Winegardner & Hammons Appoints Brad Swales GM, Embassy Suites Lexington
LEXINGTON, KY, Febraury 17, 2006. Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Swales, as General Manager of the Embassy Suites Hotel Lexington.
Swales is a veteran of the hospitality industry with more than 20 years hotel managerial experience, many of it with the Embassy Suites brand in Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. He earned his B.S. degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Pennsylvania State University. "I am very excited to be the General Manager of the this award winning hotel. My wife Jacqui, our daughters and I are looking forward to being involved in the community of this beautiful area" Said Swales.
Located north of downtown in the UK Coldstream Research Campus, and convenient to Toyota Manufacturing, University of Kentucky and Lexmark, the Embassy Suites Hotel Lexington offers an upscale design in a breathtaking countryside setting. The hotel recently upgraded all suites including the Embassy Essentials Bedding Collection and the new MP3 player alarm clocks and added the Embassy Direct Registration Kiosk, offering self-service check-in capabilities for guests.
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