The hotel will be located on 2.3 acres on the southeast corner of 59th Street and Bandel Road NW, near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Once completed in mid-2009, it will be managed by Prism Hotels & Resorts. The new Hampton Inn & Suites will operate as a franchisee of Hampton Inns Franchise LLC, a member of the Hilton Hotels family of brands, and will appeal to business travelers and visitors of the nearby medical center.

"The Rochester Hampton Inn & Suites is the second hotel development we've closed on in the past month, which we are particularly excited about considering the challenging economic conditions our country is facing," said Al Whitehouse, senior vice president of acquisitions at Prism Hotels & Resorts. "We have several more Hilton and Marriott brand hotels planned for 2008 and 2009, so the outlook is bright."

Viking Hospitality Fund is actively seeking additional sites for development throughout the country and plan to construct as many as 30 new hotels nationwide over the next three years at a rate of 8-10 each year.

ABOUT VIKING HOSPITALITY FUND
Viking Hospitality Fund is a joint venture that builds new select and limited-service hotel properties across the United States under the Hilton and Marriott brands. Viking Hospitality Fund consists of Hotel AG as the broker of the real estate transactions; SeaCys Holdings, LLC as the developer of the properties; and Prism Hotels & Resorts, which currently manages more than 5,000 rooms in the United States, as the manager of the properties once they're completed.

Viking Hospitality Fund