Alliance Hospitality to Manage 110-room Hilton Garden Inn Kankakee in Illinois
Raleigh, NC - November 15, 2011 - Alliance Hospitality, (AllianceHospitality.com) a leading hotel management company in the United States, today announced it will manage the 110-room Hilton Garden Inn Kankakee and 19,000 square foot RiverStone Conference Center, in Kankakee, Illinois, under a franchise agreement with Hilton Worldwide.
The Hilton Garden Inn Kankakee is situated in the heart of Kankakee, close to Kankakee Community College, Kankakee County Museum, and Kankakee Railroad Museum. Located just off Interstate 57, the Hilton Garden Inn Kankakee is 1 hour south of Chicago, Illinois. The attached RiverStone Conference Center features over 19,000 square feet of flexible function space, and the in-house banquet and catering staff can arrange functions for up to 600 people.
Alliance Hospitality welcomes this addition to its portfolio of full-service, extended stay, select service and all suite hotels. Company Chairman, Rolf Tweeten commented, “Alliance Hospitality was selected to operate these two assets because our track record demonstrates our capability to reposition properties to outperform the competitive set.”
Alliance Hospitality is an innovative next-generation hospitality management company, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Alliance was founded in 2003 to manage lodging assets for institutional investment groups, individual owners and lenders. Alliance Hospitality provides value by developing the highest caliber hospitality professionals, and through implementing proprietary tools and unique processes to create a comprehensive hospitality management system. The Alliance portfolio of full-service, extended stay, all-suite, and select service hotels includes hotels operating under agreements with Marriott, Hilton, IHG, Carlson, Wyndham, Choice, and Starwood as well as Independent hotels.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a global leading lodging company based in Bethesda,Maryland, USA, with more than 4,200 properties in 80 countries and territories. Marriott International reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 19 brands, including: The Ritz-Carlton®, BVlgari®, EDITION®, JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection® Hotels, Renaissance® Hotels, Marriott Hotels®, Delta Hotels and Resorts®, Marriott Executive Apartments®, Marriott Vacation Club®, Gaylord Hotels®, AC Hotels by Marriott®, Courtyard®, Residence Inn®, SpringHill Suites®, Fairfield Inn & Suites®, TownePlace Suites®, Protea Hotels® and MoxyHotels®. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 50 million members. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at 
