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Portland, Tennessee Business District. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.4 square miles (30 km 2), of which, 11.4 square miles (30 km 2) is land and 0.09% is water. Portland is the northern terminus of U.S. Bicycle Route 23. Portland is considered the strawberry capital of Tennessee. [10]
Howard Johnson by Wyndham, [7] still commonly referred to as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with over 200 hotels in 15 countries. [6] It was also formerly a restaurant chain, which at one time was the largest in the U.S., with more than 1,000 locations.
In a dry county, the sale of alcohol and alcoholic beverages is prohibited or restricted – 1 out of Tennessee's 95 counties are completely dry.Moore County is more or less a dry county with an extremely specific carve-out permitting patrons at Jack Daniel's Distillery to sample and buy liquor on the premises.
They instead leased the motels to independent operators. Scottish Inns also became a franchise operation. However, in 1973, Scottish Inns of America, Inc., with executive offices in Kingston, Tennessee, assumed the management of most of their facilities. A 1974 Scottish Inns of America locations directory featured 70 Scottish Inns.
At the time of the merger, Extended Stay America operated 475 hotels; Blackstone increased that number with the addition of 132 from Homestead Studio Suites. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Homestead, which was founded by Security Capital in 1992, had been acquired by Blackstone in November 2001 for US$740 million.
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Home2 Suites by Hilton opened its first property in Fayetteville, North Carolina in February 2011. It opened its 50th hotel in 2015. [6]In June 2020, Hilton has signed an exclusive management license agreement with Country Garden's Fanyard Hotels to introduce and develop the Home2 Suites by Hilton brand in China and planned to build more than 1,000 Home2 Suites in China.