Lori Hughes to Lead Efforts at White Lodging’s Newest Austin Development

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Bringing more than 15 years of
industry experience to the job, Austin resident Lori Hughes will be the Director
of Sales at the Hyatt Place Austin Downtown. White Lodging’s most recent
development in the city, construction of Hyatt Place Austin Downtown is expected
to start soon, and the hotel is anticipated to open in 2013. A stand-alone
14-story building, the property will have 296 guestrooms and is located adjacent
to the Austin Convention center.

“Lori’s extensive background, including 12 years of full-service sales
experience that covered several brands, requiring different responsibilities in
a number of different sized hotels, makes her a perfect fit for this position,”
said Kevin Grandin, Regional Vice President for White Lodging. “Her start date
is dependent on construction, but I expect it to be no later than August 1.”

Hughes started her hospitality career in 1989 as the Conference Sales Manager at
the Harvey Hotel at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. She then was named Sales
Manager and then Senior Sales Manager at the Harvey Hotel in Addison, Texas.
Bristol Hotels and Resorts rebranded both of these properties as Crowne Plaza
Hotels in 1999.

Between 1992 and 1999, Hughes continued with Bristol Hotels and Resorts, first
as the National Sales Manager in the company’s Austin sales center, then as the
Director of Sales for the company’s Holiday Inn Town Lake and then as the Area
Director of Sales for the South Texas Region.

Since 2009, Hughes has served as the Director of Sales at the White Lodging’s
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Austin South. “I am so thrilled to be a part of
the White Lodging organization and to be in on the ground floor of this exciting
new development,” said Hughes. “The Hyatt Place is a relatively new member of
the Hyatt brand, and the hotels are highly regarded as upscale, select-service
properties.”

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