Drury Hotels
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Private | |
Industry | Hospitality |
Founded | 1973 |
Headquarters | Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S.[1] |
Key people | Charles L. Drury, Jr. (CEO)[2] |
Products | Hotels |
Revenue | $540 million (2016)[3] |
Number of employees | 5,000 (2017)[3] |
Website |
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Drury Hotels Company, LLC is an American hospitality company which operates a chain of mid-scale limited service hotels[1] under the brands Drury Inn and Suites (its flagship brand), Drury Inn, Drury Suites, Drury Plaza Hotel, and Pear Tree Inn.[3] As of 2018, the chain operates more than 150 locations in 25 states.[4] It is wholly owned by the Drury family and is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis.
History
The company was founded by the sons of Lambert Drury, a farmer who lost his farm during the Great Depression and then founded a plastering company.[5] The Drury Development Corporation was founded in 1959. The Drury family built its first hotel, a Holiday Inn, in 1962 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The family started Drury Hotels in 1973 and built its first Drury Inn in Sikeston, Missouri.[5] The Drury Hotels company operates non-Drury hotels as well.[6] In the 1990s, the chain introduced a third brand, Thrifty Inn.[7]
One of the founders, James Drury, died on March 17, 2008, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[8] A second founder, Robert Drury, died on November 28, 2013, in San Antonio.[5][9]
As of July 2017, Drury Hotels has received the J.D. Power & Associates award for highest guest satisfaction in upper midscale hotels for 12 straight years, the longest-running streak in the category.[10][11] In August 2017, Drury Hotels acquired the Best Western hotel from Waterfront LBV GL LLC for $20.5 million.[12]
Renovation of historic buildings
The chain has purchased several historic buildings for renovation as hotels.[13][14] Historic buildings that the chain has renovated into hotels include the former Cleveland Board of Education building in Cleveland (originally built in 1931)[15] the former City Public Service Building (originally built in 1921)[16] and the former Alamo National Bank building (originally built in 1929)[17] in San Antonio; a luxury hotel in Wichita, Kansas originally built in 1922[18] a former Sisters of Charity dormitory and hospital in Santa Fe, originally built in 1910 and the early 1950s;[19] and three St. Louis properties originally built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[4] The former Federal Reserve building in Pittsburgh is as of 2016 was renovated into a 207-room hotel and opened in late 2016.[20][21] At the Pittsburgh hotel, a former firing range was converted into an indoor pool, and former bank vaults were turned into meeting spaces.[22] It also plans to renovate the former First Financial Centre building in Milwaukee[23] and the former Indianapolis Business Journal building in Indianapolis, which dates to 1924.[24]
References
- 1 2 Staff (24 July 2013). "Drury Hotels wins J.D. Power award". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ Company Overview of Drury Hotels Company, LLC Bloomberg
- 1 2 3 39 Drury Hotels Co. LLC
- 1 2 "About Drury - Drury Hotels". www.druryhotels.com.
- 1 2 3 "Bob Drury, part owner of Drury Hotels, CEO of Drury Southwest, dies". Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ Tom Neumeyer; Frank Nickell; Joel P. Rhodes (2004). Historic Cape Giardeau: An Illustrated History. San Antonio, Texas: The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. pp. 116–118. 1-893619-39-7.
- ↑ Jakle, John A.; Sculle, Keith A.; Rogers, Jefferson S. (1996). The Motel in America. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-8018-5383-4.
- ↑ "James Drury obituary". Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Robert Drury obituary". Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ J.D. Power ranks hotel brands for guest satisfaction (USA Today)
- ↑ Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Finds Ritz-Carlton, Omni Hotels As Most Satisfying (Forbes)
- ↑ "https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2017/08/14/drury-hotels-scoops-up-hotel-for-20-5m-in-disney.html". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31. External link in
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(help) - ↑ Bryant, Tim. "Drury increasingly goes downtown with creative restorations of landmark buildings".
- ↑ "Developers Are Turning Rust Belt Hulks Into Luxury Hotels". 22 April 2016 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Drury Plaza Hotel opens in former Cleveland Board of Education building after stunning renovation (photos)".
- ↑ "Historic Renovations - San Antonio Riverwalk - Drury Hotels". druryhotels.com.
- ↑ "Historic Renovations - San Antonio Plaza Riverwalk - Drury Hotels". www.druryhotels.com.
- ↑ Drury Plaza hotel Broadview, Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ↑ "Old Buildings Get New Life in Santa Fe".
- ↑ Drury Hotels plans to open new hotel in downtown Pittsburgh in mid-2016
- ↑ "Pennsylvania: Meetings & Conventions". www.meetings-conventions.com.
- ↑ Drury schedules opening date for new downtown hotel
- ↑ Downtown Milwaukee building sold to Missouri investor for planned conversion into hotel
- ↑ Indianapolis Business Journal building to become Drury hotel