About Lodging Host Hotel Corp.
Raising Service to an Art Since 1984
From a spare bedroom in Longview, Texas, to a hospitality company with experience across hotel management, development, pre-opening and distressed assets, Lodging Host has spent more than four decades learning one thing well: successful hotels require hands-on attention to both the guest experience and the asset.
1984
Established
100+
Hotels Operated
20+
Ground-Up Developments
70+
Receivership & Distressed Assignments
Built Through Experience
Lodging Host Hotel Corp. was founded in 1984 by Kevin Hilchey Sr. in Longview, Texas. What began in a spare bedroom grew into a hospitality company built through decades of hands-on hotel operations.
During the Savings and Loan Crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lodging Host gained extensive experience working with distressed hotel assets, receiverships and lender-owned properties. Those assignments helped shape an operating philosophy that remains part of the company today: understand the numbers, protect the asset, stay involved at the property level and never lose sight of the guest.
In the mid-1990s, as the company grew, Lodging Host expanded its third-party hotel management business, working with property owners across a variety of brands, markets and hotel types.
By the early 2000s, the company had also expanded into hotel development and ownership, adding another perspective to its approach to hospitality.
Today, Lodging Host provides support throughout the hotel lifecycle — from development and pre-opening through ongoing management, renovation and repositioning, as well as receivership and distressed-asset operations.
Four Decades of Hospitality Experience
From hotel operations and distressed-asset assignments to development, ownership and third-party management, Lodging Host’s experience has evolved alongside the hospitality industry for more than four decades.
1984
Founded in Longview, TX
Lodging Host Hotel Corp. begins operations.
Late 1980s
Receivership & Distressed Asset Experience
Hotel assignments during the Savings and Loan Crisis help shape Lodging Host’s asset-focused operating philosophy.
Mid- 1990s
Third-Party Management Growth
The company expands its management relationships with hotel owners and investors.
2000s
Development & Ownership Expansion
Lodging Host broadens its experience through hotel development and ownership.
Today
Full-Cycle Hospitality Services
Management, development, renovation, pre-opening and distressed-asset services for owners, developers and financial institutions.
Hospitality From an Operator’s Perspective
Hands-On Experience
Our approach is grounded in operating hotels. Decisions are considered not only from a corporate perspective, but from how they affect the property, the team, the guest and the asset.
Aligned With Ownership
Every hotel has different objectives. We work with owners to understand those goals and develop operating strategies around the property, market, brand and investment plan.
Full-Cycle Perspective
Development, pre-opening, hotel operations, food & beverage, renovations and distressed assets have given our team experience across multiple stages and disciplines of a hotel’s lifecycle.
Clear Communication. Meaningful Visibility.
Strong owner-manager relationships depend on communication and transparency. Lodging Host believes owners should have meaningful visibility into both the financial and operational performance of their properties.
Our reporting and remote-access systems are designed to provide ownership with access to important property information, including financial reporting, contracts, brand inspection reports, STR performance data and marketing plans.
Just as importantly, our corporate team remains accessible. We believe challenges should be discussed early, performance should be understood clearly, and owners should never be left wondering what is happening at their hotel.
Experience That Spans the Hospitality Industry
Over more than four decades, Lodging Host has operated more than 100 hotels across different brands, markets, property types and management structures. That experience ranges from smaller select-service and boutique properties to full-service hotels, extended-stay properties and large convention hotels with extensive food, beverage and event operations.
Select Service Hotels
Full Service Hotels
Extended Stay Hotels
Independent Hotels
Conference & Convention Hotels
Hotels with Significant F&B Operations
Conversions & Repositioning
New Development
Major Brand Experience
Marriott • Hilton • IHG • Choice Hotels • Best Western • Hyatt
Hospitality Beyond the Guest Room
Lodging Host’s operating experience extends well beyond rooms. Our team has managed hotel food and beverage operations ranging from breakfast service and hotel bars to full-service restaurants, catering, banquets and conference operations.
We understand that successful hotel F&B requires a balance of guest experience, labor management, menu and pricing strategy, cost controls, sales and event execution. Whether supporting an intimate hotel bar or a property with significant meeting and catering business, our approach keeps both the guest experience and the financial performance of the operation in focus.
This experience allows Lodging Host to support owners whose properties require more than traditional rooms-focused hotel management.
Table Setting at the Cambria Hotel Northlake Conference Center - Roanoke
Restaurants & Bars | Catering & Banquets | Meeting & Event F&B | Breakfast Operations
Our Mission
“Our mission is to create a business environment where customers experience superior hospitality and staff members participate in the success of their hotel and company.”
That philosophy remains at the center of what Lodging Host means by “Raising Service to an Art.”