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Hospitality Management Corporation Selected to Manage the Sheraton Omaha Hotel,
the Former Crowne Plaza Omaha-Old Mill  in Omaha, Nebraska

 $4 million Renovation Slated to Begin


Omaha, NE, September 1, 2011:  Leo Spriggs, President/CEO of Hospitality Management Corporation, has announced the conversion of the Crowne Plaza Omaha-Old Mill to the Sheraton Omaha Hotel in Omaha, NE.
 
Owned by an investment fund managed by Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc. (LMREI) and managed by Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), the former Crowne Plaza will begin a $4 million renovation to all guest rooms and public areas soon after opening.  The hotel will remain open throughout the renovations, which will begin in September 2011 and are scheduled to be completed by the end of January 2012.
  • The Sheraton Omaha Hotel is the first Sheraton in Omaha for the first time in over 10 years. After the renovations are complete, the hotelwill offer 221 rooms that will be fully refurbished and equipped with an oversized work desk, a custom-designed ergonomic chair, high-speed internet, LCD flat panel television, MP3 docking station and the all white Sheraton Sweet Sleeper bed, designed to meet AAA’s Five Diamond Award criteria. The hotel also offers more than 9,000 square feet of flexible meeting space with all the latest in meetings technology, a full-service restaurant, large indoor pool, and fully equipped fitness facility featuring the brand’s revolutionary new health and fitness program, Sheraton Fitness Programmed by Core Performance.
  • The hotel is located eight miles from the heart of downtown, and offers easy access to many of Omaha’s Fortune 500 and technology businesses including Mutual of Omaha, Berkshire Hathaway, Con Argra Foods and Yahoo. The hotel is conveniently located near the University of Nebraska Omaha campus, Westroads Shopping Center and the shops at Village Pointe, and approximately 10 miles from Quest Convention Center, Old Market and the Henry Doorly Zoo.
  • Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, like all brands within Starwood’s robust portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest® program, which made headlines when it launched in 1999 with a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. SPG® offers members the ability to redeem awards at more resorts, more luxury properties, more European hotels and more golf properties than any other hotel program.
“We look forward to flying the Sheraton flag at our newly renovated hotel, where we will provide travelers with a welcoming atmosphere and all of the Sheraton brand’s recently improved amenities and services,” said Craig Oram, Managing Director at LMREI.
 
About Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc
Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc. (LMREI) is a real estate fund manager that originates, invests in, and manages commercial real estate loans, securities and value-add real estate assets throughout the United States. Specific investments include first mortgages, mezzanine debt, distressed debt and equity. For more information, please visit www.lmrei.com.
 
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1051 properties in 100 countries and territories with 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM.  Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
 
Hospitality Management Corporation
Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC), founded in 1971, is a privately owned independent management company, and is one of the oldest independent hotel management firms in the lodging industry.  For over four decades, HMC has provided hotel management services for third party institutional and private owners.  The company’s headquarters has been located in Dallas, Texas since its inception.
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Contact: 

Libby Shaw
[email protected]


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