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'La Quinta Inn' is a chain of limited service
hotels in the
United States and
Canada. The headquarters is in
Irving, Texas.
All properties are owned by the company's subsidiary La Quinta Properties, Inc., a
real estate investment trust (REIT), which leases the properties back to the parent company. The company owns and operates about 370 properties and franchises approximately 225 under the various brand names.
History
La Quinta (meaning ''the country house'' in
Spanish) opened its first hotel in 1968 to host guests of the
HemisFair '68 World's Fair, in
San Antonio, Texas. The company's headquarters remained in San Antonio until 1999 when they were relocated to
Dallas, Texas.
LQ Corporation, parent company to subsidiary LQ Properties, Inc, announced on
November 9,
2005 that it had agreed to be acquired by the private-equity firm
Blackstone Group for $3.4 billion in cash and debt. The merger closed on
January 25,
2006.
Today LQ Management LLC is one of the largest operators of limited-service hotels in the United States with over 500 hotels in 40 US states and Canada operating under the ''La Quinta Inns'' and ''La Quinta Inns & Suites'' brands.
References
★ "La Quinta inks $3.4B deal, shares soar".
CNN. Retrieved Nov. 9, 2005.
External links
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La Quinta Inns & Suites