McKibbon Hotel Group, Inc. Names Three New General Managers

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. April 02, 2015

Tampa, FL - April 2, 2015 - McKibbon Hotel Group, Inc., an award-winning, third-generation leader in the hospitality development, operations and management industry specializing in multi-brand properties, announced the hiring of three new general managers.

Carrie Duncan has been named the new General Manager at the Aloft Tallahassee Downtown. Duncan has spent over 11 years working in management in a wide variety of hotels in the Midwest and Florida, including brands such as Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott and Homewood Suites by Hilton. She joined McKibbon in 2012 and was most recently the general manager at the Hilton Garden Inn in Gainesville, Florida. Throughout her career, Duncan has received multiple awards including Homewood Suites Merit Award for Year Over Year Extended Stay Occupancy in 2011 and Apple REIT Master of Margins Award in 2011 and 2014. The award is given each year to hotels with the highest profit margin growth year of year. Duncan will assume the general manager position at Aloft Tallahassee Downtown in early April.

Greg Fernholz is the new general manager at the Homewood Suites Little Rock Downtown, which will open in June 2015. Fernholz has spent over 30 years working in the hotel industry for a wide variety of brands including Residence Inn by Marriott, Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Hilton. He was most recently the general manager of The Hilton Garden Inn North Little Rock. Fernholz has received the Connie Award, the top award in Hilton Hotels, three years in a row. He is also an executive board member of the Arkansas Hotel and Restaurant Association. Fernholz started at Homewood Suites on March 16.

Jonathan Brashier is the general manager at the new Aloft Greenville Downtown, slated to open November 2015. Brashier has over 20 years of hotel management and operations experience with brands such as SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott and Aloft. Brashier joined McKibbon in 2000 and most recently managed the Aloft Tallahassee Downtown. Brashier has won the Opening General Manager of the Year Award by Marriott International, Marriott Diamond General Manager Award and a national Marriott Sales Excellence Award. Brashier began his new position in late March.

"We are extremely pleased with the new general managers for our two emerging properties In Greenville and Little Rock and our existing property in Tallahassee," said Bruce Baerwalde, executive vice president at McKibbon Hotel Group. "Together, they have over 60 years of leadership and management experience in the hotel industry. It's a pleasure to congratulate them on their appointment and we look forward to applauding their accomplishments."

About McKibbon Hotel Group, Inc.

Established in 1948, the McKibbon Hotel Group, Inc. is recognized as an award-winning, third-generation leader in the hospitality development, operations and management industry specializing in multi-brand properties. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices in Gainesville, Georgia, the privately held company prides itself on eight decades of rich history and culture that promotes family values. Its operation portfolio consists of over 80 hotels in 13 states with 7 properties currently in development in the Southeast. With a focus on lifestyle properties, the company develops, operates and manages nationally franchised brand hotels: Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott International, Inc., and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. For additional information on McKibbon Hotel Group, Inc., visit mckibbon.com.