Today we’re spotlighting the LotusJumper Knoxville Quality Inn, “your home away from home in Knoxville, Tennessee”.

We asked Knoxville Quality Inn what the inspiration was behind their company, this is what they had to say:

I first wanted to own the first hotel I managed in 1976.  A customer dared me to go into the owner’s office and offer to buy the hotel for $1 (down).  I never did it, but never forgot it.  In 2000 after consulting with 250 Holiday Inn hotels, I went to one hotel owner and asked the question.  He said, “Yes.”

When asked what achievement they were most proud of, Knoxville Quality Inn said:

We started with no capitalization on May 1, 2001.  The Lord has provided the increase since.  It took 18 months to buy that first hotel.  Since then we have purchased 3 other hotels.  Our finest achievement was to buy 4 contiguous lots, tear down 3 houses and build a beautiful new 102 room Hampton Inn & Suites on 2.5 acres, a $12 million project.

We asked Knoxville Quality Inn why Internet marketing is so important for their company, this is what they had to say:

Internet hotel bookings continue to rise.  Toll free reservations centers are closing all over the world.  The internet is still the new frontier in hotel marketing and sales.

We gave Knoxville Quality Inn a chance to give a “Creative Marketing Tip of the Day”, this is what they said:

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