DALLAS, July 1 TX-Viking-Hospitality
DALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Hospitality Fund has announced the
development of a new 124-room Hampton Inn and Suites in Rochester, Minnesota.
The property is the second for Viking Hospitality Fund, which was formed in
September 2007 by Dallas-based Prism Hotels & Resorts, Des Moines, Iowa-based
SeaCys Holdings, LLC, and Atlanta-based Hotel Assets Group ("Hotel AG") as a
joint venture to build new select -- and limited -- service hotel properties
nationwide under the Hilton and Marriott brands.
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.
SOURCE Viking Hospitality Fund
