Hampton Hotels Pedals with USA Cycling Team

. October 14, 2008

MEMPHIS, TN, September 1, 2006. With pedals in motion, Hampton hotels is leading the pack on the road to Beijing. The national brand of more than 1,350 mid-priced Hampton Inn(R) and Hampton Inn & Suites(R) hotels is partnering with the U.S. Cycling Team to help US elite cyclists train with ease as the official hotel sponsor of USA Cycling through 2008. The Hampton sponsorship announcement will kick off at the USA Cycling Professional (USPRO) National Championship in Greenville, South Carolina over Labor Day weekend, September 1-3, 2006.

"Hampton is proud to sponsor the U.S. men and women who compete in one of the most intense and high endurance sports around," said Phil Cordell, senior vice president, brand management for Hampton Hotels. "Cycling is a spectacular and beautiful sport that has provided some of the most awe-inspiring moments in history. Many of us learned to enjoy cycling as kids as it allowed us to explore our neighborhoods and see things that aren't always visible by car or foot. Today we see adults enjoy cycling for leisure, for fitness and as transportation. Hampton is delighted to sponsor a sport that continues to grow and that so many Americans can relate to."

The highest level of one-day professional bike racing on American soil, the USPRO National Championships is the sport's preeminent race. This marks the first time in 21 years that this prestigious event has a new race location, a late-summer date and, for the first-time ever, a field composed solely of American cyclists. The first-ever USPRO Time Trial Championship will be held on Friday, September 1, 2006, with the road race to follow on Sunday, September 3. A recreational bicycle ride benefiting cancer research will be held on Saturday, September 2, on the same road that the pros use.

The Hampton brand's sponsorship of the U.S. Cycling Team is an extension of the Hilton Family of Hotels' U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team sponsorship. The Hilton Family of Hotels - which includes Hilton, Conrad, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Grand Vacations and Homewood Suites by Hilton in addition to Hampton Hotels - maintains a longstanding relationship with the USOC, and in January 2005, announced a Family-wide sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic, Paralympic and Pan American Teams that extends through the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.

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