America's Best Franchising Moves Into New Markets
June 13, 2011 - America's Best Franchising is growing in two new directions - by opening its first Vagabond brand property outside the western United States and its first 3 Palms brand property in the western United States. Both properties are scheduled to open on July 1st.
The new Vagabond Inn & Suites is located in Williamsburg, Virginia with 128 rooms and 20 suites. The property is owned and operated by Sanjay Patel of AP Investment, LLC.
The new 3 Palms property is the Napa Valley Hotel & Suites - located in Napa, California - and has 43 queen rooms, two junior suites, and two executive suites. It is owned and operated by Roger Patel of Riverside Inn, LLC.
“One of our strategies is to expand our brands into new geographic areas,” explains Doug Collins, Chairman and CEO of America's Best Franchising. “These new properties do exactly that by introducing the Vagabond brand into the east and the 3 Palms brand into the west.”
Atlanta-based America's Best Franchising operates almost 300 franchised properties under its upscale 3 Palms brand for independent hotels and its five upper economy brands - America's Best Inns & Suites, Budgetel Inns & Suites, Country Hearth Inns & Suites, Parkside Hotels & Resorts, and Vagabond Inns and Suites.
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