Graduate Hotels
Type | Private |
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Industry | Hospitality |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | Ben Weprin |
Headquarters | Nashville, TN , United States |
Number of locations | 32 |
Area served | United States, England |
Parent | AJ Capital Partners |
Website | graduatehotels |
Graduate Hotels is a collection of hotels located in college towns across the country, launched in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate company AJ Capital Partners.[1][2] Each hotel reflects the nearby college.[1][3] As of April 2021, there were 30 operating hotels in the United States and two in England.[4] Three more U.S. hotels are currently scheduled to open in 2022.
History[]
Graduate Hotels was founded in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate investor Ben Weprin and his firm, AJ Capital Partners.[5] The company launched the Graduate Hotels brand by acquiring and remodeling hotels in university-anchored towns across the country.[6] The first hotel opened in Athens, Georgia in 2014, centered around the University of Georgia.[7]
Locations[]
United States[]
England[]
Hotel | Location | Opening Year | Nearby University |
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Graduate Cambridge | Cambridge | 2021 | University of Cambridge |
The Randolph Hotel | Oxford | 2021 | University of Oxford |
Future[]
Hotel | Location | Opening Year | Nearby University |
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Graduate Dallas | Dallas, Texas | 2022 | Southern Methodist University |
Graduate Palo Alto | Palo Alto, California | 2022 | Stanford University |
Graduate Princeton | Princeton, New Jersey | 2022 | Princeton University |
References[]
- ^ a b "This college town boutique hotel chain is the anti-Airbnb". CNBC. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- ^ "Graduate Hotels graduates into a bigger chain". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Visiting Colleges? The Era of Staying in a Sad Hotel Is Over". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Felice, Selene San. "Loews Annapolis reopens as Graduate Annapolis following remodel". capitalgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Brown, Abram. "The Revivalist: Young Hotelier Ben Weprin Has An Eye For An Aged Luxury Gem". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Rosman, Katherine (2018-07-14). "The Education of a Brotelier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Boutique Group Graduate Hotels Finds Its Niche in University Towns". Skift. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
External links[]
Categories:
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotel chains in the United States
- Hotels established in 2014
- Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee