Red Lion Hotels Launches Team Red: Guests Who Put in a Day of Volunteer Work Get a Free Night Stay
Team Red Volunteer Initiative Makes Serving Your Community Even More Rewarding
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In celebration of the completion of 22 hotel conversions to the Red Lion flag today, increasing the number of hotels by 53% to 63, the largest in the brand's history, Red Lion Hotels, in an industry first, is offering guests who put in a day of work with Team Red, a new volunteer community outreach initiative, a free night's stay on Red Lion.
Through Team Red, an innovative company-wide community outreach program designed to benefit local communities while rewarding hotel guests for time spent volunteering, Red Lion Hotel associates and guests work side-by-side to make communities a better place. Today, the first Team Red endeavors
encompass more than 300 Team Red associates spread across Seattle, Spokane, Boise and Salt Lake City, volunteering on a wide range of community projects.
"Team Red is a very serious commitment by Red Lion Hotels and WestCoast Hospitality Corporation to continue supporting the communities where we work and live through community service and the fulfillment of vital community needs," said Don Barbieri, Chairman, President and CEO of WestCoast
Hospitality Corporation (NYSE: WEH). "The Team Red volunteer program builds upon both Red Lion and WestCoasts' decades-long commitment to sustain the communities we serve. With our free night in exchange for a day of volunteering Red Lion Team offer, Team Red makes serving your community even
more rewarding for our guests as well."
Red Lion associates from throughout the Pacific Northwest have converged on Seattle to help introduce the Team Red initiative. From construction and landscaping projects at an urban park, cleaning and organizing a homeless shelter, to helping to put the finishing touches on a Habitat for Humanity project, over 100 volunteers, clad in their bright red team colors, are at work on a variety of projects in the Seattle area.
In Salt Lake City, Team Red Associates will help cleanup Hogle Zoo. While in Boise and Spokane, Team Red members will assist Park Rangers in an early spring cleanup effort for local greenbelt trails.
All guests participating in this program are required to be GuestAwards members. Guests who register for and participate in a Team Red event will receive a certificate good for one free night at the sponsoring hotel, valid for six months from the date of issue.
For additional information on Red Lion's Team Red, or to find future projects in need of volunteers, visit the Internet at http://teamred.redlion.com . To register for GuestAwards, visit
http://www.guestawards.com or call 800-RED LION.
Below is a list of the new Red Lion Hotels:
Idaho:
-- Red Lion Hotel Boise Downtowner
-- Red Lion Hotel on the Falls - Idaho Falls
-- Red Lion Hotel Pocatello
-- Red Lion Hotel Canyon Springs - Twin Falls
-- Red Lion Templin's Hotel on the River - Post Falls
-- Selkirk Lodge at Schweitzer Mtn., a Red Lion Hotel
-- White Pine Lodge at Schweitzer Mtn., a Red Lion Hotel
-- Red Lion ParkCenter Suites
Montana:
-- Red Lion Colonial Hotel - Helena
Oregon:
-- Red Lion Hotel Hillsboro
Utah:
-- Red Lion Hotel Salt Lake Downtown
Washington:
-- Red Lion Bellevue Inn
-- Red Lion Hotel Columbia Center - Kennewick
-- Red Lion Hotel Pasco
-- Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport
-- Red Lion Hotel Silverdale
-- Red Lion Hotel at the Park-Spokane
-- Red Lion River Inn
-- Red Lion Hotel Olympia
-- Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue - Seattle
-- Red Lion Hotel Yakima Center
-- Red Lion Hotel Yakima Gateway
About Red Lion Hotels
The Red Lion brand was founded in the 1960's and found success in focusing on 3- to 4- star hotels. The brand reached 56 hotels before being acquired in November 1996 by Doubletree for $1.2 billion. Promus Hotel Corporation subsequently acquired it, then Hilton Hotels Corporation. In December 2001, WestCoast Hospitality Corporation acquired Red Lion. Following the conversion in February 2003 of 22 hotels, Red Lion grew to 63, the largest number of hotels in the brand's history, in 13 states, representing 10,677 rooms and approximately 462,584 square feet of meeting space. Red Lion Hotels provides guests with a combination of care, comfort and value. Red Lion participates in the GuestAwards frequent guest program. For reservations, call a travel planner, Red Lion Hotels at 800-RED-LION, or visit Red Lion on the Internet at http://www.redlion.com.
About WestCoast Hospitality
WestCoast Hospitality Corporation owns, manages and franchises hotels throughout the Western United States. WestCoast Hotels and Red Lion Hotels and Inns focus on serving business, convention and leisure travelers in first, second and third tier markets. WestCoast provides entertainment services through TicketsWest, including event ticketing for venues in the United States and Cana da, and aggregates content for travel and entertainment that is sold in real-time at its http://www.ticketswest.com website. TicketsWest also includes WestCoast Entertainment, a Broadway and special event presenting company. G&B Real Estate Services is the real estate division of WestCoast Hospitality Corporation and owns and manages commercial and residential properties. For more information visit: http://www.westcoasthotels.com.
