Published in Travel Agent Central, May 7th, John Stone Hampton Inn Hotel, Hilton Hotel and Holiday Inn Resort Hotel stand shoulder to shoulder on Pensacola Beach as a testament to the success of Innisfree Hotels. Julian MacQueen, founder and CEO of Innisfree Hotels, lost seven Gulf Coast hotels in one night to Hurricane Ivan [...]

Complete 2012 Power List: #3 Julian MacQueen Published by In Weekly May 2012 Julian MacQueen
Founder & CEO, Innisfree Hotels Work is serious business. For one local hotelier it is also somewhat spiritual. “I’d say my mantra is…” MacQueen pauses and ponders the question for a moment. “—Work is worship if it is done as a [...]

Commercial Property ExecutiveApril 16, 2012By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor The Holiday Inn Express in Orange Beach, Ala. Innisfree Hotels has received $57 million in financing for three of its hotels along the Gulf Coast in Florida and Alabama, and it happened in a nick of time. With the assistance of Aries Capital, the hotel company [...]

GlobeSt.com April 5, 2012 04:17pm ET EXCLUSIVE Aries Capital Arranges $57M CMBS Loan on Gulf Coast Hotels By Jennifer LeClaire ARIES CAPITAL ARRANGES $57 MILLION CMBS LOAN FOR GULF COAST HOTELS CHICAGO – Aries Capital is pleased to announce that the firm’s Senior Vice President, Jeff Bucaro, has arranged a $57 million CMBS loan for [...]

al.com Monday February 13, 2012.  By Connie Baggett, Press Register ATMORE, Alabama — With the $240 million gamble on Wind Creek Casino paying off nicely, Poarch Creek Indians are set to spend $29 million on an entertainment development and a health and independent living center on their reservation, according to Tribal Treasurer Robert McGhee. And [...]

Innisfree Launches First New-Build Holiday Inn Resort Published in Lodging Hospitality, Feb 1, 2012 8:38 AM, By Paris Wolfe In the past two years, Innisfree Hotels pushed through a tough market to develop and launch the first new-build Holiday Inn Resort. Opened last February on Pensacola Beach, the 206-room hotel earned Innisfree IHG’s 2011 Developer [...]

Check out pictures on Flickr here. Check out the You Tube Video here. Pensacola, Florida, Friday, January 13, 2012 – Pensacola can mark the arrival of 2012 with a celebratory toast to the creation of approximately 235 new local jobs. Innisfree Hotels is officially beginning construction of their ‘Airport & 12th‘ development connected to the [...]

December 30, 2011, Pensacola News Journal, PNJ.comCarlton Proctor Navy Federal Credit Union and Pen Air Federal Credit Union will finance a $13.2 million hotel project led by developer Julian MacQueen at Pensacola International Airport.  MacQueen said groundbreaking for the 127-room Hyatt Place will be in January, and construction will be completed in spring 2013. “We’ve [...]

Credit Union Times – January 4th, 2012By Michelle A. Samaad The development of a 127-room hotel in Pensacola, Fla., is set to move forward thanks to Navy Federal Credit Union and Pen Air Federal Credit Union.  The two credit unions have teamed up to finance the Hyatt Place Hotel, which will be connected to the [...]

 From In Weekly, Independent News January 4th 2012 Constructing the Future: Innisfree Hotels Creates Infrastructure and Jobs in Northwest Florida Despite the economy and despite the oil spill, Innisfree Hotels continues to build. They’re creating jobs and fueling the economy with projects new and old, and that’s why they’re one of our 12 Game Changers. [...]