Alliance Hospitality Management, LLC

Chapel Hill, NC/Raleigh, NC July 23, 2010 - Alliance Hospitality Management Promotes Rob Cote to Regional Director of Operations
Alliance Hospitality Management announces the promotion of Rob Cote to the position of Regional Director of Operations. In his new role, Cote will oversee a portfolio of nationally branded hotels.
Cote joined Alliance Hospitality in 2009 to open the new Aloft Hotel in Chapel Hill, NC. This was his 2nd Aloft opening in 2 years working in conjunction with Starwood Hotels & Resorts newest brand. Prior to joining Alliance Hospitality, Cote was a Regional Director of Operations with Noble Investment Group with primary focus on Marriott branded hotels.

Prior to Noble, Cote was Vice President of Operations with the Shaner Hotel Group where his portfolio consisted of multiple select service and full service brands including; Marriott, Hilton and the Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG). Cote had a distinguished career with Marriott International for 15 years with the brands Courtyard, Residence Inn, and Fairfield Inn. He began his career with Marriott in Washington DC at the JW Marriott, Crystal City Marriott and opened the Fairview Park Marriott.

Cote was a Board Member for the Forsyth Tourism Authority in Winston-Salem, NC and past member of the Marriott Business Council in Washington DC.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 14, 2010 - Aloft Chapel Hill Opens Adjacent to UNC Campus
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), Inland American Lodging Corporation and Alliance Hospitality Management LLC today announce the opening of Aloft Chapel Hill. The 40^th Aloft hotel worldwide, this brand new destination sensation introduces style at a steal to Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Park with 130 spacious, loft-like rooms, 1,600 square feet of meeting space, intuitive and accessible technology and a hip, social atmosphere.

"We are really excited to be opening our second Aloft hotel within the Inland American Lodging Corporation's portfolio. In addition to its ideal proximity to the University of North Carolina, the hotel is perfectly situated in Chapel Hill and will appeal both to people working in or visiting the greater tri-city market," said Craig Lambert of Inland American Lodging Corporation.

"Aloft Hotels introduces a compelling blend of urban style and social interplay to Chapel Hill," said Rob Cote, general manager of Aloft Chapel Hill. "Bold and stylish, Aloft Chapel Hill targets both sophisticated travelers and area professionals with its eclectic and electric experience, lively re:mix^sm lounge and wxyz^smbar."

Located at 1001 South Hamilton Road, the property is located adjacent to the UNC campus with a Chapel Hill transit stop directly at the hotel and part of the new East 54 Village, a new urban community of luxury condos, shops and dining, right in Chapel Hill.

"We are thrilled to introduce the Aloft brand to the Chapel Hill community," explained Rolf Tweeten, Chairman & CEO of Alliance Hospitality. "One step inside this completely new hotel brand, and our guests will be delighted with a unique experience of sight, sound, scent and extraordinary service that Alliance Hospitality 'talent' is known for in the hospitality industry."

For more information or reservations, visit www.alofthotels.com or call 877-Go-Aloft.

About Aloft Hotels

Created to shake up the staid, traditional select service segment of the hotel industry, the Aloft brand delivers style at a steal with urban-influenced, modern, open and vibrant design - and a social guest experience - at an affordable price point. In the same way that W Hotels broke through the clutter of conformity in the upscale hotel arena a decade ago, Aloft is shaking up the industry for the next generation of traveler. Aloft hotels are geared toward savvy, design-conscious consumers who grew up with the democratization of design. Building on its tech-savvy DNA, the brand recently pioneered the industry's first "keyless entry" automatic check-in program at Aloft Lexington in Massachusetts. With 40 hotels open in the 18 months since Aloft first arrived on the scene and 10 more opening in 2010, Aloft can be found everywhere from Abu Dhabi and Baltimore to Dallas and Beijing and everywhere in between. For more information, please visit www.alofthotels.com.

Aloft Hotels, like all brands within Starwood's portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest^® program, which offers a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. To learn more, please visit www.spg.com.

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1000 properties in nearly 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis^®, The Luxury Collection^®, W^®, Westin^®, Le Méridien^®, Sheraton^®, Four Points^® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft^®, and Element^sm. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

About Inland American Lodging Corporation

Inland American Lodging Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., focused on the acquisition and asset management of strategic lodging assets, with strong industry brands and operated by experienced, high quality management companies.

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April 6th 2010 - Illinois Developer Selects Alliance Hospitality to Manage Full Service Hotel and Conference Center
Alliance Hospitality Management LLC, a leading hotel management company located in Raleigh, NC announced today that Illinois Hotel Developer D&D Lodging has selected Alliance Hospitality to operate its Hilton Garden Inn, their full service hotel and Conference Center. The hotel, located at 360 Regency Park Drive, O’Fallon, IL 62269 consists of 128 rooms, The Great American Grill restaurant and lounge and is adjacent to the Regency Conference Center. The Regency, southern Illinois’s premier banquet and event venue, offers over 18,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting, conference, exhibit and banquet space.
November 11th 2009 - Four Points by Sheraton Debuts in Indianapolis
Four Points by Sheraton Indianapolis Carmel Showcases the Brand's Rejuvenated Look and Feel in a Convenient Location Near Businesses Shopping and Recreation Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announces the grand opening of Four Points by Sheraton Indianapolis Carmel – the brand’s first hotel in Indiana. Owned by Alliance Hospitality, the 171-room hotel targets the self-sufficient traveler with comfortable beds, a social atmosphere and popular extras including complimentary high-speed Internet access. Four Points by Sheraton Indianapolis Carmel is representative of the brand’s refreshed, new look, as part of a global portfolio rejuvenation campaign. In the past five years, Starwood and its partners have invested more than $1 billion to reinvent Four Points by Sheraton, resulting in a 70 percent turnover of the portfolio driven by major property renovations, conversions and new-build hotels.
"We are delighted to introduce Four Points by Sheraton to the bustling city of Indianapolis, the Racing Capital of the World, and a great choice for the expansion of our rejuvenated brand," said Brian McGuinness, Senior Vice President, Starwood’s Specialty Select Brands. "We pride ourselves on providing travelers with just what they want and need – a welcoming atmosphere, spacious rooms and little indulgences to make them feel special at the end of the day." Four Points by Sheraton Indianapolis Carmel offers a convenient location just north of downtown Indianapolis and south of Carmel. Sports fans are close to both Conseco Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil Stadium, and just 18 miles from the Indiana Motor Speedway – home of the Indy 500 and the Brickyard 400. An ideal choice for business travelers, the hotel is minutes from numerous corporate offices including Merrill Lynch, IBM and Hewlett Packard. Also nearby are Butler University, the Indianapolis Zoo and Children’s Museum. Perfect for both business meetings and social events, Four Points by Sheraton Indianapolis Carmel offers 2,500 square feet of flexible meeting facilities, as well as outdoor function space and catering services. Terranova Cal-Ital Grill offers a variety of tasty entrees for breakfast, lunch and dinner, while the hotel lounge serves a wide selection of domestic draughts and imported brews, courtesy of the Four Points by Sheraton Best Brews^® program. Additional facilities include a 24-hour business center, indoor pool and fitness center. The comfortable and contemporary guest rooms and suites create a welcome refuge at the end of the day. Guests are invited to relax in the Four Points by Sheraton Four Comfort Bed, an inviting ensemble featuring a plush mattress, assortment of pillows and duvet. Rooms are also equipped with spacious work areas, daily newspapers, complimentary bottled water and free high speed Internet access.
September 2009 Annual General Managers' Meeting This past September 9-11^th, the GMs convened in Raleigh for the Alliance 2009 Annual General Managers’ Meeting — to highlight their achievements, discuss their challenges, and to put new faces to names The theme for this year’s conference became a company mantra, first proposed by Chairman Rolf Tweeten: "We cannot control the wind, so we need to adjust the sails." As Tweeten expounded, we must go forth despite the economy, and weather the high seas with a positive outlook. That positive outlook in 2009 meant investing in the General Managers, flying each of them to the Home Office to participate in a conference where strategies could be shared, and morale boosted. Boosting focus, in one instance, took shape when President Joe Smith had each of the managers chant over and over, "GOP" and "NOI". Not just an exercise in lung power, this was the President’s way of instilling a single-focus on the strategies that will make Alliance Hospitality Management most successful. Another morale booster was that the size of the Hilton Garden Inn at RDU could barely contain the crowds generated by this year’s meeting. A mixed blessing of sorts, participants noted that only a growing, successful company such as Alliance could face the predicament of outgrowing its normal meeting space! With this year’s conference now over, each General Manager has returned home with new tools for continued growth and success, as well as renewed enthusiasm for the challenges at hand. The management at Alliance would like to thank each member of the team for participating, and it hopes that everyone there will be equally excited to meet up again in 2010!
September 4th 2009 -Wisconsin Developer Selects Alliance Hospitality to Manage Portfolio of Full Service Hotels: Alliance Hospitality Management LLC, a leading hotel management company located in Raleigh, NC announced today that Wisconsin Hotel Developer BPJ Group has selected Alliance Hospitality to operate its portfolio of Full Service Hotels. The portfolio consists of four Holiday Inn products in Central Wisconsin, anchored by the Holiday Inn Stevens Point Convention Center which features 38,000 square feet of combined meeting, exhibit, conference, expo, and banquet space. Joseph Smith President of Alliance Hospitality said, "We are extremely pleased the owners of these newly built assets have selected Alliance Hospitality to bring our expertise in operating Full Service Lodging Products to their Wisconsin properties." Located in the heart of central Wisconsin's thriving manufacturing and agricultural region, the 425 room portfolio includes the Holiday Inn Stevens Point Convention Center, Holiday Inn Express Stevens Point, the Holiday Inn & Suites Green Bay Stadium and the Holiday Inn Conference Center Marshfield. These newly built hotels offer state of the art meeting and dining facilities, along with indoor water-park pools and exercise facilities. Guest rooms feature; luxury decor, upgraded bedding with premium linens, and High Definition LCD televisions. The hotels include free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and complimentary transportation to local airports and businesses.
July 2009 - Alliance Hospitality opens newest Marriott Courtyard: Alliance Hospitality announces the latest addition to its growing portfolio of premier hotels. The Courtyard by Marriott in Clarksville, TN (just north of Nashville) opened on July 24th. The 91 room property is owned by NNP, LLC and is one of the first hotels to be built utilizing the edgier-sleek building exteriors and new lobby design initiated by the Courtyard by Marriott brand. Featuring enhanced technology applications, upgraded working-socializing environments and mode appropriate lighting, music and aromas, Marriott is changing the look and feel of the brand to appeal to today's traveler. The new design can be seen in detail at www.GoCourtyard.com
May 2009 - Alliance Hospitality received the Marriott CFRST award for Renovation Excellence for the SpringHill Suites Chicago Elmhurst/Oakbrook Area, IL. Alliance Chairman Rolf Tweeten accepted the award at the Recent Marriott Owners Conference in Orlando, Fl.
March 10, 2009 – Alliance Hospitality Management, LLC, a premier third-party management and hotel development company, has been tapped to manage the Hotel St. Regis, a 124-room boutique hotel in Detroit: Marketing the sweeping renovations recently completed throughout the hotel will be a key element of Alliance Hospitality’s management mission, says Joseph Smith, President of Alliance Hospitality Management. The Hotel St. Regis Detroit undertook a multi-million dollar renovation that encompassed meeting space, public areas, and guest rooms. The La Musique Restaurant and Bar, a steakhouse, was also renovated and features award winning cuisine. The Hotel St. Regis Detroit is located in the heart of the New Center Area and walking distance to Fisher Theatre, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, and restaurants and shopping. Detroit’s Cultural Center including the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit Science Center and Detroit Public Library are 5 minutes from the hotel.
Alliance Hospitality welcomes Sloan Dean - Vice President of Revenue Management: Mr. Dean, CRME, comes to Alliance Hospitality from Noble Investment Group where he served as the Corporate Director of Revenue Management for 23 full and select service hotels across Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Starwood & IHG brands and led a team of Regional Revenue Managers. While at Noble, Mr. Dean was instrumental in helping build the revenue management strategies for the new Hyatt Place brand hotels, which were primarily conversions from the Amerisuites brand. Prior to taking the reigns at Noble, Mr. Dean was a Regional Revenue Manager with IHG’s Hotel Management Group overseeing market strategy for 15 hotels across the Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites & Holiday Inn Brands in 13 different markets. Mr. Dean started with IHG as a Senior Analyst in the Global Distribution Marketing department. He is an expert in customer segmentation, retail pricing models, revenue management systems, third party Internet booking channels, pay per click marketing, and guides the portfolio in all market strategies. Mr. Dean’s Revenue Management experience dates back to his days as Analyst at Mercer Management Consulting when he worked on Promotional Marketing Optimization in the retail sector. Mr. Dean holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology along with a Certificate/Minor in Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Dean is an active member in HSMAI and is a Certified Revenue Management Executive (CRME).
Alliance Hospitality welcomes Andrew C. Broad as Vice President of Development: Mr. Broad has over fifteen years of franchise development, brokerage and capital market experience. Mr. Broad has extensive experience in the lodging and real estate industries, having served as the primary broker on over 80 hotel transactions throughout the United States. Andrew Broad was a Senior Vice President with HREC Investment Advisors where he specialized in hotel real estate transactions in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions. In addition, Andrew was a Broker with Timm & Associates, Inc. a hotel brokerage firm located in Minneapolis, MN. Mr. Broad was responsible for all phases of the sales process including; providing opinions of market value, creating marketing brochures, identifying qualified buyers, assisting buyers in their due diligence, and ultimately responsible for closing hotel real estate transactions. Andrew has also held franchise development positions with HFS (Cendant / Wyndham) and Red Roof Inns. Andrew is a graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.