Six Continents Hotels Names Prince-Bush-Smith Investments 2001 Franchisee of The Year

Franchisee's Holiday Inn Historic District Hotel in Charleston, S.C., Awarded General Manager of The Year And Maintenance Engineer of The Year Honors for 2001

ATLANTA, Six Continents(SM) Hotels, Inc. (www.sixcontinentshotels.com ), the world's leading hotel group, announced at its Global Business Summit held in Dallas, Texas, recently that Prince-Bush-Smith Investments of Winter Park, Fla., is its 2001 Franchisee of the Year. This is the first time Six Continents Hotels has presented the $50,000 award, which recognizes quality scores, revenue generation, participation in marketing programs,...

Prince-Bush-Smith Investments owns and operates three full-service Holiday Inn hotels, including the Mulberry Inn in downtown Savannah, Ga., the Holiday Inn Historic District in downtown Charleston, S.C., and the Holiday Inn at the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fla. Airport. All three hotels are "Torchbearer Award" winners for being among the top 50 hotels in Six Continents Hotels' Americas region.

For 2001, Prince-Bush-Smith Investments also received two awards for the Holiday Inn Historic District in downtown Charleston, S.C. Employee Mitchell Linder received the General Manager of the Year award and employee Dave Salzillo received the Maintenance Engineer of the Year award.

Six Continents Hotels, the hotel business of Six Continents PLC of the United Kingdom SXC (ADRs), owns, operates or franchises more than 3,260 hotels and 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories.

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