44-483: Hamilton Island may refer to: Hamilton Island (Queensland) , Australia Hamilton Island Race Week , keelboat regatta Hamilton Island Airport Hamilton Island (Nunavut) , Canada MacDonald Island , British Columbia, Canada (called Hamilton Island 1940–72) See also [ edit ] Baillie-Hamilton Island , Nunavut, Canada Vesey Hamilton Island , Nunavut, Canada [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
88-668: A concurrent use proceeding in the Patent and Trademark Office" in 1970, which was suspended when the name was contested before the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ( Florence division) in 1973. The court said the Myrtle Beach hotel had plenty of repeat business and was not negatively impacted by the chain's motels in the area. The 1973 injunction meant the Myrtle Beach hotel
132-422: A laughing kookaburra . The EHP stated the role of the permits were to allow the "ongoing management of some wildlife species to prevent unacceptable levels of damage, and to protect public safety at the airport and in the resort itself". The resort management stated that "any culling of animals and birds is done as a last resort when all other methods have been exhausted". The RSPCA were unaware of any culling on
176-422: A fire destroyed most of the central portion of the resort complex, which was completely rebuilt by 1986. The current Whitsunday Holiday Apartments opened in 1986 followed by the current Reef View Hotel in 1990. In 1992 the resort was placed in receivership and between 1995 and 2003 it was owned by BT Australia and managed by Holiday Inn for a portion of that time. In 1999, the five-star Beach Club opened. The island
220-482: A franchise and cooperation agreement with German hotel operator Novum Hospitality which in turn will rebrand the majority of their currently over 100 properties into Holiday Inn, including a newly created sub-brand named Holiday Inn - the niu . Holiday Inn currently operates hotels and resorts using the following brands: For two decades a hotel called Holiday Inn located in Niagara Falls, Ontario prevented
264-542: A new 130-room "Next Generation" prototype hotel to rebuild the brand. It would include a bistro-like restaurant and an indoor pool. The first of these prototype hotels, the Holiday Inn Gwinnett Center, was built in Duluth, Georgia , in 2003. In 2008, Mitchells and Butlers sold off 21 Holiday Inn hotels in exchange for 44 standalone pubs to Whitbread . In September 2008, IHG announced the creation of
308-541: A new timeshare brand, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, a strategic alliance with The Family of Orange Lake Resorts. On October 24, 2007, IHG announced a worldwide relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand, which spelled trouble for the remaining motels. The relaunch was "focused on delivering consistently best in class service and physical quality levels, including a redesigned welcome experience [and] signature bedding and bathroom products". The first relaunched Holiday Inn opened in
352-561: A popular year-round tourist destination. Hamilton Island is one of the only islands in the Great Barrier Reef with a commercial airport, offering direct flights from Sydney , Melbourne , and Brisbane . In the 2021 census , Hamilton Island had a population of 1,759 people. Like most in the Whitsunday group, Hamilton Island was formed as sea levels rose which created numerous drowned mountains that are situated close to
396-525: A population of 1,759 people. Hamilton Island State School caters for students from the Preparatory Year to Year 6. It is in the north-west of the island between the marina and Catseye Beach ( 20°20′43″S 148°57′10″E / 20.34529°S 148.95274°E / -20.34529; 148.95274 ( Hamilton Island State School ) ). The school also offers a range of extra-curricular offerings such as year 4, 5 and 6 students have
440-486: A prominent sign, at least 50 feet (15 m) high and visible from both directions. He also wanted a changeable marquee to welcome different groups. The original sign cost $ 13,000. It is said that the sign's colors were selected because they were favorites of Wilson's mother. In 1982, following Wilson's departure, the Holiday Inn board of directors phased out the "Great Sign" in favor of a cheaper back-lit sign; Wilson considered it "the worst mistake they ever made". He loved
484-574: A resident of Memphis, Tennessee , was inspired to build a motel after being disappointed by the poor quality of roadside accommodations during a family road trip to Washington, D.C. During the construction, the name "Holiday Inn" was coined by Wilson's architect Eddie Bluestein as a joking reference to the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn . Their first hotel/motel opened in August 1952 as "Holiday Inn Hotel Courts" at 4941 Summer Avenue in Memphis, then
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#1732788068655528-460: A visitor to any Holiday Inn could obtain reservations, by teleprinter , for any other Holiday Inn location. Promoting itself as "your host from coast to coast", Holiday Inn added a call center after AT&T 's introduction of 800 toll-free telephone number service in 1967. Holiday Inn opened their first campground , Trav-L-Park, in Angola, Indiana , in 1970. Branded as "The Nation's Innkeeper",
572-463: Is big enough to cater for larger commercial aircraft. Hamilton Island is also served by several ferries , which can only carry passengers. Mainland motor vehicles are prohibited on the island with the exception of those for tradespeople and island public transport. Holiday Inn Holiday Inn is a chain of hotels based in Atlanta , Georgia and a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts . The chain
616-646: Is billed as the only championship island golf course in Australia. In 2009, Tourism Queensland promoted the Great Barrier Reef as a global tourism destination with a website encouraging people worldwide to apply for " The Best Job in the World ", to be a "Caretaker of the Islands" to "house-sit" the islands of the Great Barrier Reef for half a year, based on Hamilton Island. In September 2016, it
660-614: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hamilton Island (Queensland) Hamilton Island is an island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland , Australia . It is approximately 887 kilometres (551 mi) north of Brisbane and 512 kilometres (318 mi) south of Cairns . It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and
704-580: Is located on Melaleuca Ave, but was sold by the family in 2008. In 2009, there were two key infrastructure and tourism developments completed for the resort. The Hamilton Island Yacht Club was officially completed and opened by former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh during Hamilton Island Race Week . and the Hamilton Island Golf Club is new Championship resort course which opened in August 2009. The 18-hole course on neighbouring Dent Island measures 6,120 metres (20,080 ft) and
748-455: Is still open. Measurements are now taken from the airport, 1.5 km away. Hamilton Island is believed to be named after a crew member of the survey vessels that charted the area in 1866-8. The island was purchased in 1975 by Keith Williams and Bryan Byrt for a grazing lease. In 1978, Keith Williams commenced construction of Hamilton Island Harbour and the resort complex shortly after. The resort opened in phases between 1982 and 1984. In 1985,
792-722: The "Great Sign" so much that it was engraved on his tombstone, with the marquee reading "FOUNDER" and the arrow aimed at his name. The majority of the signs were scrapped but working examples are owned by the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and a private collector in Park Hills, Kentucky. Although still a healthy company, changing business conditions and demographics saw Holiday Inn lose its market dominance in
836-505: The 1980s. Holiday Inns, Inc. was renamed "Holiday Corporation" in 1985 to reflect the growth of the company's brands, including Harrah's Entertainment , Embassy Suites Hotels , Crowne Plaza , Homewood Suites , and Hampton Inn . In 1988, Holiday Corporation was purchased by UK-based Bass PLC (then owners of the Bass beer brand), followed by the remaining domestic Holiday Inn hotels in 1990, when founder Wilson sold his interest, after which
880-546: The Albert Pick-franchised locations exiting the brand by the end of the 1950s. The rule on franchising remained until 1973, when a franchisee was denied the rights to build a location in Newark, New Jersey because of this rule; the United States District Court thus declared the rule a violation of a United States anti- monopoly law. In 1965, the chain launched Holidex, a centralized reservation system where
924-516: The Holiday Inn Corporation from operating one of its own hotels in that city since the name was already in use. The hotel used a logo similar to the old Holiday Inn logo from the 1970s. The Holiday Inn Corporation directory referred to the hotel as "not part of this Holiday Inn system". The hotel also owned the holidayinn.com domain, which forced the much larger corporation to use holiday-inn.com. In 2006, an agreement between IHG and
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#1732788068655968-492: The Holiday Inn brand. The brand name Holiday Inn is now owned by IHG, which in turn licenses the name to franchisees and third parties who operate hotels under management agreements. In 1999, the hotel that changed into the Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando in 2005, opened, called "Holiday Inn". The Wall Street Journal reported in 2002 that the company, led by Ravi Saligram, was producing
1012-470: The Island. The resort's management carried out the culls “to prevent damage or loss of property and to protect the health and wellbeing of staff, guests and other visitors”. Social media users were critical of the cull. In the 2011 census , Hamilton Island had a population of 1,208 people. In the 2016 census , Hamilton Island had a population of 1,867 people. In the 2021 census , Hamilton Island had
1056-554: The Kemmons Wilson Companies of Memphis. The "Great Sign" was the roadside sign used by Holiday Inn during its original era of expansion from the 1950s to 1970s. It was perhaps the company's most successful form of advertising. It was extremely large and eye-catching, but was expensive to construct and maintain. The manufacturer of the sign was Balton & Sons Sign Company, and it was originally designed by sketch artists Gene Barber and Roland Alexander. Wilson wanted
1100-671: The Niagara Falls, Ontario hotel owners was reached that allowed both the Hotel and Holidayinn.com to be incorporated into the IHG system. During the 1960s and early 1970s, Holiday Inn hotels located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina were simply called "Holiday" because a local motel already had the "Holiday Inn" name. The Myrtle Beach motel started as Ocean Front Lodge in 1948 but changed the name to Holiday Inn in 1949 (three years before
1144-672: The North American upscale extended stay market. In March 1998, Bass acquired the InterContinental brand, expanding into the luxury hotel market. In 2000 Bass sold its brewing assets (and the rights to the Bass name) and changed its name to Six Continents PLC . InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) was created in 2003 after Six Continents split into two daughter companies: Mitchells & Butlers PLC to handle restaurant assets, and IHG to focus on soft drinks and hotels, including
1188-503: The U.S. in spring 2008. Currently there are more than 2,500 relaunched Holiday Inn brand hotels around the world, and the Holiday Inn global brand relaunch process was completed by the end of 2010. By then, the majority of the HI motels were removed from the chain, with a few exceptions. (In the 1980s and 1990s, HI hotels were built alongside the motel properties [i.e. Baton Rouge, Louisiana] in order to provide more amenities and newer rooms.) When
1232-531: The US by 1958, 100 by 1959, 500 by 1964, and 1000 in 1968. A number of early locations were franchised , some by the Albert Pick corporation of Chicago . Because a number of Albert Pick franchisees were recommending customers to other Albert Pick hotels instead of to Holiday Inn, the Holiday Inn corporation enacted a rule that franchisees could not own locations of another hotel as well as a Holiday Inn. This led to
1276-683: The chain put considerable financial pressure on traditional motels and hotels, setting the standard for competitors like Ramada Inn , Quality Inn , Howard Johnson's , and Best Western . By June 1972, with over 1,400 Holiday Inns worldwide, Wilson was featured on the cover of Time magazine and the franchise's motto became "The World's Innkeeper". In 1963, Holiday Inn signed a long-term deal with Gulf Oil where it agreed to accept Gulf credit cards to charge food and lodging at all of its American and Canadian hotels, in return for Gulf building service stations on many Holiday Inn properties, particularly near major U.S. and Interstate highways. The arrangement
1320-495: The east coast of Queensland. It is one of the larger islands in the Whitsundays. The central north-facing Catseye Beach is man-made. It is open to the public as well as the island's guests. Hamilton Island has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen : Aw ) with a hot, rainy season during the summer and a warm, relatively dry season during the winter months. The previous site, which formerly collected data from 1985 to 2002,
1364-414: The founding of the chain), and put up a sign in 1955 with similar lettering to that of the chain, which registered its sign in 1954. The chain first franchised motels in the area in 1956. The Myrtle Beach hotel put up a sign resembling the "Great Sign" in 1968, and used " ® " with its name, though many of its items came from suppliers which assumed they were selling to the chain. The Myrtle Beach hotel "began
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1408-512: The hotel group was known as Holiday Inn Worldwide. The remainder of Holiday Corporation (including the Embassy Suites Hotels , Homewood Suites , and Hampton Inn brands) was spun off to shareholders as Promus Companies Incorporated . In 1990, Bass launched Holiday Inn Express, a complementary brand in the limited service segment. In 1997, Bass created and launched a new hotel brand, Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, entering
1452-464: The island. Hamilton Island Airport , was one of the earlier infrastructure installations and was built in the early 1980s. The island hosts approximately 500 weddings per year at various venues. Neighbouring Dent Island was purchased by the Oatley family and now houses the world-class Hamilton Island Golf Course. Hamilton Island Airport is the only airport in the Whitsunday Islands that
1496-416: The main highway (U.S. Hwy. 64/70/79) to Nashville. It was demolished in 1994. Wilson partnered with Wallace E. Johnson to build additional motels on the roads entering Memphis. In 1953, three more Holiday Inns were built on U.S. 51 South , Highway 51 North, and U.S. 61 . By 1957 there were 30 Holiday Inns, and Wilson began marketing the chain as "Holiday Inn of America". There were 50 locations across
1540-410: The opportunity to learn how to sail and from 2018, year 4 students will have the opportunity to complete a PADI Seal Diving certificate. There are no secondary schools on the island nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school. Drinking water is provided by a combination of rainwater recycling, a dam, and seawater desalination. A Reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant
1584-522: The relaunch occurred, these motels were either demolished or closed off, even if a full-service hotel was already on site. Today, fewer than 10 original Holiday Inn motels still operate, others having been replaced by newer Holiday Inn Express locations or having switched to other chains. In August 2012, the chain celebrated its 60th anniversary. In 2024, IHG announced a vast expansion of the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands in Germany as part of
1628-433: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Island&oldid=1214501479 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1672-581: The university as a home base for its corporate aircraft. The company later branched into other enterprises, including Medi-Center nursing homes, Continental Trailways , Delta Queen , and Show-Biz, Inc., a television production company that specialized in syndicated country music shows. Wilson also developed the Orange Lake Resort and Country Club near Orlando and a chain called Wilson World Hotels. The company sold Trailways in 1979. As of 2014, Wilson's family still operates hotels as part of
1716-400: Was commissioned in 1996 and can supply up to 1.3 million litres of potable water per day. The plant's seawater intake is driven by two vertical turbine pumps installed on a purpose made jetty. Waste brine is discharged to a pit where it gravitates to an ocean outfall away from the seawater intake. Electricity is provided by an undersea cable connected to the mainland, as well as by generators on
1760-630: Was copied by competing lodging chains and major oil companies during the mid-to-late 1960s, but fell out of favor following the 1973 oil crisis . The Gulf/Holiday Inn arrangement ended around 1982. In 1971, the company constructed the Holiday Inn University and Conference Center, a teaching hotel for training new employees, in Olive Branch, Mississippi . In 1973, the company built the Olive Branch Airport north of
1804-498: Was founded in 1952 by Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), who opened the first location in Memphis, Tennessee . The chain was a division of Bass Brewery from 1988-2000, Six Continents from 2000-03, and IHG Hotels & Resorts since 2003. It operates hotels under the names Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express , Holiday Inn Club Vacations, and Holiday Inn Resorts. As of 2018, Holiday Inn has hotels at over 1,100 locations. Kemmons Wilson ,
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1848-476: Was granted the right to use the name but with a different style of lettering. The concurrent use proceeding resumed for the Myrtle Beach hotel, which continued to operate as "Holiday Inn", although it was required to use a distinctly different font. A 1976 ruling granted the Myrtle Beach Hotel the right to a service mark. A 1979 order denied a motion to modify the 1973 injunction, though it was believed
1892-517: Was purchased by the Oatley family in 2003, operators of a winemaking business, and was listed for sale in 2023. Hamilton Island State School opened on 28 January 1986. In 1987 Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and his wife Olivia Harrison built a compound on the island in the South Pacific theme, which they called "Letsbeavenue". They lived there seasonally throughout the remainder of George's life. The residence still exists and
1936-551: Was reported by news media outlets that the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) had issued Damage Mitigation Permits (DMP) which resulted in over 1,000 animals being culled on Hamilton Island between November 2014 and May 2016 by the resort's operator. Over 18 months, the cull resulted in the death of 599 common brushtail possums , 393 agile wallabies , 36 pied currawongs , 35 sulphur crested cockatoos , three torresian crows and
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