Lebanon Tennessee Sleep Inn Receives Platinum Hospitality Award

(Lebanon, TN) - July, 2007- The Lebanon Tennessee Sleep Inn & Suites, owned and operated by The Hamister Hospitality Group, LLC, received the Platinum Hospitality Award from Choice Hotels International, franchisor of the Sleep Inn hotel brand.

The Platinum Hospitality Award is presented annually to hotels who rate in the top 5% of Choice’s rigorous quality assurance standards.  Evaluation criteria include staff professionalism, attitude, and training; safety and security; maintenance and energy conservation; and physical conditions.         

“This is a great time for Hamister Hospitality,” commented Mark Hamister, CEO of the hotel management company.  “First The Nashville Smyrna Sleep Inn & Suites won the Choice Gold Award, and then the Lebanon Tennessee Sleep Inn & Suites, a four-time Gold Award Winner, won the Platinum Award for the second year in a row.  This proves that our commitment to outstanding service and excellence in every department is achieving serious results.  Our goal is to win similar performance awards for all of our properties during the next few years.”

This hotel in Lebanon Tennessee features 73 guest rooms, a meeting room, an indoor pool, a fitness center, free continental breakfast, and free high-speed wireless internet access. Corporate guests can take advantage of amenities such as an oversized work area, in-room microwaves and refrigerators, and guest use copy and fax machines.  As part of the Lebanon Tennessee Sleep Inn’s effort to help guests stay in contact with their families, the hotel has installed a complimentary video conferencing system.  Hotel staff will purchase and send corresponding equipment to guests’ homes if they do not already have it.