biography
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Wilson, (Charles) Kemmons
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1913–2003)
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| biography:
| Hotelier, born in Osceola, Arkansas, USA. The owner of a slot-machine business and a small cinema chain, he became dissatisfied with family holiday accommodation, and devised the Holiday Inn motel, opening the first one in Memphis in 1952, with others following soon afterwards. He opened the Holiday Inn Innkeeping School in 1959, went international in 1960, and by 1978 had built the world's largest lodging chain. He retired in 1979. |
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