AmericInn
{{Short description|American hotel franchise}}
{{Infobox company
| name = AmericInn International Inc.
| logo = AmericInn logo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| type = Subsidiary
| parent = Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (previously owned by Northcott Hospitality){{cite web|title=Brands|url=https://wyndhamhotels.com|access-date=4 June 2016}}
| foundation = 1979
| founder = Jim Graves
| location_city = Parsippany, New Jersey
| location_country = U.S.
| num_locations = 218 (December 31, 2023){{cite web
|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722684/000172268424000006/wh-20231231.html | title=Annual report|website=Securities and Exchanges Commission|access-date=9 June 2024}}
| area_served = 20 states
| key_people =
| industry = Hospitality, hotels
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.americinn.com/}}
}}
AmericInn by Wyndham is an American hotel franchise founded in 1979 in the suburban Twin Cities. The chain is a mid-priced, limited-service division of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
History
The AmericInn Franchise was founded by Jim Graves, and the first location opened in 1979 in Rogers, Minnesota.{{cite web | last=Anthony | first=Neal St. | title=St. Anthony: Risk-taker Graves is back to business | website=Star Tribune | date=10 December 2012 | url=https://www.startribune.com/st-anthony-risk-taker-graves-is-back-to-business/182624701/ | access-date=8 July 2023}} By 1990, there were more than 20 AmericInn properties located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 1994, AmericInn began franchising with the help of Wyman Nelson, an entrepreneur known for expanding the Perkins Restaurant and Bakery chain in the 1960s and 1970s.{{cite news |last1=Norfleet |first1=Nicole |title=AmericInn joins Wyndham portfolio of hotels in $170 million deal |url=https://www.startribune.com/ameriinn-joins-wyndham-portfolio-of-hotels-in-170-million-deal/440896133/ |access-date=5 August 2019 |publisher=Star Tribune |date=17 August 2017}}
Expansion outside the Midwestern United States began in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27967139_ITM|title=AmericInn grows beyond its Midwest roots|last=Nozar|first=Robert A.|date=5 June 2000|work=Hotel & Motel Management|access-date=26 April 2009}} AmericInn has 240 motels,{{cite web|title=Media|url=https://www.americinn.com/media|publisher=AmericInn Hotels|access-date=4 June 2016}} with more than 80 percent of its locations in the Upper Midwest.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/print-edition/2010/11/05/americinn-looks-to-expand-nationally.html |title=AmericInn looks to expand nationally | last=Vomhof | first=John Jr. |date=4 November 2010 |work=St. Paul Business Journal |access-date=10 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109024620/http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/print-edition/2010/11/05/americinn-looks-to-expand-nationally.html |archive-date=9 November 2010 |url-status=live }} Wyndham Hotels & Resorts bought the brand in July 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/07/18/wyndham-buying-chanhassen-based-americinn-hotel.html|title=Wyndham buying Chanhassen-based AmericInn hotel brand for $170M}}
Concept
Rooms are built with masonry block, sound deadening foam and heavy drywall between rooms, as well as concrete slabs, to minimize noise within rooms.{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25650158_ITM|title=Flexibility propels AmericInn's expansion|date=3 June 2002|work=Hotel & Motel Management|access-date=26 April 2009}}
Properties
As of December 31, 2023, AmericInn by Wyndham consists of 218 locations with 12,866 rooms throughout the United States, with the majority located in the Midwestern United States.{{Cite web |title=Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. - 10-K ending 12/31/23 |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1722684/000172268424000006/wh-20231231.htm |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.sec.gov |language=en}}
References
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External links
{{commons category inline|AmericInn}}
- {{official website|https://www.americinn.com/}}
{{Wyndham Hotels & Resorts}}
{{Hotel chains}}
Category:Companies based in Minnesota
Category:Hotel chains in the United States
Category:Hotels established in 1979