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Holiday Inn

Categories: Tourism / Traditions

Countries: USA

Hotel chain. Founded in Memphis, Tennessee, by Kemmons Wilson. There are currently (2018) about 2,500 hotels worldwide.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Holiday Inn

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Tim Yau, MBE

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Martin Spencer

Martin Spencer

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Person, Animals, Liveries & Guilds, Tourism / Traditions

1 memorial