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 Founded
in 1986 by Mark Oldham
and Auburn Howard Mosely,
U.S. Hospitality’s first
office was an out of
order hotel room at the
Regis Inn in Huntsville,
Alabama. Initially,
company operations were
handled by Sharon
Oldham. Howard
concentrated on sales
while Mark, who managed
the Regis Inn, focused
on hotel leads.
We were fortunate that
we paid no rent for our
makeshift office.
However, we paid the
price with a few small
inconveniences like our
only phone line was the
room extension number at
the hotel. Our first
piece of business
equipment was a $98
typewriter. All design
and printing for our
newly developed products
were outsourced.
U.S. Hospitality moved
to Nashville, Tennessee
in 1987 after the Regis
Inn was sold. A few
miles up the road and a
few boxes later, we
found ourselves in an
office space that we
couldn’t help but
“Toast” because we were
sharing space with
Nashville Wine
Distributors, Inc. Still
in it’s early stages,
The company could not
financially support
Mark. He sold wine
during the day while
working nights and
weekends for USHC.
Howard and Sharon
continued to handle
daily operations.
This was a BIG year for
U.S. Hospitality. We
hired our first employee
and bought ours first
real computer. Best of
all, we landed our first
big account, Commercial
Management Inc., based
in Charlotte, North
Carolina. CMI managed
about 35 Days Inns at
the time and began
putting our products to
the test. In 1989, Mark
and Howard amicably
split their partnership.
Mark took over sole
ownership of a growing
U.S. Hospitality and
began working full time.
Our sales and
distribution had
increased so
significantly that the
hotel industry and
business world began to
take notice. Our
accomplishments garnered
U.S. Hospitality
recognition from INC.
Magazine as one of
America’s fastest
growing privately-held
companies.
A great deal of hard
work in our early
corporate history
enabled us to achieve an
incredible 1,254 growth
rate over a short
five-year time period.
Today, that same kind of
team commitment to a job
well done continues to
be the backbone of USHC.
We are extremely proud
our more than 40
exceptionally talented
employees as well as an
outstanding network of
more than 55 Independent
Sales Agents. Our
products are now
produced on-site at our
15,000 square foot
facility and sales are
currently in excess of 5
million. As our
facilities expanded, so
did our product line. As
printing technology
advanced, digital
presses made 4 color
printing more
streamlined and more
affordable. In the early
'90s, U.S. Hospitality
introduced a high end
guest directory
featuring four color,
with only a minimum
increase in cost to the
consumer.
U.S. Hospitality also
pioneered several new
products and
developments in the
travel communications
industry. In 1996, U. S.
Hospitality developed
onlinecityguide.com,
one of the leading city
guide sites on the
internet today, with
comprehensive
information on U.S.
cities. Our independent
reps sell 'web page ads'
in the corresponding
city and state to
merchants, businesses,
and services on
onlinecityguide.com. The
web page ad (or WPA) is
a way for the small
business owner to expand
his marketing base, and
target the traveler who
is planning his trip -
in essence, searching
for things to do and
ways to spend his money
before he arrives at his
destination.
U.S. Hospitality is one
of the few companies
able to create a
successful, sustained
program of web
advertising.
With the success of
Onlinecityguide.com,
U.S. Hospitality decided
to expand its presence
on the internet and in
2004 purchased two
reservation booking
sites, TravelUSA.com and
Hotel.US. These two
sites have been very
successful, and they
expand U.S.
Hospitality's suite of
travel communications
products to include
actual travel options.
These sites also offer
the small businessman an
option for affordable
advertising in today's
fastest growing media
outlet. U.S. Hospitality
has also partnered with
Uniguest, to offer
business center service
technology and
self-service computer
stations to the
hospitality and realty
industries.
U.S. Hospitality remains
devoted to informing the
traveling public about
their transportation,
their destinations,
their lodging, and their
entertainment, shopping
and dining options. With
over 15,000 annual
advertising customers,
we appreciate the
significance of the
advertiser as well, and
the fact that we have
prospered because we
have facilitated the
communication between
these two groups.
Another group of people
with whom U.S.
Hospitality works is a
nationwide force of
Independent Contractors.
U.S. Hospitality has
always looked to create
relationships with
self-starting
entrepreneurs. In 2005,
we were proud to expand
the opportunities we
offer to include an
Affiliate Publishing
Program, in which the
Affiliate Publisher runs
his own business selling
new and exciting
products: Residential
Service Guides
(Community and Apartment
Guides), Resort Rental
Guides, Real Estate
Relocation Guides and
Wedding Planning Guides.
In 2006, U.S.
Hospitality acquired
Davis and Associates to
expand the product line
even further to include
restaurant menus and
placemats, giving the
affiliate publishers
another industry to
serve, and offering free
products to small
business owners. As
always, U.S. Hospitality
offers our affiliates
and clients customer
service support,
production services and
a stellar reputation.
U.S. Hospitality has
come a long way since
that tiny hotel room in
Huntsville. We still
cling fiercely to that
same hunger for
innovative ideas that
started it all. We are
constantly looking for
smart, cutting-edge
ideas as we provide the
most comprehensive line
of travel information
products available,
including this
award-winning website
that offers online
purchasing options for a
growing number of U.S.
Hospitality products.
Warm Regards,
Mark Oldham, President
PRESS RELEASES
November 1, 2006
U.S. Hospitality
enters into a Joint
Venture agreement to
merge Hotels Etc.
with
U.S. Hospitality
June 1, 2006
U.S. Hospitality
Acquires Leisure Host
February
1, 2006
U.S.
Hospitality Acquires
Davis and Associates
Advertising
April 20,
2005
U.S.
Hospitality Acquires
Majority Ownership of
Uniguest of Tennessee,
Inc.
February
1, 2005
U.S.
Hospitality Acquires
Majority Ownership of
CityAmerica.com
U.S. Hospitality enters
into a Joint
Venture agreement with
Hotels Etc. effective
November 1,
2006
In a major announcement
regarding the
hospitality publications
business, U.S.
Hospitality has entered
into an agreement to
merge with Hotels Etc.
Formerly of Bullhead
City, AZ. .All
operations will continue
as normal in Nashville,
TN
Hotels Etc. and CEO
Keith Monen, a 20
year publisher of
discount hotel
Directories, is now
officially a part of the
U. S. Hospitality
family.
"Hotels Etc. and
Keith Monen have been a
respected discount hotel
and travel provider for
years", with over 25,000
discount travel
locations, says Mark
Oldham, President and
CEO of U. S.
Hospitality. "We look
forward to a smooth
transition, and we look
forward to assimilating
the hotel and
independent agent
relationships under our
publishing flag" and
expanding the Hotels
Etc. to over 1,0000 Fund
Raising Groups in 2007
through a new Network of
Fundraising Agents.
Keith
Monen
928-234-9595
www.hotelsetc.com
U.S. Hospitality
acquires Leisure
Host effective June 1,
2006
 In
a major announcement
regarding the
hospitality publications
business, U.S.
Hospitality has acquired
the assets of Leisure
Host, formerly of
Longview, TX, most
recently, of White Oak,
Texas, effective June 1,
2006.
Leisure Host, a 20 year
publisher of hotel Guest
Directory products, is
now officially a part of
the U. S. Hospitality
family.
U. S. Hospitality bought
the rights and title to
the name "Leisure Host",
so all hotel contracts
remain as is, and all
operations will continue
as normal in Nashville,
TN. All independent
agents of Leisure Host
will become affiliate
publishers within the U.
S. Hospitality
framework.
"Leisure Host and Jim
Giles have been a
respected competitor for
years", says Mark
Oldham, President and
CEO of U. S.
Hospitality. "We look
forward to a smooth
transition, and we look
forward to assimilating
the hotel and
independent agent
relationships under our
publishing flag".
February 1, 2006
U.S. Hospitality
Acquires Davis And
Associates Advertising
In an ongoing effort to
expand its product line,
specialty publisher U.S.
Hospitality today
announced its
acquisition of the
Shelby, North Carolina
firm Davis and
Associates Advertising,
which provides the
restaurant industry with
menus, place mats and
coffee cups. Started by
Gene Davis in 2001, the
company was serving over
300 accounts in five
Southeastern states at
the time of acquisition.
"It is really a seamless
integration," said Mark
Oldham, President and
CEO of U.S. Hospitality.
"Gene has been following
the same model for the
restaurant industry as
we have been for the
hospitality and realty
industries: using
advertising sponsorship
to provide a high
quality product at no or
a minimal cost to the
client." Oldham went on
to explain that although
Davis takes a different
approach to securing
clients and sponsors, it
is complimentary to the
one used by U.S.
Hospitality. "Gene built
his business using a
staff of telemarketers
to create new marketing
relationships. We offer
publishing, design and
administrative support
to a team of independent
Affiliate Publishers who
work face to face in
their own communities to
build permanent
territories. We will
continue to use Gene and
the staff based in North
Carolina, but this also
offers us another
opportunity our
Affiliate Publishers can
bring to the businesses
in their communities."
As with all other U.S.
Hospitality products,
the menus and place mats
will be published
entirely in-house at the
company's 15,000
square-foot facility in
Nashville, TN and
clients can expect the
same professional level
of customer service
support and production
services that have made
U.S. Hospitality an
industry leader for the
past 20 years.
For More
Information, please
contact:
Mark Oldham
800-467-1218
www.us.hospitality.com
U.S. Hospitality
acquires Majority
Ownership of Uniguest™
of Tennessee, Inc. April
20, 2005
U.S. Hospitality Corp.
announced today the
acquisition of 51% of
Uniguest of Tennessee,
Inc., a leading provider
of business center
solutions for hotels
across the country. The
companies will work
together to make
Uniguest the dominant
provider of business
center applications and
leverage the advertising
synergies between both
companies.
Uniguest President and
CEO Shawn Thomas, in
disclosing the
development, indicated
“the strength of U.S.
Hospitality combined
with the solid business
center product of
Uniguest will combine to
make an incredible
partnership that will
greatly enhance the
technology options that
hotels are able to offer
their guests.” Thomas
built Uniguest from
scratch, and has
developed more than 160
different installations
across the country of
the primary Uniguest
product, known since
2002 as the Concierge
Station™.
Those 160 locations are
located throughout the
country, and currently
represent over 15 hotel
brands. Uniguest will
continue to focus on
hotels, with a goal of
increasing the number of
Concierge Station
installations to more
than 500 by the end of
2005. “Most hotels have
had to adopt high-speed
Internet access,” says
Thomas. “While that
amenity is growing, the
conventional desktop PC
has developed as a
‘must-have’ in the
mainstream hotel lobby
or business center—and
not just the big
business/resort hotels.”
He goes on to share,
“Not
everyone travels with a
laptop computer and when
they do, they don’t
always work well. Also,
some people need remote
printing capability. Our
Uniguest product
delivers a top line PC
to the hotel, along with
software that prohibits
guests from changing the
settings, protects
children from adult
websites, prohibits
downloading unwanted
files or programs, and
has a remote printing
feature that allows
guests to print to the
business center from
anywhere on the hotel’s
high-speed network. Back
that up with Uniguest’s
superior customer
service and our solution
is the most cost
effective solution
available to hotels of
any budget.”
Mark Oldham, CEO of U.
S. Hospitality, is
equally excited about
the acquisition. “We
provide information to
travelers, and have been
focused on this mission
for 20 years,” says
Oldham. “Now, with
Uniguest, we can take
the mission to the next
level. Our reps have
been asking for
something new and
exciting. With the
advertising
possibilities with the
lobby based or business
center computer, we’ve
found a great fit with
Shawn Thomas and
Uniguest.” U. S.
Hospitality, located in
Nashville, TN publishes
in-room hotel guest
directory products for
about 2000 hotel
customers annually. An
industry leader, the
corporation has
relationships with most
major lodging brands.
Uniguest, formerly based
in Memphis, TN, has
moved its operations
center to the U.S.
Hospitality corporate
headquarters.
For More
Information, please
contact
Mark Oldham
Shawn Thomas
800-467-1218
www.ushospitality.com
www.uniguest.com
February 1, 2005
U.S. Hospitality
Acquires Majority
Ownership of
CityAmerica.com
In keeping with its
two-part mission
statement of providing
the traveling public
with quality information
while encouraging
entrepreneurship and
small business growth,
Nashville, TN based
specialty publisher U.S.
Hospitality today
announced its
acquisition of the
majority ownership of
web publishing firm
CityAmerica.com.
"Actually, I found the
site one day while
surfing for competitors
to OnlineCityGuide.com,
our website that
provides destination
guides for over 600
cities in America" said
U.S. Hospitality
President and CEO Mark
Oldham. "I was
immediately intrigued by
the way it combined the
idea of offering a city
guide product to local
citizens to customize
and build into their own
businesses (by selling
advertising on the
sites.) It uses the
exact same principle as
U.S. Hospitality with
the print products that
we offer to our
Affiliate Publishers:
providing production,
administrative and
marketing expertise to
self-starters who want
to create home-based
community businesses."
CityAmerica.com's
founder, Brad Meador,
who started the business
out of his home office
in 2000 also immediately
saw the potential in a
merging of the two
companies. And when they
met, the two hit it off
immediately. "We both
see success in the same
way" commented Meador.
"Take people who are
highly motivated,
provide them with a
great product and then
offer them as much
support as possible.
Besides the obvious
technical support that
is necessary for
web-based products, I
think it is imperative
that marketing support
is also offered. We hold
training and marketing
conference calls on
Monday and Thursday, and
supply a weekly
newsletter with tips,
tech notes and forum
discussions." The
company's one site per
city on a first-come,
first-served basis
creates a
non-competitive
community of
entrepreneurs eager to
share sales and
site-promotion
strategies.
"I was
impressed when I saw how
far Brad had gotten on
his own, working out of
his house. I knew that
together we could take
it to the next level."
Brad
Meador
618-241-9669
www.cityamerica.com
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