\nCharles Kemmons Wilson s-a n\u0103scut pe 5 ianuarie 1913 \u00een Osceola, Arkansas, fiind unicul fiu al lui Kemmons \u015fi Ruby \u201eDoll\u201c Wilson. Tat\u0103l s\u0103u, agent de v\u00e2nz\u0103ri \u00een domeniul asigur\u0103rilor, a murit la nou\u0103 luni de la na\u015fterea sa, a\u015fa c\u0103 Ruby Wilson s-a mutat \u00eempreun\u0103 cu fiul s\u0103u \u00een Memphis, Tennessee. Wilson s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit cu Dorothy Lee \u015fi au avut cinci copii: Spence, Robert, Kemmons Jr., Betty \u015fi Carole. Ideea de a pune bazele unui lan\u0163 hotelier i-a venit \u00een urma unei excursii cu familia \u00een Washington, \u00een timpul c\u0103reia a fost dezam\u0103git de calitatea hotelurilor \u00eent\u00e2lnite pe drum. Prima unitate a fost un motel de patru etaje, proiectat de arhitectul Eddie Bluestein. Tot de la el a venit \u015fi numele businessului, \u00een urma unei glume pe care o f\u0103cuse \u00een leg\u0103tur\u0103 cu filmul Holiday Inn, lansat \u00een 1942.<\/p>\n
\nAntreprenorul a deschis primul motel \u00een Memphis, pe 1 august 1952, iar la scurt timp au urmat \u015fi alte unit\u0103\u0163i; astfel, businessul a evoluat rapid \u00eentr-un lan\u0163 hotelier. \u00cen 1960, Holiday Inn s-a extins la nivel interna\u0163ional. Profund religios, Wilson obi\u015fnuia s\u0103 doneze majoritatea averii sale \u00eentreprinderilor caritabile.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1957, Wilson a extins compania \u00een sistem de franciz\u0103, sub numele de Holiday Inn of America, pas \u00een urma c\u0103ruia businessul s-a extins dramatic, cre\u015ftere bazat\u0103 mai ales pe principiul original al antreprenorului conform c\u0103ruia era necesar ca hotelurile s\u0103 \u00eendeplineasc\u0103 anumite standarde de cur\u0103\u0163enie, s\u0103 fie potrivite pentru familiile cu copii \u015fi s\u0103 fie u\u015for accesibile c\u0103l\u0103torilor.<\/p>\n
\nP\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1968 erau deschise deja 1.000 de unit\u0103\u0163i Holiday Inn. \u00cen acela\u015fi an, Wilson a cump\u0103rat compania de transport Continental Trailways, pe care a integrat-o \u00een cadrul lan\u0163ului hotelier, utiliz\u00e2nd vehiculele acesteia p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 1979, c\u00e2nd a v\u00e2ndut Trailways investitorului privat Henry Lea Hillman Sr. din Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen iunie 1972, Wilson a ap\u0103rut pe coperta revistei Time, compania sa av\u00e2nd \u00een portofoliu, \u00een acel moment, peste 1.400 de unit\u0103\u0163i hoteliere la nivel mondial. O serie de inova\u0163ii, precum piscinele interioare Holidome sau sistemul inovator de rezerv\u0103ri Holidex, au contribuit la succesul companiei \u015fi transformarea multor hoteluri Holiday Inn \u00een adev\u0103rate complexuri turistice. Wilson s-a retras din cadrul companiei \u00een 1979. Nou\u0103 ani mai t\u00e2rziu, \u00een 1988, Holiday Corporation a fost cump\u0103rat\u0103 de produc\u0103torul de bere britanic Bass PLC, achizi\u0163ie completat\u0103 \u015fi de restul hotelurilor Holiday Inn \u00een 1990, c\u00e2nd fondatorul Wilson \u015fi-a v\u00e2ndut ac\u0163iunile, pas \u00een urma c\u0103ruia grupul hotelier a luat numele de Holiday Inn Worldwide.<\/p>\n
\nWilson a fondat \u015fi alte companii, precum casa de discuri Holiday Inn Records \u015fi Orange Lake Country Club. Dup\u0103 ce a v\u00e2ndut ac\u0163iunile din cadrul Holiday Inn, antreprenorul a format un alt lan\u0163 hotelier, Wilson World; a scris, de asemenea, \u015fi o autobiografie, Half Luck and Half Brains, publicat\u0103 \u00een 1996, \u00een care relateaz\u0103 povestea companiei Holiday Inn. Wilson a murit pe 12 februarie 2003, la v\u00e2rsta de 90 de ani.
\nHoliday Inn are aproximativ 1.173 de unit\u0103\u0163i r\u0103sp\u00e2ndite la nivel mondial, cu peste 214.000 de camere; \u00een prezent, lan\u0163ul face parte din grupul hotelier InterContinental, companie cu venituri anuale de 1,78 miliarde de dolari \u015fi peste 375.000 de angaja\u0163i.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Motivat de experien\u0163a nepl\u0103cut\u0103 din hotelurile \u00een care s-a cazat cu prilejul unui concediu cu familia, Charles Wilson a pus bazele unuia dintre cele mai cunoscute lan\u0163uri hoteliere din lume, Holiday Inn, cu peste 1.170 de unit\u0103\u0163i r\u0103sp\u00e2ndite la nivel mondial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[9409,13065,195,4669,6552,292],"class_list":["post-169654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-cazare","tag-concediu","tag-experienta","tag-familie","tag-hoteluri","tag-mondial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}