland, The Ranch has
a reputation for drawing significant, high-traffic acts to this
popular complex that opened in 2003. For more information, go to
www.larimer.org/theranch.

Making a Reservation

For more information or to book a group function prior to the
opening of the Embassy Suites - Loveland Hotel, Spa & Conference
Center, contact (970) 593-6200, fax (970) 593-6202, email:
scott.holm@hilton.com or go to www.embassysuitesloveland.com. The
hotel also can be booked under the following GDS codes: Amadeus
DEN079, Apollo/Galileo 89068, and Sabre/Worldspan 34919.

Hotel Information

To be built with the signature atrium style of John Q. Hammons
Hotels & Resorts, the Embassy Suites -- Loveland will boast an
architectural style that complements the design of the adjoining
conference center. The hotel's decor will emit a contemporary flair
that invites guests to enjoy the exceptional appointments and
outstanding customer service that define the John Q. Hammons Hotels &
Resorts and the Embassy Suites Hotels brand. The hotel will offer a
variety of amenities for both business and leisure travelers and will
be beautifully decorated to make guests feel at home. Each guest suite
will feature a private bedroom and spacious living room, that will be
equipped with two LCD televisions, refrigerator, wet bar, microwave
oven, coffee maker, two telephones with data ports, high-speed
Internet access, spacious work desk and in-room safe boxes. Guests may
enjoy a luxurious open atrium with a water feature. The hotel will
offer room service, same-day dry cleaning, and daily cooked-to-order
breakfast and two hour manager's reception. Other features will
include a fitness center, indoor pool, sundeck, and therapeutic spa
treatments at the full-service Spa Botanica, John Q. Hammons'
signature spa.

About John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts

Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts is the
nation's leading independent builder, developer, owner and manager of
upscale, full-service hotels, resorts and suites, including: Embassy
Suites Hotels, Renaissance, Marriott, Radisson, Residence Inn,
Homewood Suites by Hilton, Holiday Inn and Courtyard by Marriott
brands. With 79 hotels strategically located near demand generators,
such as state capitals, universities, airports, corporate headquarters
or office parks in secondary and tertiary markets, John Q. Hammons
Hotels & Resorts' properties are dominant in their markets. Over the
course of his impressive 50-year career in the hotel business, Mr.
John Q. Hammons has developed 205 hotels. For more information about
John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, please visit the company's Web site
at www.jqhhotels.com.

John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts
Scott Tarwater, 417-873-3591
scott.tarwater@jqh.com
or
Publicis PR for JQH Hotels & Resorts
Sheri Smith, 972-628-7766 / 214-454-3969
sheri.smith@publicis-pr.com

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