White Lodging Growth Spurs Restructuring

MERRILLVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — White Lodging recently
announced the company will change the hospitality management company into two
divisions – Full Service and Select Service. Current COO, Jon Peck, will lead
the Full Service division, and Bryan Hayes has been hired to head up the Select
Service division. In making the announcement, Dave Sibley, the company’s CEO
said, “We are excited about our prospects for growth and our ability to
strengthen our Senior Leadership team.”

Hayes joins White Lodging with more than 30 years of experience in the
hospitality industry and has extensive experience managing large hotel
portfolios. Most recently, he worked for Hyatt Hotels Corporation as the Senior
Vice President of Franchise Operations and Senior Vice President of Operations
for the Select Service Division. While with Hyatt, Hayes was instrumental in
converting the AmeriSuites brand to Hyatt Place and launching the Hyatt Place
and Hyatt Summerfield Suites brands.

Certified by the American Hotel & Motel Association as a Certified Hotel
Administrator (CHA), Hayes has also held positions with Prime Hospitality
Corporation and the Marcus Corporation. Well-respected within the industry, he
has won several awards throughout the years.

Focusing on services business and pleasure travelers want at a value, White
Lodging’s list of Select Service hotels currently includes almost 40 Marriott,
Hyatt and Hilton branded properties.

Commenting on his recent appointment, Hayes remarked, “The opportunity to join a
dynamic company like White Lodging that has an industry reputation for
operational results and growth was simply an opportunity I could not pass up.”

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
154 hotels in eighteen 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