Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE: RLH) has signed a franchise agreement on a property in the Northwest metro area at 7411 N. Oracle Road, in Tucson, Arizona.
This Quality Inn & Suites is expected to convert to the Red Lion Inn & Suites brand in May. The hotel is near Tohono Chul Park, and provides easy access to The University of Arizona, Sabino Canyon, Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Old Tucson Studios and Mission San Xavier del Bac. The hotel has 155 rooms, 91 of which are suites, and 1,600 square feet of meeting space. Guests enjoy the heated outdoor pool and hot tub, the courtyard putting green and a free hot breakfast.
"The signing of this agreement is a great kick-off to 2014, following a banner year in 2013," said Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Lion, Jim Evans. "We added 11 new locations in 2013, bringing our total to 30 franchised hotels, launched a new brand (the Leo Hotel Collection) and expanded into Arizona. I am pleased with all our Development team has accomplished."
In January 2013, Red Lion announced the Leo Hotel Collection at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS). In February, the 3,000-room LVH – Las Vegas Hotel & Casino became the inaugural property in that collection, as well as the second property in Nevada within the company's network. Red Lion then expanded into Arizona with the addition of the Red Lion Inn & Suites Phoenix/Tempe – ASU.
As of Jan. 09, 2014, the company has 55 hotels system wide. The Red Lion Hotels and Red Lion Inn & Suites network is comprised of 53 hotels with 9,195 rooms and 462,822 square-feet of meeting space. The Leo Hotel Collection is comprised of two hotels with 3,256 rooms and 241,000 square-feet of meeting space.