Interstate Hotels & Resorts Names Christopher L. Bennett Executive Vice President and General Counsel
2006年5月5日 - 10:58PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
ARLINGTON, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Hotels
& Resorts (NYSE:IHR), the nation's largest independent hotel
management company, today announced that Christopher L. Bennett has
been named executive vice president and general counsel. Bennett
served as senior vice president and general counsel of Interstate
and its predecessor companies since 1998 and of MeriStar
Hospitality Corporation, a hotel real estate investment trust
(REIT), between 1998 and 2003, when the two companies concluded
their paper-clip REIT relationship. In his new position, Bennett is
responsible for overseeing the company's legal and human resources
departments. "Chris has played a key role at Interstate during a
critical period of our company's history that included three major
mergers and significant growth," said Thomas F. Hewitt, chief
executive officer. "In addition to leading us through a number of
very complex legal issues, Chris has assumed the additional
responsibility of overseeing our human resources department, which
encompasses some 32,000 associates worldwide. In his eight years
with Interstate, Chris has proven to be an invaluable asset to our
management team and has consistently provided strong leadership and
insightful counsel." Prior to joining Interstate, Bennett was an
associate with the law firms of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine
and Thacher Proffitt & Wood, both in New York. Interstate
Hotels & Resorts operates nearly 300 hospitality properties
with more than 65,000 rooms in 41 states, the District of Columbia,
Canada, and Russia. BridgeStreet Worldwide, an Interstate Hotels
& Resorts' subsidiary, is one of the world's largest corporate
housing providers. BridgeStreet and its network of Global Partners
offer more than 8,900 corporate apartments located in more than 90
MSAs throughout the United States and internationally. For more
information about Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit the
company's Web site: http://www.ihrco.com/. This press release
contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, about Interstate
Hotels & Resorts, including those statements regarding future
operating results and the timing and composition of revenues, among
others, and statements containing words such as "expects,"
"believes" or "will," which indicate that those statements are
forward-looking. Except for historical information, the matters
discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the
actual results to differ materially, including the volatility of
the national economy, economic conditions generally and the hotel
and real estate markets specifically, the aftermath of the war with
Iraq, international and geopolitical difficulties or health
concerns, governmental actions, legislative and regulatory changes,
availability of debt and equity capital, interest rates,
competition, weather conditions or natural disasters, supply and
demand for lodging facilities in our current and proposed market
areas, and the company's ability to manage integration and growth.
Additional risks are discussed in Interstate Hotels & Resorts'
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
Interstate Hotels & Resorts' annual report on Form 10-K as
amended for the year ended December 31, 2004. Contact: Jerry Daly,
Carol McCune (media) Daly Gray Public Relations (703) 435-6293
DATASOURCE: Interstate Hotels & Resorts CONTACT: Jerry Daly or
Carol McCune for Interstate Hotels & Resorts, +1-703-435-6293
or Web site: http://www.ihrco.com/
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