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 Primedia Ltd., Developing  Properties Using Country Hearth Inn �Rural Gold� 40-unit Design Prototype, Targeting Rural Markets
 
ATLANTA, July 22, 1999 -  Buckhead America Corporation (Nasdaq: BUCK), the hospitality services company, said it signed an agreement with Primedia Ltd., a Lexington, Ky.-based hotel and office development company, for the development of six Country Hearth Inn hotels in northern Ohio during the next five years.  Primedia will develop properties using the Country Hearth Inn �Rural Gold� 40-unit design prototype that is targeted at smaller, rural markets. The company is reviewing sites in smaller northern Ohio communities near the Lake Erie shore.

Anthony Cantagallo, managing partner of Primedia, said, �Northern Ohio is blessed with light industry, numerous small private colleges and Lake Erie tourism, but it is grossly under-served by the hospitality industry. We believe Country Hearth Inn �Rural Gold� is an ideal product to respond to this need.� 

Country Hearth Inns are mid-priced hotels that serve both the business traveler and vacationer. The hotels combine the homey atmosphere of a bed- and-breakfast, including an expanded complimentary breakfast, manager�s reception and free local telephone calls, with the convenience of a modern hotel. Buckhead America is expanding the chain through franchise sales and company development.  The Country Hearth Inn lodging system totals 46 operating hotels and 24 additional hotels in various stages of development. Primedia marks Buckhead America�s ninth master development agreement calling for development of more than 100 Country Hearth Inns.

Buckhead America is a diversified hospitality services company whose holdings include the Country Hearth Inn lodging system and 31 additional hotels owned, leased and/or managed.  Buckhead America common shares trade on the Nasdaq National Market System under the stock symbol �BUCK.�

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Contact:
Patrick Wallace of Wallace Associates, 770-579-8154
Buckhead America Corporation
 
Also See: Buckhead America Acquires 12 Hotel Management Contracts from Quality Lodging LLC / July 1999 
Buckhead America Hotel-Management Unit Signs Contracts on Three Florida Properties / Dec 1998 

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