Drury Hotels Explained

Drury Hotels Company, LLC
Type:Private
Industry:Hospitality
Foundation:1973
Key People:Charles L. Drury, Jr. (CEO)[1]
Products:Hotels
Revenue:$540 million (2016)
Num Employees:5,000 (2017)[2]

Drury Hotels Company, LLC is an American hospitality company that operates a chain of mid-scale limited service hotels under the brands Drury Inn and Suites (its flagship brand), Drury Inn, Drury Suites, Drury Plaza Hotel, and Pear Tree Inn.[2] As of 2022, the chain operates more than 150 locations in 26 states.[3] It is wholly owned by the Drury family and is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri.

History

The company was founded by the sons of Lambert Drury, a farmer who lost his farm during the Great Depression, and then founded a plastering company. The Drury Development Corporation was founded in 1959. The Drury family built its first hotel, a Holiday Inn, in 1962 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The family started Drury Hotels in 1973 and built its first Drury Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. The Drury Hotels company operates non-Drury hotels as well.[4] In the 1990s, the chain introduced a third brand, Thrifty Inn.[5]

Co-founder Charles Drury died on September 7, 2020, in St. Louis; his death was acknowledged by Governor of Missouri Mike Parson.[6] Two other co-founders, James and Robert, died in 2008 and 2013, respectively.[7] [8] [9]

In 2021, Drury Hotels earned its 16th-straight J.D. Power award for highest guest satisfaction in upper midscale hotels, the longest-running streak in the category.[10]

Drury Hotels is expected to open three Drury Plaza Hotels in 2024; Tallahassee, Florida, Savannah, Georgia, and Arlington, Texas.

Renovation of historic buildings

The chain has purchased several historic buildings for renovation as hotels.[11] [12] Historic buildings that the chain has renovated into hotels include the Union Market in St. Louis (originally built in 1925),[13] the former Cleveland Board of Education building in Cleveland (originally built in 1931)[14] the former City Public Service Building (originally built in 1921)[15] and the former Alamo National Bank building (originally built in 1929)[16] in San Antonio; a hotel in Wichita, Kansas originally built in 1922[17] a former Sisters of Charity dormitory and hospital in Santa Fe, originally built in 1910 and the early 1950s;[18] and three St. Louis properties originally built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[3] The former Federal Reserve building in Pittsburgh was renovated into a 207-room hotel and opened in late 2016.[19] [20] At the Pittsburgh hotel, a former firing range was converted into an indoor pool, and former bank vaults were turned into meeting spaces.[21] It also plans to renovate the former First Financial Centre building in Milwaukee[22] and the former Indianapolis Business Journal building in Indianapolis, which dates to 1924.[23]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4276532 Company Overview of Drury Hotels Company, LLC
  2. http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2017/03/24/top-150-2017-no-39-drury-hotels-co.html 39 Drury Hotels Co. LLC
  3. Web site: About Drury - Drury Hotels. druryhotels.com.
  4. Book: Tom Neumeyer . Frank Nickell . Joel P. Rhodes . 2004 . Historic Cape Giardeau: An Illustrated History . The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce . San Antonio, Texas . 1-893619-39-7 . 116–118.
  5. Book: Jakle . John A. . Sculle . Keith A. . Rogers . Jefferson S. . The Motel in America . 1996 . Johns Hopkins University Press . 0-8018-5383-4 . 217.
  6. Web site: Co-founder of national Drury Hotels chain dies in Missouri . . 15 September 2020.
  7. Web site: James Drury obituary. 2013-12-07.
  8. Web site: Bob Drury, part owner of Drury Hotels, CEO of Drury Southwest, dies. 2013-12-07.
  9. Web site: Robert Drury obituary. 2013-12-07.
  10. Web site: 14 July 2021. North American Hotel Guests Want Breakfast Back, J.D. Power Finds. live. 14 July 2021. J.D. Power. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714144628/https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/2021-north-america-hotel-guest-satisfaction-index-nagsi-study . 2021-07-14 .
  11. Web site: Drury increasingly goes downtown with creative restorations of landmark buildings. Tim. Bryant.
  12. Web site: Developers Are Turning Rust Belt Hulks Into Luxury Hotels. 22 April 2016. www.bloomberg.com.
  13. https://www.druryhotels.com/content/historic-renovations-st-louis-convention History of Drury Inn & Suites St. Louis Convention Center
  14. Web site: Drury Plaza Hotel opens in former Cleveland Board of Education building after stunning renovation (photos).
  15. Web site: Historic Renovations - San Antonio Riverwalk - Drury Hotels. druryhotels.com.
  16. Web site: Historic Renovations - San Antonio Plaza Riverwalk - Drury Hotels. druryhotels.com.
  17. https://www.druryhotels.com/locations/wichita-ks/drury-plaza-hotel-broadview-wichita Drury Plaza hotel Broadview
  18. Web site: Old Buildings Get New Life in Santa Fe.
  19. http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2014/09/09/drury-hotels-plans-to-open-new-hotel-in-downtown.html Drury Hotels plans to open new hotel in downtown Pittsburgh in mid-2016
  20. Web site: Pennsylvania: Meetings & Conventions. meetings-conventions.com.
  21. http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/09/07/drury-schedules-opening-date-for-new-downtown.html Drury schedules opening date for new downtown hotel
  22. http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2016/08/downtown-milwaukee-building-sold-to-missouri.html Downtown Milwaukee building sold to Missouri investor for planned conversion into hotel
  23. http://www.indystar.com/story/money/2016/02/23/indianapolis-business-journal-building-become-drury-hotel/80798022/ Indianapolis Business Journal building to become Drury hotel

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