Chambers Promoted to Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing-Full Service Division

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Jon Peck, Chief Operating
Officer for White Lodging, recently announced that Cory Chambers has been tapped
to lead the sales and marketing efforts for the company’s full-service hotels,
which now number 12. “As the pre-opening Director of Sales and Marketing at the
JW Marriott Indianapolis, Cory and his team led a truly successful opening,”
Peck said. “I have no doubt he will continue to deliver jaw-dropping results in
his new corporate role.”

Responsible for the sales and marketing efforts for four hotels in the Marriott
Place cluster, all of which are connected to the new Indiana Convention Center,
Chambers distinguished himself by being named 2010 Sales Leader of the Year,
Full Service Convention & Resort Hotels for Marriott’s Western Region. Chambers
and his team also won White Lodging’s Pre-Opening Sales Teams of the Year award
in 2010 for their efforts in opening the 1005 room JW Marriott.

Chambers’ marketing prowess was further recognized by Travel Weekly – the
national newspaper of the travel industry. In 2010 the JW Marriott Indianapolis
won the publication’s Silver Magellan Award in the Web Marketing/Advertising
category.

No stranger to the Marriott brand, Chambers got his start in the industry in
1995 at the Tyson’s Corner Marriott in Fairfax County, Virginia, and he has won
numerous industry accolades throughout his 16-year career.

While Director of Sales & Marketing at the New Orleans Marriott, Chambers led a
16-person sales and marketing team responsible for generating $50,000,000
annually in rooms and catering revenue. In addition, he was responsible for
winning numerous awards from Marriott for his direct mail, public relations, and
complete marketing campaigns.

In his two-and-one-half years at the Boston/Quincy Marriott, Chambers again won
Marriott’s Sales Leader of the Year award – this time for the Northeast Region.
Additionally, Chambers is a two-time Chairman’s Circle Achiever award winner.
The first recognition coming while he was the Executive Meeting Manager at the
Gaithersburg, Maryland Marriott and the second when he was Senior Sales Manager
at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.

In commenting on his promotion, Chambers said, “The assignment is truly an
honor. It was a pleasure working on the pre-opening effort of the JW Marriott
and Marriott Place Indianapolis. I look forward to working closely with a great
portfolio of full service hotels, including the Austin Marriott Marquis which is
slated to open in 2015.”

Chambers graduated from James Madison University with a BBA in marketing, and he
received his MBA from Babson College with a concentration in marketing and
strategy.

White Lodging Services Corporation was established in 1985 and is headquartered
in Merrillville, Indiana. White Lodging is a fully integrated hotel ownership,
development, and operations company – a recognized leader that has defined and
cultivated the ability to achieve consistent, sustainable growth among mid- to
large-scale hotels across the country. Their current portfolio consists of over
155 hotels in 18 states and encompasses representation of the following leading
brands: Marriott International, Inc., Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Global, Starwood
Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotel Group, and Carlson Hotels Worldwide.

For more information about White Lodging, please visit www.whitelodging.com or
call 219-472-2900.

SOURCE White Lodging Services Corporation