Drury Hotels
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Drury Hotels, LLC, or Drury Hotels is a St. Louis, Missouri
based corporation that operates over 130 hotels in a 20 state area.The company employs approximately 4,000 people.
The company traces its origins back to the 1940s when Lambert Drury began a plastering business. In 1973, the family opened its first hotel in Sikeston, Missouri
. The hotel initially charged around 25% below the base tariff offered by other hotels in the area.
In addition to the Drury Inn line of hotels, the company also operates a Pear Tree Inn line of hotels. Many Pear Tree Inns are first generation Drury Inns, when the company replaced the older buildings with a new Drury Inn . If the company had not torn down the old building they often rebranded the old building as a Pear Tree Inn. An example of this is in Overland Park, Kansas
: the original Drury Inn became a Pear Tree Inn when another Drury Inn opened at the same address.
Drury Hotels served as a sponsor for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Tour of Missouri
.
One of the founders, James Drury, died on March 17, 2008.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
based corporation that operates over 130 hotels in a 20 state area.The company employs approximately 4,000 people.
The company traces its origins back to the 1940s when Lambert Drury began a plastering business. In 1973, the family opened its first hotel in Sikeston, Missouri
Sikeston, Missouri
Sikeston is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is geographically situated just north of the "Missouri Bootheel", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it. By way of Interstate 55, Sikeston is close to the...
. The hotel initially charged around 25% below the base tariff offered by other hotels in the area.
In addition to the Drury Inn line of hotels, the company also operates a Pear Tree Inn line of hotels. Many Pear Tree Inns are first generation Drury Inns, when the company replaced the older buildings with a new Drury Inn . If the company had not torn down the old building they often rebranded the old building as a Pear Tree Inn. An example of this is in Overland Park, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
: the original Drury Inn became a Pear Tree Inn when another Drury Inn opened at the same address.
Drury Hotels served as a sponsor for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Tour of Missouri
Tour of Missouri
The Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
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One of the founders, James Drury, died on March 17, 2008.